"Wake within the Rose Wilderness,"
with the sky of pinks as this day closes.
"I beseech the sun to undress the stars,"
as the moon comes over the crest.
"If I am your refrain, let my name burn,"
in the morning light as the sun climbs out of bed.
"Tortured by the taste of Touch,"
today will the hot sun burn me once more?
"What is a ripple without its rhythm?"
Like the daily sun without the nightly moon.
Hail, heavy avalanche of milky whiteness.
A soft mountain moving in the dark.
Yumpy, your pale mass defies gravity.
Midnight strikes, and the thunder begins.
The floorboards groan beneath your charge.
Four paws drum a chaotic rhythm.
Sleep flees before your blinding furriness.
You hunt ghosts while the world rests.
Hoodoos and whatsits tremble at your pounce
Beneath the moon, a fat phantom flies.
You reject the quiet, gentle night.
A restless spirit wrapped in creamy fluff.
My closed eyes watch you blur past.
While chase scenes envelop my dreams.
Written by Gail DeBole
on May 6, 2026
Updated on May 11, 2026
Here I go...returning to REM.
Most of the time, it acts like a friend.
REM deals with feelings that should be addressed
Before they become an unwelcome mess.
Some of the time, REM makes no sense.
Mired in mystery with a hint of pretense.
Other times, using recurring themes
It offers an outlet for feeling extremes.
REM often zigzags through my life's times
And reminds me of moments left behind.
When I awake, sometimes I muse
Over the people my dreams choose to include.
When I awake, sometimes I muse
Over the vagueness my dreams choose to include.
It's true that I only know REM from my dreams.
But it acts like a friend without malice or schemes.
Seemingly unsolvable problems REM solves for me.
Without REM, where would we be?
O'ercome by what's offered me
Humbly for a view
When of this are swept up in
Soul; its hero's clue.
If as rough blown, and as lone
On whose edge, cosmic;
Headlands' of an infinite
Life-panaramic.
Reading fantasy books at night.
Dreams take a life of their own.
Fun and adventures with friends.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
O h
s i l e n t o r b,
in heaven’s high bower,
You sit and smile on this dark,
quiet night; A pale companion, with a
gentle power, You bless the world with
soft and silvery light. The watchful
eyes of those who walk the
earth, find solace in your
constant, steady
worth.
Horizon Painted Nightly
Sun echo fades
Sky ends golden flames
Wistful evening
Winds cool untamed
Birds glide, never sleep
Horizon pained nightly
Clouds dancing wide awake
People sound asleep dreaming
Stars glitter, to river streaming
Silver reflections gleaming
Waves hum soothing
Heaven sky above watching
Tomorrow a beautiful day
Leaving behind another yesterday
Lullaby morning coffee
The love of poetry
We can truly see
I had a dream the other night
I looked you in your eyes
The warmth damn near pulled me in
Your gaze held me for awhile
Until I woke up
I had a dream the other night
That everyone knew
I did not need to hide my thought
I just proudly loved you
Until I woke up
I had a dream the other night
Your hand on my thigh
Creeping up to my waist
While we sat in your warm car
Until I woke up
The night used to scare me
Now these dreams walk me through it
For fear is nothing to me
If it means I get to have you
Love takes one's breath away,
making the heart flutter like a butterfly.
I have given you the diamond stars,
from above in the nightly sky.
If only I could fetch the moon,
I would give it to you in a huge spoon.
The shadow in the night beckons.
I slowly rise from my warm and cosy bed
Only to follow the urge that drives me mad
Into spectral half-fledged woodland,
That spreads beyond my lonely tower.
Without volition, I approach slowly
A great, gaunt gate that towered
Over a ghostly path among the ashen trees.
A pale moon lights the blanched greensward,
That covered thinly the winding trail,
And from afar, I hear a river,
I hear its humming, throbbing, low, ferocious call,
Meant to disturb the serenity of my soul.
But I force myself into my somnambulism,
And perhaps, lull myself to dream of angels.
a spiritualist
i visit heaven nightly
remember nothing
Daylight fades out
Little insects, they shout
It's time for nightly tango
Stars come out to play
Moon holds centre sway
Daylight fades out
Velvet sky gleams
Dreams dance down on moonbeams
Little insects, they shout
Darkness slow creeps
The whole world sleeps
It's time for nightly tango
They follow her around at school
Where she leaves most of them
She has not learned yet to leave the others
They tug on her arms and beg for extra attention
She sees them in her poetry
She meets them on canvases
She dances with them in her dreams
With no idea how to shake them, she nurtures them and loves them
Giving them the tiny bits of extra attention, they need
Even in her dreams
The beauty of the wilderness
The ghost I never called
And now it’s coming down to this
The promise has been sold
We walk here in this nothingness
Of fortune yet untold
Of caring in this gracefulness
The daring and the bolt
The pain that never left my side
The mourning of the night
The wounds of each and every fight
How could time set this right
The tender and courageous fate
The abyss of the fairy lake
Was calling from some desert state
Where no one merely prayed
The dispersal of a heavy weight
How come those sweetest blossoms wake
Just that outrageous late
Where nightly mornings quake
So to God be the glory
God our all provider
I thank God for you
As we Beloved
Through Him we live and have our being, love
May you continue to have favor
And be blessed in abundance seven times seventy fold
For you and yours love, Always
Father we thank you for the joy
We thank you for the peace, your special sweet, sweet release;
For the love you're presenting this new day;
Father we thank you, cover, guide renew, restore;
We thank you for what you're done
And what's your doing
Going to do in in there our lives
In Jesus name Amen
8/23/23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.©2023
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