IN HOLY NAVIGATION: A HAIKU QUINTET
Moonlight skies are bright,
My palisaded road clear;
God navigating:-
Destiny awaits,
End of the forest is seen;
God navigating:-
In my life's garden,
I walk a fruit-tree-lined trail;
God navigating:-
In shadows of death,
Blooming life is brightly clear;
God navigating:-
Eyes stayed on the prize,
Dove soaring up the mountain;
God navigating.
In pageant of stars, a showstopper shines
palisaded halo, a bashful yellow reclines
a nocturnal goddess, daemon wind whines
companionless beauty, no orbit in twines.
28th April 2020
Sponsor Gregory R Barden
Contest Name Rithimus Divisa 3
Reference poem details
Honeymoon
Date written 7th April 2020
for Emile Pinet Contest Minuanetta Poems
O lady of night,... distant radiant splendor
in your golden castle, echoes of love render
a countenance of silver, in a whisper tender
hushing a cloudy veil, a romantic surrender
where poets in awry, voice a lustrous wonder.
In pageant of stars, a showstopper shines
palisaded halo, a bashful yellow reclines
a nocturnal goddess, daemon wind whines
companionless beauty, no orbit in twines
waxing and waning, wave on wave chimes
medley of lyrics, abode of countless rhymes
phases hide and seek within old paradigms.
O desolate damsel, Who do you watch?
mingled in honey, glowing butterscotch !
syrup of sparkles, her pearly words replied
"Illusion is my drift, darkness a pretender
reflecting my sun, magic of lunatic wines
a voyage of ight years , honeymoon times."
Invisible blemishes , no craters, no notch,
in a black sea, blushed a beauteous bride.
Dated 7th April 2020
rhyme scheme of AAAAA, BBBB, CCC, DD, E, ABCDE.
Sponsor Emile Pinet
Contest Name Minuanetta Poems
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