Two-chaired, langourous.
One, lamentable.
Seasons as heart-states apart.
Eve-sat. Outside; in
Be this yours and mine.
Rustic. Peaceable.
Summer love's full mooned, felt as.
That, frog-sung, sharing!
Line of inquiry:
“joy, empathy, compassion
on an upward arc
an effervescence eternal
causes bliss ignition to start” Unseeking Seeker
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Purity is dissolution complete
subsequent to passing every octave
spirit within spirit resting blissed sweet
peaceable compassion but concoctive
Through life's craving roses or fearful thorns
empathy, forgiveness remain a must
to tread challenging course blithe or forlorn
fortitude points luminary bow just
Above us arc stretches calling our name
irrepressibly chaste serene its zest
sorrows, anxiety, goals mere mind games
transcendent patient is Beloved’s nest
Reverent spirit willing with reason
travels curve in own orchestral season ~
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5th Placement : Premier Contest
Sponsor: Unseeking Seeker
May ‘26
WAR FOLLOWS THEM HOME
It’s hard to avoid being shot,
in wars around the world.
PTSD a remnant of
sorrows at home … unfurl.
War not something you leave behind,
follows you everywhere.
Nightmares, horror, fears, flashbacks of
war … daily wear.
Two types of soldiers they were taught,
"quick or the dead,"always said.
Some don’t want to be quick any
more now rather … be dead!
He didn’t want to kill himself,
signing up, a big mistake!
Christian should never kill others,
home or wars … lives take.
Story has unhappy ending,
one of many a day.
Only those obey God’s commands,
no way … end up this way!
Nov. 5, 2025
Ex 20:13 “Do not kill"
Acts 5:29 ”Obey God rather than men"
Ro.12:16 ”Far as depends on you, be peaceable
with all men"
Evermore under the moon’s peaceable
beaming,
are the dreams of the day’s laborers ~
Twisted Words are they your fears you hold onto
written on your scroll? That you project on me?
Twisted Words robs someone of their joy and
One's character, tend to dig ditches to entangle
someone's growth, control of one's mind? Am I
imagining. Twisted Words
Ruthless beings for whatever reasons they conspire
And question someone on things unknown. They
Slander someone unceasingly. All day long they
twist someone words for ruin. Twisted Words
Their words are like fire flammable attempting to consume
someonelicking these wounds that are trying to break
someone down. Twisted Words
They do not speak peaceable, but devise false accusations. Twisted Words
I would not let them consume my peace of mind, integrity.
I release you, No shame or confusion will I embrace. Twisted Words
Counted as zero is every of his deed
violence needs a recruit and comes with an expensive bead
for a person envied by the dove? Not this creed!
The quest for peace has reached the level of greed
shy, reverent and peaceable, this person is not just timid
a nature full of warmth, excellent for any seed
on calmness and free flow, from him the river takes heed
an existence not suspicious because gentleness takes the lead
ego has been exempted from its routine feed
the older he grows, the more his long-suffering breeds
no wonder, he never seem to be in any need.
Politics produces
perplexing paradigms:
people participate,
prefer partisan packs,
push personalities
padding pockets, preclude
peaceable principles.
"The devil's finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist."
~ Charles Baudelaire
The more he declares his innocence, the more there is to fear
he who dons disguises but beware that he's among us here.
We catch a glimpse of his impish and cunning, his wily ways
when he hides his shrewdness in sweet talk. It's how he plays
his devious game. Many monikers he bears, thinking he's slick
as he swears, "I'm peaceable." Be wary, do not fall for his trick.
If only the archangel Gabriel
would visit and with holy host proclaim
“Children of Creation, let there be
no anchor for rancor in the Dead Sea,
nor fuel for cruelty in Bethlehem;
let people enjoy temple, steeple, and mosque,
live their lives and their loves without mayhem,”
perhaps the shredding shrapnel that shocks
us into rage at loss would cease, and we could reclaim
our lease on the peaceable kingdom, calm and stable,
and at long last not till the soil of hatred
to bitter harvest in the sacred homeland.
The fighter who was with
a brilliant golden bow
the desired arrow
the fire tank!
He uttered a lamb's peaceable sigh
and the sheep's mellow reaction
to a lamb was always credited to its maker
unstoppable internal conflict
never let the sword sleep
design and build Jerusalem.
In the verdant English countryside
wandered around from one field to another,
enjoying the season's bounty to the fullest
Gliding through the rays of the sun.
In search of sympathy, insight, and peace
his gaze was drawn to a love orchard
numerous fragrant flowers burst forth
he was called Joy
unleash instinct and destroy reason
his art is defined by decked nakedness.
William Blake [1757-1827] was one of the most influential poets and artists of his day.
Written: January 12, 2022
Beloved Poets Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Regina McIntosh
Scream for all the world to hear
Make their drums reverberate and tremble
Force them to listen to your silence
Those who've stretched your borrowed ear
With their incessant whispers
They've returned no outlet for your fire
For the intense pressure building inside
While we, the close few, can see the sparks
They burn bright behind those placid eyes
And we dread the impending destruction
Borne from the embers of its desire
The sequence of inevitability
That only from the ash will they understand
The reason your peaceable hand
Is held tight over the truth of your speech
And kept away from others hunger for help
.
Let it be known that you have a voice
One that may smell of roses and spring
That there is pain caught in your throat
Swallowed whole each day by your pride
CAUGHT IN A NIGHTMARE
Go out for a good time,
when caught in a nightmare.
Gun shots, hysteria,
around you …every where.
This is world’s new normal,
tho not supposed to be.
This in America,
home of the brave … and free.
Free all right free of peace,
from Eden far removed,
Everyone thinks they’re right,
see what this … has proved.
“Far as depends on you
be peaceable,” been taught. *
I’m neutral; Peace Maker,
will you do … as you ought?
Barbara Barry-Nishanian
July 13, 2022 copyright
All rights reserved
* KJ- Romans 12:18 -“as far as
It depends on you, be peaceable
with all men”
It can never be
This heart's fallacy;
True love dawning's, truly
Makes peaceable.
Unless through this word
Are touched by the Lord;
Earth, as paradise, restored
Makes believable.
Intense; and peaceable!
Storm's approach; sunset's.
Facing Death, as much at odds
What to feel begets.
Quaker Edward Hicks
with religious themes & no tricks
A decorator & untrained artist
his 'peaceable kingdom' * has 60 twists
*https://www.wikiart.org/en/edward-hicks/peaceable-kingdom-1834
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