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To My Granddaughter

I look and ponder, watch you grow in haste
Explore with wonder, new experience taste
No fear encountered as you learn the ropes 
Your sails adjusting, full with winds of hope.

But there are moments when the seeds of doubt
Without much warning spread and start to sprout 
Then you need guidance, words which shed some light  
Advice and promptings which once more excite.

I weigh my options when the waves rise high,
Stay in the background, tactful, on standby,
Not interfering, yet with cautious eye
Give needed help should threats intensify. 

I am a lighthouse built on sound terrain 
In times of darkness, you won’t call in vain.

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This poem has been published in a PoetrySoup Anthology:
“Radiant Verses” Nov 2024	 (print) 
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Placed 1st in Contest 540 Hosted by Brian Strand in Jan 2019.
 
Lighthouse Poetry Contest Sponsored by Eve Roper Placed joint first POTD on 24th Dec 2018 © 22nd December 2018.
 
Note: This is a poem dear to me, as the title would suggest, so receiving a POTD award undoubtedly brought added satisfaction.

Moments In Our Farmhouse

Most often,  I would affectionately ponder and recall how  magical times were
in our  farmhouse— daisies,  herbs, and even pebbles  glossed by the amber of sunlight, while  Grandma would ramble about  compassion or patience in times when difficulties seemed to overwhelm my very  instinct ;

her fingers curling through my youthful thumbs:  yet at 21,  the rebel in me defied all stories on kindness, her croons entering the anvil  then out the other ear, to whiff away in autumn’s breeze...As years rolled on, Grams’ promptings built my will-- buttressed my days, my adult days through crossways of doubt. 

Relishing how gentle her laughter was, our moments together make it harder now in spaces of my heart as I lay daisies on her crypt. I know, I know... I weep.



9/29/2018
For  Silent One: Lines Of Ten That Remind You What It Was Like Back Then Contest

Steady

Holding on tightly without fear,
You made all my pain disappear,
What the world has thrown at me to tear me down,
My trust remains steady, i can only hear the sound,
Your voice, your promptings put my heart at ease,
You quiet my mind, and give my soul relief,
The struggle of thoughts that bombard my mind,
I keep turning my focus to you all the time,
I would rather have my eyes on you,
You plant my footsteps, your love is my truth,

The Phoenix Has Died

The phoenix has died
I can see that now
I can see it in your eyes.
Those bright blue, youthful eyes
once so hopeful, now restless...unfocused.

Once you were a phoenix
on the precipice of flight
with the promise of love and life
oh, how I yearn to see 
that life in you again!

She pulled you back, yanked you
strangled you with her apron strings
hung you, squeezed the life out of you
clingy, whining
a cesspool of anxieties
belched out and incessant.

Too caring, too conscientious to resist
you conceded, and the promptings
the promptings of obligation 
overwhelmed.

So you froze fast in a nightmare
a nightmare of anxieties
trapped
sucked into a black hole
believed the lies
kept the security blanket
and sank in the quicksands 
of stagnation.

The phoenix's wings were clipped
no longer a phoenix... no
but a goldfish in a glass bowl.

Now you languish in anonimity
never to make your mark
mugged by a mother's insecurities.

The phoenix has died.






Written on 2/11/2017

Sneezing

I remember now
This odd strange endow
Only I know how


Watch cold bug strike me
Weak knees and dizzy
Just like my mummy


Awkward and funny
Focus feels fluffy
Weary feet dreary


Wet nose leaks a tap
I drop for a nap
Squeeze my leaking trap


See my hankies wet
Flu floods tit-for-tat
Feel that oozing set


My late mother knows
Snorting nose I blow
Flu gains plenty flow


Flu frets funny bow
Wet promptings know-how
I remember now


Sneezing sounds galore
Sneezing even more
Sneezing till I'm sore



Leon Enriquez
12 April 2017
Singapore

Up Among Clouds

How I wish I could have cuddled,
all the nuggets and wisdom
he gave me through his lifetime---
but some went in the autumn anvil
and out the other  ear ,and got
away somewhere in drifting smoke.

Since then, as the years passed by 
they came as ghosts of remorse,
and the time I spent  whistling to the birds
did not make it easier in the spaces
of the heart. I know, know.

Most of Dad's promptings built my will
and has buttressed my youthful days
embracing them in times of doubt---
now, I find myself meandering alone
recalling how tender his voice was,
a spirit whistling beyond holy ghost's clouds.



 I Ain't Afraid Of No Ghosts
Contest of Casarah Nance
6 June 2016

Cloister

Close the door on this dastardly, dervish,
Distracted world and draw near with full hearts,
Centering mindfulness, alive to now,
And the promptings of the Spirit of God.
You have an appointment: reacquaintance
With the core from whence you spring, fountainhead
Flowing through every motion, life force
Fulfillment of all the potential You!
Quiet! Waiting! Never rush the moment!
Wait for that inner light, shining dimly
To start, steadily streaming to Glory’s
Intensity, and that still, small voice where
God asks, “What are you doing here, my Love?”
If you don’t know how to reply, You’re Right!

Promptings

There is a way that waits with ease,
Look to this day for love and peace.


There is a smile that waits with cheer,
Look to fine style to spark right here.


There is a space that waits in time.
Look to a face for works and chimes.


There is a feel that waits to cast,
Look to bold will for first and last.


There is a heart that waits for spring,
Look beyond start to ends that fling.


There is a soul that waits to heal,
Look to a whole for final thrill.


There is a time that waits for space,
Look within rhymes where truth seeds grace.


There is a tense that waits for you,
Look beyond sense to find what's due.




Leon Enriquez
21 June 2015
Singapore

Echoes

Go into the silent deep
Fall within an ancient sleep


Leave the noisy echoes here
Watch how stillness brings true cheer


Journey beyond thought and deed
Remember a place that seeds


Drop all projects ego styles
Find the still silence worthwhile


Keep your focus deep within
Find sure meaning yet unseen


Come to know love beyond prize
Feel soul promptings that speak wise


Make time for stillness and health
Love the pure joy in true wealth




Leon Enriquez
06 March 2015
Singapore

Merlion City 3

ODE TO ZEST


Sparkle and sprinkle clear strains of playful zest,
Feed laughter with humour and wit that drizzles:
Now jest and fest put wholesome goodness to test.


Each moment is time allotted to puzzle,
Know then your pathway journey to happy trends:
Charm, poise and voice ferment in passion's nimble.


To each a way to grow and mellow bold scan,
Heed the promptings of mind and heart that conspire:
Dare venture with courage that spurs fond attend.


Live each day with a sacred code that inspires,
Discern and learn from mistakes along the way:
Accept that blood, sweat and tears will light the pyre!


Look to this day to justify your own say,
Heaven and earth align your soul's passage here:
Love, live and laugh your journey to passion play.


Being beyond time and space, let grace flood cheer:
Go beyond the veil your mortal frame endears.


Leon Enriquez
07 Mar 2014
Singapore

Deja Vu

Déjà vu

Your brain merely catching up with memory
familiar dreams, strange places--sensory
elusive moments between consciousness and sleep
free- falling frames-inadvertently we leap

Unwittingly knowing we’ve been there before
people, places, ambience—a distant shore
flavors, aromas, scenic common customary things
faces, names, colors reminiscent—proverbial promptings 

Do we subconsciously remember paramount episodes
leaving out  incidents--someplace insincerity abodes
past lovers, broken promises, forgotten pain
recollections have preferences- déjà vu’s domain

Let Us Try Again

Are you going to make up for this present
Loss?
Work it out and tell me what all that
Despair is for?
They say wherever there is a will, there is a
Boss.
Mind them not, be a man and swim to the
Shore.




I still remember the times and the
Promptings of life.
I still remember the spaces and the things
They encompass.
You can make it and bring joy to this
Husband and wife.
You can stand again upon your feet and walk
On the grass.




Yet, should you fail, rise up, please, and try
Again.
Only those who do things make beautiful
Mistakes.
Those who fear have no taste and then leave
No stain.
Let us live and love. Let us try again.
Now, time it takes.

Chokri Omri

When I Lay My First Kiss

I heard the 
rustle of 
the wind
I heard the 
laughter of 
the frond
I felt the 
calm of the 
night
I smelt the 
fragrance 
of the 
flower
They 
worked on 
my heart 
in gentle 
promptings: 
love muses 
of the night

they 
worked on 
her as on 
me
And in the 
harmony 
of things
I saw 
desire rose 
in her eyes
I saw her 
lips 
trembling
And I 
moved on:
I lay my 
first kiss

Known As a Family

One way to celebrate as a family
begins with everyone’s availability;
a reality to fulfill, a joy to keep
that enables one to take part
and be present with everybody.

It’s interesting to see and 
be part of their identity,
a family member, a sibling soul 
or a companion in a journey.

Engaging mem’ries draw –
the heartstring of love, humor
commitment and intimacy.
a great experience worth mentioning
an interaction suffused with meaning.

In the language that’s clear,
open, sincere and warm,
relationship sets the tone for everything
its interconnectedness that provides undestanding
as a common belief and a pillar
to God’s covenant of faith.

With the promptings of God’s spirit within,
generate the message to be shared
a word to live, a revelation to uphold
that a family is God’s reflection of the Trinity.

No wonder why relationship matters
in every context or sharing of truth
it’s God’s gift that grows deeper in faith
it’s God’s gift that brings unity to worship.

Gain Happiness

To gain happiness
And have a joyful heart,
Follow these suggestions
And you will know life’s purpose

Seek
Look for God’s guidance.
Gaze into the beautiful Heavens. 
Ask the Lord to testify of His truth.

Read
Open your mind to God’s teachings.
Examine the Holy Scriptures often 
Ponder each verse.
Become a wisdom sleuth.

Study 
Learn righteous principles 
Line upon line
Then practice them every day.

Pray
Give thanks for the good in your life.
Ask for understanding and guidance.
Beg for strength when tempted.
Allow God to help you.

Listen
Feel and acknowledge the Holy Spirit.
Pay attention to righteous promptings.
Afterward, do according to God’s will.

Share
Bare your heart to God, often.
Honestly tell Him your every thought, regularly.
Then, share your goodness with mankind.

Live
Wholly committed to the Gospel,
Forgiving yourself and others of errors,
Be faithful to God and endure until the end.
Then, happiness will be yours…forever.

© November 15, 2011
Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen

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