Where liveth preen for empathy
Drew ragged,
Poor sawbones perscribed
"where in pain warrants lithe deformities"
Swimming,
Loathed from the east
Collared,
Hung dry,
Pruned by the sweat of a racing night
When in dawn's bleached seamstress
Sought a grim vow
Erelong in catapult
Where'n torrents clothed spare
Credences in cold eyes of maggots
A cruel indifference,
In polar tear.
Blissful, but verily a peace-filled encounter…
…Such was a “date” with Pogi-Bear, his favorite stuffed toy…
Neath acacia tree in the kids' park, reminding me of a vital truth:
Genuine relationship-bonds’ rejuvenation can happen as we work for it.
Yes, bonding moments are essential; quality time matters though…
Which I experienced as my special son’s birthday treat for me
Devoid of glamorous complexities, wondrously simple…
Yet full of love, expressed purely from the heart!
May 10, 2019
1st place "Free Verse or Rhyme Poetry"
Sponsored by Eve Roper; judged on 5/12/2019.
Mr. Rogers was purely good
Like his peaceful neighborhood
An ordained minister who didn't preach
~ using the airwaves to life's lessons teach
Trump Is Purely Repulsive
Trump as President is purely repulsive,
And no one like him would want to live;
All do know,
Has big ego;
To others nothing is ever willing to give.
Jim Horn
in with
en plein air
a low cloud
fog shroud..
incandescent light
transparent
timeless
observed
evolved;
the art of light
in hazy tones
elusive
phenomena
in paint
unfold
An old lady had a sip of gin,
Not conceding it was a sin,
Purely medicinal was her thought,
A second opinion she never sought,
She drank with a medicinal grin.
I’ve been to heaven here on earth, through this sin I did commit
Although the path, we knew, was wrong, we continued, I admit
With her wrapped in my arms, gazing deep into my eyes
Even though I am hell bound, it was purely paradise
Our marriages were stale; our spouses had grown bored
We took it one day at a time – it was all we could afford
We both were still too young to have our passion flames put out
Just one kiss upon her lips and it removed all my doubt
I’ve been to heaven here on earth, through this sin I did commit
Although the path, we knew, was wrong, we continued, I admit
With her wrapped in my arms, gazing deep into my eyes
Even though I am hell bound, it was purely paradise
When we can, we rendezvous
When we can’t, we push through
Waiting for that day to come around
We live our lives of pretense
But we know one day hence
We will again enjoy this pleasure found
I’ve been to heaven here on earth, through this sin I did commit
Although the path, we knew, was wrong, we continued, I admit
With her wrapped in my arms, gazing deep into my eyes
Even though I am hell bound, it was purely paradise
The silkiness
Of these bubbles
The flickered light
OF these candles
The soft hum
Of music in my ears
Moments like these,
Moments that are
Purely Mine
Only I can feel
No one can take
These from me
No one can understand
Them the same way
As I
cherish these because
They are seldom
To come
Because the life that WE know,
isnt all that HE wrote,
its worth more then, partying and popping bottles,
i'm not talking coke,
because before I found Christ,
i was all about the smoke,
Drinking up, making that lean stay in my cup,
always trying to find new ways to seize the pain,
stop the clock and freeze the frame,
but now I have a real cure,
The god of all, the living and pure.
-Levi Davis.
Purely Sanitized
I'm purely sanitized
cleansed of your lies
I don't need your germs
In God I confide
You weren't there for me
when I was hospitalized
all out of breath
exhausted, barely walkin'
I almost died...
My God healed me
allowing me to survive
I'm purely sanitized...
You tried to get the best of me
did you really think
that you could succeed
that I wouldn't breathe
as you tried to bring me beneath
keeping me from my passion and destiny...
You will never get the best of me
I'm purely sanitized...
You bruised my mind
and battered me internally
I want you to know
that my God will wrap his arms
around and protect me forever
but you were only temporary
I have no fear in you
you can never scare me...
because it is in God I confide
For I am purely sanitized
By: Aleasha A. Martin
How easily we took the chance
of stepping off the rim.
I could never do that dance
in any way with him.
My armour wasn't any good;
he'd always find my weakness.
I always knew I really should
disarm his lust with meekness.
I cried with mingled hope and dread,
"Love isn't very nice!"
You laughed up at the sky and said,
"It's cheap at twice the price."
Held within these hallowed bones, a tempest
Surging in the complicity of night
Dreams and thoughts solidified cease to rest
Sealed fate and ardor no longer hold right
But what force havocs through the human form
Rallying support, red-handed, inflamed
Bloodied and raged it beckons the storm
Searching my want it liberates and maims
Ceasing the nihilism once alit inside
Splinters and fragments partner, I awake
Aware that being lost is proof of life
Resolve, once muted, no longer at stake
For now, I lie, held within my own war
Awed and breathless, I await whats in store.