Cold morning light of misty haze.
Ground section, three dimensional rectangular gaze.
Sharp thorns on rose dead red misty tears.
Cracked leather from fisted gloves of black weaponised might.
Shine glistened leathered shoes dulled in this dead light.
Long coat warmth hanging off soulless cold.
Dark glasses cloaked glass eyes shone in glee.
Box lowered slowly.
Oh, but so, so exquisitely.
Standing witness for the joyful final act of the murdered end of thee.
7/14/2025
The splatter of sunlight on the azured-wall,
Does in soul- filled ecstasy brighten!
My soul to write in glory, an uplifting creation.
God, may all poets, their summered-words ,enlighten.
Lethal kind heart, your fingernails like morganite daggers
sharp enough to stab my heart from the hearth that you warm
As long as you still light it, my breathing bellows will stoke
your flame, which came from a tight lipped smile that
wish me the most beautiful hellos.
Upon the eve of early July, from which the heat of the sun
becomes aggressive, your freckles blossomed into a bouquet,
that shined aside your elegant dress. Darkened in nature,
the color of the void you wore, yet was molded to your whim,
your radiant, resplendent figure.
For the sake of my sanity I will admire as much as my mind will
allow me to comprehend. Hazelnut hair in waves that flowed
down like opulent bordeaux.. Your legs hidden in stockings, they
muted their glow of moonlight and silk. You are a walking wonder,
the embodiment of immaculate gloam.
Dancing outside a mansion, at a celebration of significant love
I felt my very core absorb all the attendants’ admiration,
so I may orchestrate the concentrate of my overflowing dam.
To say what may be simple I may admit, but these words are
pure osmium,
“I want this feeling for forever, if you would let me share it.”
cordial friends
the kettle’s coaxing,
charism of
golden years ~
keen roses, peachy tea and
catch-up sandwiches.
1/22/2022
I'm struggling to wake up,
rubbing my sensitive eyelids,
I may need more sleep;
awesome is the resplendent
morning dispersing its light,
I perceive it as a sumptuous woman
wearing a green dress as Nature does!
The first thing I do is to whisper
a prayer different in tone and meaning,
my thankfulness to Him transcends a feeling
that reflects an immense appreciation for the precious life
I am living and not projecting emotions felt as trite...
always rendering them profound and equally fair!
The golden gleams of an awakening sun,
crown the tops of the Longleaf pines with diamonds,
not those that wealthy women wear at a ball to be noticed;
these sunbeams rays embellish their branches and make them sparkle
of a great luminescence that even astonishes the raging, fading moon
unwilling to miss the spectacle unfolding with intense images;
the Chirping sparrows have been warbling since the early dawn
and the Orchard orioles parched on spruces are somewhat sad
not have been able to perform and be admired by birdwatchers,
ah, their whistling melodies must wait for silence as they become hostile!
I don’t want him ready! I want him resplendent!
(Movie Kate and Leopold)
R-obbed, his attire, his soul —
E-ventide broods awful choices:
S-immering of melting irises,
P-opulation of fattened princesses.
L-eaping lords, jealous of him.
E-ager, the Uncle’s tongue slick, licking the envelope —
N-ettled invitation of eager straight backs .
D-inner, it is him, but curiously the clock moves ahead.
E-ntertaining in the end, Cinderellaesque resplendency.
N-ot of their time, she presented early and almost too late.
T-he bridge gapped by a lady leaping...his forever after happiness.
5/31/2020
R-adiant
O-penness
S-tarts
T-o
I-llumine
T-he
A-tmosphere
P-romising
O-ne
R-esplendent
L-ight
A-fter
S-hadow
Topic: Birthday of Rostita Porlas (October 09)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
R-adiant
A-tmosphere
Y-ou
B-ehold
E-rases
R-ainy
N-ight
A-s
R-esplendent
D-awn
I-s
N-aturally
O-pening
Topic: Birthday of Ray Bernardino (October 13)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Spring resplendent -
grandson rises to morning
glories with grandma
4/19/2018
Resplendent
Recovery is great,
rich is the fine reward,
rosy, the future fate
reflecting on love's card.
Remember the high cost,
removing the price tag.
Rejoice, not all is lost!
xxxxxx x xxxxxxx, 11-16-2015
(Pleiades form, IN RHYME)
Poem Syllable Counter Results
Syllables Per Line: 6 6 6 6 0 6 6 6
Total # Syllables: 45
Total # Lines: 10 (Including empty lines)
Words with (syllables) counted programmatically: N/A
Total # Words: 30
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What to Submit?
1 original, poem using the Pleiades form..
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with the same letter as the title.
RESPLENDENT PERCUSSION
ON WET DAMP FEET
TAMPER THE DRUM
A SINGLE CONCEIT
WISE OWL
DARKER TREE
SHADOWS GROW
WHITE MOON
POND RISES IN THE DISTANCE UPON EYES
AS WIND ACROSS THE FIELD SHIVERS ME
COMPLETE SORROW
Rainy nights have hidden
the friendly moon that visited my flowery window;
that was two seasons ago...
when I told her big secrets and didn't conceal pain.
The red-eyed owls watched me strangely and pitied my loneliness;
was I insane for staying up so late?
But sleep was like tasting real death...
I asked myself the same question, " Why dream until daybreak? "
The softness of the resplendent moonlight
must return on the same hour, and paint this sad face with silver moonbeams;
only then my dark night will turn bright...
to relive those summer's nights again and give life to another dream that gleams.
resplendent is the love that comes
when two hearts beat--as if one
nothing greater than the tie that binds
nothing greater shall you find
kindred spirits that find a path
footsteps tread a smooth swath
souls intertwined with silver string
everlasting and revering
Resplendent Once More
The trees have had
A collective memory lapse
For their bony arms
And gnarled, arthritic hands
Reach, beseech the sky:
Why have you forsaken us?
We are cold and naked
Where is our leafy finery?
Shall it ever be spring again?
They forget
That they’ll soon be bedecked
With cloaks of green
And while
I know how they feel
That is not
What shall make me
Resplendent once more
March 27, 2009
Stop me in my beaten path
knee length grass a shadowed wall
of silver flecks and breeze stung bugs
to hide my soul for awhile
Blanket down on rocks and stones
of melted heat and shocking moon
to count the clouds, to name a few
and feel like the earth finally knows me
Dragonflies land on my toes
Crickets dance while fireflies glow
To slip and slip as the night absorbs
my heat, my heart, my fury
Pack up and it's time to go
Scent of the ground in my hair and my clothes
Turn toward the breezes with nothing to know
but the whistling of wind in my bones...
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