summer
sun tan oil
teenage laughs on a beach
the smell of fishy saltwater
sandy beach ball landing on a stomach
child in swimsuit giggling
senior man falls asleep
great sightseeing
summer
Smooth moves
rivers perform
with intuitive flow.
Even when storms cause them to churn,
their God bequeathed responses are right on.
Not so, emotions in my heart,
besieging my faith's hold.
My needs pursue
smooth flows.
Current
glides in wild slope
along the dense forest,
rattling and burbling over rocks.
As my paddling arms sway with wind’s tempo,
canoe pulses with the wild flow.
Waves roll to smack the edge…
Vines tickle strong
current.
Rhythm of a River
Soothing
whispers in spring;
with rolling summer rains
revolves to robust roaring rush,
riding on crest of rough rocks on its bed,
chills down to soft rippling rhythm
with arrival of fall,
then silent and
soothing.
For rent:
a room with three
rowdy, reckless roommates
who revel in raving it up.
Curtains they've ripped and carpets they've ruined
Worn sofa and rancid kitchen
all greatly reduced with
a garage too
for rent.
diamond
in its rough state
clear, transparent, and hard
gifted jeweler brings out best
now through his hands it reflects sparkling light
so are we like a rough diamond
through Jesus we become
a cut gemstone
diamond
river,
flow by my feet~
as waters of my mind
do overtake and wet the page
and droplets step-dance to create, backstage.
for manufactured, processed verse
could never pulse with life,
the rhythm of a
river.
[On AI]
ROLLING WITH THE Rs Poetry Contest
Nette Onclaud
8/5/25
Special
Tenant wanted
Suitable applicant
Is responsible and behaves
Check marks to bookworms over butterflies
No drama, visitors, or noise
Nice-sized room is furnished
Landlord's hamlet
Special
Written: August 5, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Nette Onclaud
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River,
rippling refrain,
rushing, rolling, revived,
ribbons of rain rearranging
rocks, roots, reflections — reckless, radiant.
Rivulets ripple, ringing rhythms
resound, reaching, reeling
rousing rare range —
River.
Trauma,
loiters and lurks,
terror of scarred recall,
that primal bug I yearn to squash,
volcanic magma, spewing ruptured bile,
past life nemesis a stern plight,
I shudder, weep and pine,
at graves filled by,
trauma
River
flowing in curves.
Waves dance and propagate
in rhythmic pattern of ripples.
Cadence of flow to change from ebb to tide.
Alluvial deposits on
soaked soil of either bank.
zig - zag flow of
River.
river
flows in slow strides,
kissing the rocky shores,
to unknown lands, in great wonder.
fetters that bind are broken asunder.
its heart is deluged with a song
waves lap merry along.
songs fill the air.
river
Rivers
Of rising rhymes
Rapidly flow like rain
Refilling my repertoire realm
Refreshing the reservoirs of my mind
Releasing reliable words
Written and reviewed, then.
Release Rhythmic
Rivers
rambler
ramble ghost goes
looking for pretty things
diamonds, ruby, neat opal,
agate, silver, gold, ancient books, scription
careful digging here and up there
a notable nice man
historian
rambler
Nette Onclaud, Rolling with the R’s, 8/4/2025
Rhythm of a River
rambling
funny waters,
downward rapidity
of laughter on white water raft.
unintended coxswain gets rogue-wave kissed.
guides directing, this way and that,
up and down; rowers with
coarse correction,
rambling.
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