Dark Rictameter Poems

"Life can get in the way of life. Make sure you stir in lots of love and happiness." 
By Poet

My life
recipe for
a long and happy...

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~ Love  Is  ~
 ( Rictameter - Double  )



~O~


Love is 
So wonderful 
The most beautiful thing 
Anyone can really have 
Love is...

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Sunrise
               Glowing, shining,
        ...

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Again
with snow on me
I awake from my sleep
the warmth from the big yellow sun
brings pretty flowers peeking their heads out
birds start to sing joy to...

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Grandeur
Morning’s glory
Translucent veils of mist
Shimmering dew drop spangled glades
Golden luminescence unfurls and spreads
Bright warm glens turn emerald cool
Azure fading to dark
Twilight’s glory
Grandeur

Written 3/1/22...

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Lift me
When light has fled
And dark consumes my head
When colors lie in fractured rays
My vision diminished to splintered grays
Leaving me blind to blue and red
When...

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I close
my eyes to fend
off all sad scenes from sight
but my mind is not always shut
it lets the biting ants of pain come in
crawling through...

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Onyx
dark silicate,
descendant of agate
echoes inspired by nighttime sky;
a calming focus of the deepest void,
spiritual transformation
awakening the soul,
translucent black
onyx.

Black hole
transmigration,
transformational sight,
the never ending seeing eye
 vision...

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solstice
light becomes dark
saddened sun hides early
grieving grays grace blankets of rain
body glove of muscle aches, sorrow scarf 
comfort in numbness, in stillness
sun smiles, warmth startles
dark...

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ocean
                        ...

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Silence
                        ...

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Darkness

Hidden shadows

Keeping all their secrets

Out of reach from my prying eyes

If only for a moment I could see

Revealing mysteries that hide

I might learn of myself

Alone...

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Faerie Tales
Fantastical
Starts once upon a time…
Princesses, dark villains
Grimm’s Brothers, and Hans Christian Andersen
Gingerbread house and a witch
Such magical creatures
The end closing
Faerie tales...

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Fish
The Christian sign
A secret at bad times
Iridescent, sparkly scales
Ambassadors that willingly nibble,
They are hidden in dark oceans
Our water messengers
Honorable
Fish...

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Hoot owl
Distinct owl voice
Echoes favorably
Nocturnal and mysterious
So unexpectedly forest friendly
Hidden away, a dark shadow
Unique who sound
Hoot owl...

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