petal by petal
heart lotus opens
orientation celebratory
there is no one here to discern
meanings our mind tends to assign
for all that is, is but a splash in the ocean
wherein presence savours soma nectar potion
in time dissolved stillness, poised in the void
becoming the flame of awareness itself
transmuting all energy centres within
in a slow motion dance beauteous
so thus we learn as we burn
within body-mind urn
Categories:
savours, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
light bursts flaming
on alabaster waves
savours moment
clutching rose umbrella
shuts eyes in ecstasy
Categories:
savours, emotions,
Form: Tanka
In all parts of the world your greatness dwelt,
In all your speeches great wisdom is felt,
Your intelligence is just top-notch
Your haters are subdued under your watch.
Your good deeds are just extremely unique,
You have abundance of what others seek,
Your goodness open you doors of favours,
God's blessings, your life easily savours,
Your smiles send warmth to comfort troubled hearts,
Your beauty sits well on top of the charts
Your well shaped body is one of a kind,
Your friendship stays pure for long in the mind.
Your work is well rewarded with success,
God's favours shine in your life beyond guess,
Hence, God's blessings in your life is plenty,
And God's glory on your life is many.
Categories:
savours, appreciation, celebration, encouraging, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
who are we to say
the way bliss mists sway
within feeble form
raking up a storm
each body vector
savours bliss nectar
God’s magnetic heat
that makes us complete
save coming undone
nothing need be done
God and we are one
love drenched golden sun
Categories:
savours, god, joy, spiritual,
Form: Jueju
a thousand nodes in the head ovoid
light up all at once humming in unison
emanation of bliss manifests as cool heat
subtler than the subtlest magnetism thus far
these luminous implants pulsate without cessation
as inner polarity of senses savours boons of God’s grace
osmotically absorbed within each pore of feeble form
as it is transmuted gradually into living light of Self
perceived by presence in slow motion beauteous
revealing how seeds of love implanted blossom
magically thus in time dissolved staid silence
Categories:
savours, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
I hail each bronze, red, and blue coloured dawn,
as pulsing heart mould torch flame of bliss,
to gaze across some awestruck mint sprig lawn,
that golden birthright never goes amiss
Eye beam urban verve one duly savours,
coruscating joie de vivre street life,
bursts of swift dash coffee’s hazel flavours,
cell-phone upbeat day ahead hubbub rife
Blue robin high pitch chirp from chimney top,
sets the tone for morning wonders brightly,
activate those spark prompt hunches nonstop,
schedules met in narrow windows tightly
In suburb or in city centre fair,
skies and pavements segue with deft flourish,
your dreamland ticket ace broad daylight flair,
groundbreaking spurt fantastic, let us nourish
Dynamic itch to stray amid blind alley,
lurk within some parboiled notion latent,
steel clad zone that mosaic sculpted tally,
animated focus me the claimant
Categories:
savours, birth, blessing, celebration, cheer
Form: Quatrain
The imaginary
musings of my mind
experience
past & present
lingers long
dusted off
viewed
from time to time
perspective
changes all
then savours
the mellowness
of memory
then
once again
Today
will be yesterday
Categories:
savours, poetry,
Form: Verse
the dust has finally settled
hearts now sigh in relief
the guests have left at last
nobody’s turned a new leaf
the conversation was lively
mischief pervaded the air
without meaningful content
executed with aplomb and flair
life role by us thus enacted
dynamic stillness in motion
within the mundane atmosphere
yet savours soma nectar potion
our heart’s secret goes unnoticed
even by near and dear ones
as we remain vibrant throughout
innumerable suchlike reruns
Categories:
savours, social,
Form: Rhyme
She savours those very same flavours
Throughout all of her hangovers.
Categories:
savours, drink, food,
Form: Crystalline
STREAMS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
The imaginary musings of my mind,
experience past & present lingers long,
dusted off,re-opened,viewed from time to time,
retrospective perspective changes all;
Maturity's long-sightedness squints aghast,
then savours the mellowness of memory;
A tear,a smile washes nostalgia's face;
Today will be yesterday,gathering dust,
then filed,microfiched,all too soon forgotten
'til an event unlocks the museum again.
Copyright © Brian Strand | Year Posted 2010
Categories:
savours, imagination,
Form: Blank verse
as we dissolve in the now continuum
a sublime ethereal divine fragrance
engulfs our consciousness like a mist
the source is not out there but in here
in gratitude stuporous presence savours
the subtle bliss inducing beauteous elixir
there’s nothing to be done saving being
befriending stillness and thus becoming
09-April-2023
Categories:
savours, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Love's vibes sneered at my sunken face
And bid me to hear, booming from the
Calling clouds, that what I had idealised about
Is in fact nothing else other than figments
Of my own imagination!
I breathed in my anguish
While the rising winds
Seemed to tell me
That I have now become a soul,
Who is free to roam in a world
Which can be beautiful
If lived with caution
But can be dangerous
If lived frivolously!
Fists clenched, I let the tears dry up
On my face and set my new destination
As the many lands found on the other side
Of the calm ocean's horizon!
And while roaming, I came across poets
Bearing the same mindset as I do,
All living to allow their inner oceans
To thrive in their freedom
And felt, at last, like I have hit home!
I have been roaming for quite a while
And I am overjoyed at the discovery
Of new cultures, new delicacies,
New savours, new dressing styles,
New forms of poetry and other writing styles,
New forms of arts, and even new forms
Of that power which we all call God!
And so far,
I regret not having been set free
And having been given the opportunity
To roam!
21 Jan 2023
Pick - A Title Vol 34
Sponsored by Edward Ibeh
Categories:
savours, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Dot to dot conjoin
words we wish to coin;
splash in the ocean,
joy’s magic potion.
Soul's inspiration
shapes thought gyration,
to blissfully dance
in ambedo trance.
Our heart's pure intent,
grants the void consent
to forge words in shape,
leaving all agape.
Dot by dot so linked,
canvas now love inked,
by music patterns;
our night sky lanterns.
As thought flow resumes,
vibrancy assumes
heart’s unique flavours,
which our soul savours.
The curtain when drawn,
ushers a new dawn,
for each hue is new,
like the morning dew.
15-November-2022
Dot to Dot Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Kim Rodrigues
Categories:
savours, inspiration, muse, poetry,
Form: Jueju
perched on the branches
of a high verdant tree
an introvert savours silence ~
his inquisitive mind flies
on the wings of fantasy
----------------------------
A Brian Strand
PREMIERE Poetry Contest
Placed 3rd
Posted May 2022
Categories:
savours, social,
Form: Tanka
The desert wind fares wild and true
O'er a petaled face
Then scurries round with much ado
And roils from place to place.
Here where sunshine bakes the sand
And dries the dusty air
Here where legends roam the land ,
Where mortals would not dare.
A flower rises from the ground
And peers out from her bed.
Bashful, silent, not a sound,
She lifts her new born head.
So, gazing round the dips and dunes
She savours, for a while,
The breeze's repertoire of tunes
That call to cause her smile.
Then with the joy of midday bloom
She, open armed, looks up.
High into the clouded plume
She opens like a cup.
Her colours dazzle desert eyes,
Her perfume scents the day.
Yet closes when the sunlight dies
To sleep the night away.
Categories:
savours, environment, flower, nature,
Form: Rhyme
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