sepia envelopes tied in twine~
letters beneath holding their silence
timeworn photographs
shadows thinning into grain
sepia drifting
dust-warm light drifts across old rooms
holding the hush of yesterday in place
Her sepia seeps into my secluded dreams
and I lick the longing off her skin
a sensation appeasingly smooth and free
like the flashing of the headlights of the night
lit up as if thousand shooting stars
shining brightly through her eyes
as my fingers trace her sky
a most delicate and delightful high
and I'm high
although very much afraid
for if we get too close
it might hurt if we break apart
The last of September sits quietly beside me
There's still warmth in my hands here brushing fingers with Demeter, basking in the Indian summer
but Im ready for my darkness
The hush of Earth in October
Let the fiery sun and his gods of war sleep
Bring the cold and damp to silence their flames that have been burning much to brightly
Bring us
our peace
SEPIA SEA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
in sepia waves,
echoes of laughter linger
time’s tide pulls me back
faded photographs,
memories in sepia sea
love captured in light
edges a bit frayed,
creases deeply set
....in sepia sadness
limpid pools
overgrown
…in unkempt wildness
reflect
a subtle glow
…of love’s permanence
familiar paths
slow faded
…into now
faces unafraid
creases deeply set
…in sepia sadness
John G. Lawless
©1/15/2023
Autumn colours drift down like aubergine
Catch carelessly a crimson columbine
Chestnut leaves flutter
Auburn tinctures drop down like treasure troves
Gather gently from glossy golden groves
Amber blades clutter
Sepia hues dance down like floating planes
Amass amply those amazing remains
Ginger fronds putter
~~~~~~~
08.15.2020
Contest: Tail Rhyme Stanza poetry
Sponsor: Emile Pinet
Postcards~
tattered, old, creased;
Chiaroscuro landscapes;
Reminiscence of a story~
First love.
10 July 2020
Hon. Mention
STRAND COMPLETELY NEW (7) any theme any form
Contest Judged: 7/10/2020 2:32:00 AM
Sponsored by: Brian Strand
Nestled in the arms of night's embrace
I wait for grievous thoughts to fade
as though they were bubbles popping
one by one, in a fluted glass of champagne
When bold colored memories languish
sepia visions distort my sorrows
and the scars branded across my heart
become blurred by the moon and stars
I'd rather not recall the depths of sorrow
No need for crayon drawings of it all
Time should erase the heartache I feel
but it's moving much too slowly, I think
Sepia-tinted season is on
You are yellow and red
Crunching leaves in the lawn
Soft sun on bed
You are yellow and red
As I pick apples
Soft sun on bed
Squirrels under maples
As I pick apples
In red-and-gold forest
Squirrels under maples
A Robin in your armrest
In red-and-gold forest
Snowy mist in air
A Robin in your armrest
A petal in your hair
Snowy mist in air
Gondola waits in the lake
A petal in your hair
Rich flavour of the cake
Gondola waits in the lake
String of verdant hillsides
Rich flavour of the cake
Evening playing with tides
String of verdant hillsides
October nip in air
Evening playing with tides
Melancholy eyes in the chair
October nip in air
Crunching leaves in the lawn
Melancholy eyes in the chair
Sepia-tainted season is on
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October 3, 2019
Poet's October Pantoum Cash Prize Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: William Kekaula
Sepia Dreams
“Let me take from this your kiss, the taste of you my lips shall miss”
So long since I held you
X’s on the calendar days…patterned of my missing
Promises made on long distant lines
and letters sent, penned of love’s smiles on sleepless nights
“My heart it finds the lonely view, of all my days away from you”
Loneliness the common as passing time mounts,
your kiss my mind imagines in the haze of life
Duty calls, yet my heart is not in it,
for on that day I released it to you
“While on this journey’s winding path, my love held in a photograph”
Sepia dreams in brilliant colors,
to hold that goodbye kiss in my hands,
lingering in my tear splashed eyes…
I hold my breath until the time
“When once again of destined charms, I hold you tightly in my arms”
I hold your pillow tight and wonder where you are
perhaps the moon has borrowed you for light
Yesterday is here showing me your sepia smile
and like a glitter star you fill my lonely night
Oct. 27, 2018
Sepia Dreams
“Let me take from this, your kiss, the taste of you my lips shall miss”
So long since I held you,
X’s on the calendar…patterns of my missing
Promises made on long distant lines
and letters sent, penned of love’s smiles on sleepless nights
“My heart it finds the lonely view of all my days away from you”
Loneliness now common as passing time mounts,
your kiss my mind imagines in the haze of life
Duty calls, yet my heart is not in it,
for on that day I released it to you
“While on this journey’s winding path your love held in a photograph”
Sepia dreams in brilliant colors,
to hold that goodbye kiss in my hands,
lingering in my tear splashed eyes…
I count the days until the time
“When once again of destined charms, I hold you gently in my arms”
I repent of loss No control when beauty takes it's oversight of me
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