Short Encloses Poems

As the white encompasses all colors 

so God encloses in him all opposites










© Demetrios Trifiatis
      06 July 2020...

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The graves of my youth
lay scattered behind me
Each headstone a failure
endorsed by my hand

A shroud covered memory
encloses my history
Where ghosts of tomorrow
roam—haunting my past

(St. David’s Church: September, 2022)...

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Moon dipped in chalk sky
Lacy brown branches applaud
August gently parts

Dancing yellow leaves 
Rusty orange and red entwine
Autumn’s cheerful song

White lace encloses
Wrapping the still in softness
Winter’s peaceful chill

Blossom to blossom
Boldly upwards to sunshine
Spring’s promise anew

Deep colors abound
Spreading out in the warm rays 
Grateful for Summer...

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I smell the fragrance of love
On the bed of crimson roses
Memories of thee beguiles me
And million emotions my heart encloses

Those eternal love-filled hours
Feel yet to be so few
Oh Love! Rush down my core
As this heart concocts the brew

Silent I lay beside you, all cuddled up
That drives me to the golden shore
Seeing through my inward eye, I become
Nostalgic to the days of yore...

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lingering inside 
prayer chamber
peace* encloses heart.

joyous quietude
grips me
nestling 
in God.

*Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

October 8, 2020
3rd place, "Writing Challenge - Septolet Form" Contest
Sponsored by Constance La France; judged on 10/10/2020....

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Zero encloses life,
void is full if bits from nothingness break away,
striding strife.

You can’t empty
life’s emptiness, lastingly stays
full free.

God’s stilled
grace keeps soul’s bay
filled.

Zero encloses life,
life’s emptiness, lastingly stays
filled.

__________________

April 17, 2022
Syllable count checked on HMS
Contest : Let's Minichu On Zero
Sponsored by : Mohan Chutani...

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One dozen dead roses
A pocket full of red disposes
Fidelity, fealty their temporal wrapper encloses
Organic ode that nature's bipolar rhythm transposes
Trite requiem to all the brownnoses
A token gift that penurious love exposes 
Gone are the scintillating wax poses
The mirth, pageantry time hoses
Buried in the cemetary with Grandma Moses
Bring back the artificial supposes
To satiate all of the charming virtuosas...

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PAINS

It accompanies always 
They say
A pinch of pains
With love
It also dismays as
We don’t seek remedy
For this heart- wrench

It encloses heavenly feelings
No where found other than
From within lips,
Like drops of tears rolling out
On cheeks shut in
The refracting sun within

I wanted to perch
Velvety wings of butterflies
On my words
Under their shadowy guise
They could convey
The misery of mankind...

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Life Tenses.


Its Past,Present,Future connection,
A sisterly chained interconnection,
Each without the other,
Will not wholly exist.
My past never I can catch hold of,
But sure can link it to,
Present is the morsel on my palate,
Try to taste it every moment,
Future is my enfranchised dream,
I await every minute of it,
It encloses the aims of my life.



Contest:Past,Present,Future.
Sponsor:Nayda.I.Negron
22/11/2016
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