Short Heavenward Poems

Our soul on heavenward ascent ~
Reckons death as a nonevent

09-September-2022...

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You stand in Prayer

   heart directed Heavenward

      ~ Now maintain focus!...

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hope soars heavenward
strength in numbers, flying free...
prayers on their wings...

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celestial choir 
voices soaring heavenward~
a prayer for peace
...

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For Linda

a golden heart lifts
fly safe on the back of eagle
catch the winds heavenward...

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eyes closed 
I blow 
emptying my heart..
The sad bubble rises 
carrying my woes
heavenward...

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spiking heavenward
gold rod in afternoon glow
let sneezing begin

written September 19, 2021...

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Summer,past its best,
pampas reaching heavenward,
trees about to rest-
Japanese anemone
as far as my eye can see

Brian Strand 6 Sept...

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Wave your magic wand o'er my droopy eyes
   Lay my tousled head upon your tender arm
Sing a soothing, soft, nighttime lullaby
   Lift me gently heavenward, away from all harm...

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Spring days, as a child,
While grasping the ropes tightly,
I soared heavenward. 
Now, decades later, I love
Gliding gently while I read.
...

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GRINS AND BUBBLES

blooms in the verdure 
flash golden smiles heavenward
the soap bubbles dance
_______________________________

4:26 pm, March 10, 2015...

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Set free your Creative Muse to soar swiftly Heavenward

  Naysayers will challenge you, thinking you lack Imagination

   --Leave them slack-jawed, gaping, your Angelic Wings smiling High...

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Winter’s newborn fusses in blustered billows;
Colicked thunder rumbles from tantrumed lightning.      
    Blossoms nursing heavenward – April showers.
                  Christened is springtime...

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trees have shed their sheen
forlorn limbs stretch heavenward
garlanded with snow

Entry for Tania Kitchin's "A Late Fall Or Early Winter Haiku" Contest
(4 Nov 2019)

Rated No. 2 in the contest...

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to heavenward climb, some take time
since they're as yet deaf to love's chime
and since God's love employs no force
these souls must charter their own course
till they imbibe nectar sublime

26-November-2022...

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Summer,past its best,
pampas reaching heavenward,
trees about to rest-
Japanese anemone
as far as my eye can see

NOTE:A tanka in English is essentially a 3 line hiku(SHOW)with a couplet amplification (TELL)...

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Heavenward
Ever climbing
Purposeful
Rebellious
Sinful
Anger
Confusion
Destruction
Scattered
Confounded
What did you say?


The book of Jasher says that the tower was built to war with the hosts of heaven....

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Fly my love
inspired of eye
whilst the ropes that hang you heavenward
entangle to the sky
With star breath
on your night mouth
close your eyes and open wide
for tonight you will be privy to the morning's suicide....

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heavenward
stretch
the
tallest
redwoods
dreams
to
reach
celestial
heights




AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Submitted on January 26, 2019 for contest HEAVENLY MONOKU sponsored by KIM RODRIGUES  -  RANKED 1ST...

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All Beauty Calls Delight. Every Freeman Grows Heavenward Inspiring Justice, Keeping Lilliputian Mentalities Natal, Ordering Procreation, Qualifying Rare Synthesises Toward Universal Visitations, Wandering Xanadu, Yearning…. Zion....

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Elm once clad in gold

   Has shed its colorful cloak

       Awaits winter storms

         Bare limbs lifted heavenward

            As if in supplication.

(2 Nov 2013)

Entry for Francine Roberts' "Tanka Me Fall Or Winter" Contest...

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Written in ABC 

Another butterfly, colors dappled, enters, flying gracefully heavenward.  I just kneel,
looking, mesmerized.  Natures overture plays quietly. Restless, suddenly thrusting upward,
variegated wings, exiting, youthfully zoom....

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A nose malady
autumn smells of burning leaves
inhalers handy
smoky trails wind heavenward,
‘midst sneezes I wheeze a word 

Written November 12, 2022
Submitted to "Hiku, Footle, Tanka" Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand...

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Divine
love, light and scent
pervades each cell of form,
signalling heavenward ascent,
as the last bastions of our ego fall,
bursting noiselessly in the void
and then that that remains
is soul essence
divine.

18-September-2022...

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A meandering brook winds past
Branches sway in a gentle breeze
Praising the lord God unsurpassed
Like a supplicant on their knees

In homage to azure skies
Heavenward the sapling reaches
Awaiting its God to baptise 
While the black Cockatoo preaches
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