Short Illumes Poems

at the Master's feet-
                             light illumes shadow...

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a tremor of light
daybreak tinges
a nigrescent sky-
the horizon 
illumes my mind's eye...

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Hard
against 
driven rain
yet liquid to
light
it 
illumes,
enlightens
our transparent
lives


Partly inspired by a quote by Jim Ede (1895-1990) friend of artists...

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peace
of night
draped in dark
cloth of samite
illumes succinct love
countless moments
words foreplay 
gnarled script 
calmed



7th June 2020

Sponsor	Emile Pinet
Contest Name	Ninette...

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a perambulator arrives - emptiness takes its leave
                                          .
 a quietness descends - fresher term opens
                                          .
room-to-let sign illumes - emptiness returns...

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A candle left
lighting through the dark,

lighting in our land, dearly it mourns you.
A candle left

as it lies by your body, seduced by your ode
futile to tame it's light

solid, illumes the crossed fingers 
entwined.



date: 11/3/2012
craig cornish contest: Loss...

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the beauty
     of line
poised,passive
    silent,
             perused:
a surface
       beyond
thought and
  craft,
     ideas,
circle life:
vocation illumes
the essential,
enlivens
enriches
       labour
with
a 
symmetry
to preserve
       pride
once again...

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MONOKU SEQUENCE #A
a perambulator arrives - emptiness takes its leave
                                          .
 a quietness descends - fresher term opens
                                          .
room-to-let sign illumes - emptiness returns



Copyright © Brian Strand | Year Posted 2008...

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Ghostly presence seen nightly
When lighthouse illumes brightly
Fishermen claim to see her
Confounded old tars concur

Her lover swallowed at sea
by fierce waves, old tars agree
Lighthouse beam, sailors concur
Was gone, not even a blur





March 15, 2019
For Charlie’s Jueju-Qijue With A Twist Contest...

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EKPHRASIS ENTERS

Light to light which illumes

as colour fills our eyes and enters

our mood.To trigger stark sensations

colour floats on white,yellow

blue and red in parallel luminous

blocks.This conceptual mirror

meticulous,yet of the common

place, a still life set free in

pervading symbols of the night.

The senses merge to become a

dialogue, a commentary in words...

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The moon won’t rise.
Unless lady gravity is holding her
Moonflower that’s still, shining bright.
Silver steps silver gown.
Spiraling up to the stars above the ground. 
A heart she really cares.
Every night she illumes our light everywhere. 
She does not mind time after time. 
Walking countless steps so we can have nightlight.
Be grateful of our lady of light of the night. 
With out her we would be blind at night time....

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*Image of Candles at God's Acres by Pixabay.


Happy 93rd Birthday Mom


June twenty-four mom's ninety-third birthday,
No candles or cakes except the bouquet,

Flowers for her and no banquet setting,
Just keepin' it plain -- no scene and fretting,

Illumes shed true we've aged, noted we've grown,
Blooms laid neath her imaged rosette gravestone.


Inspired: 2022 June 16
*HM*
Bite Size Poem no.47
~~Line Gauthier: Judged 2022 June 23...

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An empty space,filled by light
brings simplicity to life,
the empty heart,fills with pain,
cries out why,again,again,
and still the emptiness remains;
Simplicity forgotten
in complexity will drown,
darkness overwhelms the mind,
despair see nought,with eyes blind;
light fills up the empty space
and illumes the vacant place,
hope blots out disappointment
as our emptiness relents.

Singularity brings forth clarity
on which imagination then flies free....

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An empty space,filled by light
brings simplicity to life,
the empty heart,fills with pain,
cries out why,again,again,
and still the emptiness remains;
Simplicity forgotten
in complexity will drown,
darkness overwhelms the mind,
despair see nought,with eyes blind;
light fills up the empty space
and illumes the vacant place,
hope blots out disappointment
as our emptiness relents.

Singularity brings forth clarity
on which imagination then flies free....

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An empty space,filled by light
brings simplicity to life,
the empty heart,fills with pain,
cries out why,again,again,
and still the emptiness remains;
Simplicity forgotten
in complexity will drown,
darkness overwhelms the mind,
despair see nought,with eyes blind;
light fills up the empty space
and illumes the vacant place,
hope blots out disappointment
as our emptiness relents.

Singularity brings forth clarity
on which imagination then flies free....

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An empty space,filled by light
brings simplicity to life,
the empty heart,fills with pain,
cries out why,again,again,
and still the emptiness remains;
Simplicity forgotten
in complexity will drown,
darkness overwhelms the mind,
despair see nought,with eyes blind;
light fills up the empty space
and illumes the vacant place,
hope blots out disappointment
as our emptiness relents.

Singularity brings forth clarity
on which imagination then flies free.

| Year Posted 2010...

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