Short Liberum Poems

Grinning
Oblivious in iridescent linoleum unconsciousness 
Glorious-
dismantle me into dust.

"wrecked"
11.16.21
Liberum Divisa 8 Poetry Contest...

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From the mother of all mothers
tongue tied 
to a tree
naked



5/3/2019


Navel Gazing
Liberum Divisa Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Gregory Barden...

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My soul taken from root
Blowing into spaces like a flute
Melodies make me soar
I decorate heavens door

From: Tell me Flower
22.2.2021
Liberum Divisa 4...

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Blazing red
Fiery and passionate
Flaming anger
And burning love

From my poem Emotions of the Rainbow
February 18, 2021
For the Liberum Divisa 4 Poetry Contest...

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The hours have dissolved
Like sugar in my many cups
And, all thats left are
Jumbled words and ideas.

9/5/21
Liberum divisa contest
From The significance of table 8...

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behind the veil
you never answered back
tears still calling
or praying to forget



From Diletta 10/19/17


Gregory Richard Barden: Liberum Divisa 8 poetry Contest
11/1/21...

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And let us paint on black Canvas
And nail it to the wall
Like the cross that we bare
But never show to all.

Dated 30.10.2020
Original Poem: Black Canvas
‘Liberum Divisa 2’ Contest....

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rising from a trembling heart
sadness wells up in the vacant eyes
and the tone of voice
that never lies.

From Mismatch

Ninth Place : Gregory Barden- Liberum Divisa6 Contest-5/26/21...

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We were fond of breezes
Shadows in the desert
Crystal lakes on mountains
Dollars in the sand

From "Emily's Hiatus"
Submitted to the Liberum Divisa 8 Poetry Contest
on November 17, 2021...

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As the golden ball ascends
At the crack of dawn
The magical sky radiates
Hues of yellow, orange and red


Original Poem: Waiting for Light
Date: 05/31/2021
Liberum Divisa 6 Poetry Contest...

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Liberty Stands…
remembers 
enhances
 beautifies
 unifies the rumors.  

Original poem: “My Yesterdays, Todays, Tomorrows”
November 30, 2020 

Submitted to: Liberum Divisa 3 Poetry Contest...

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In my days of wonder
War was just a concept
Peace was like a shadow
Creeping on my lawn

Taken from my poem "Emily's Hiatus"
Submitted to the "Liberum Divisa" Poetry Contest
February 19, 2021...

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how could I let fate
tear you away from me

and now forever’s
come and gone



Submitted on February 26, 2021 for contest LIBERUM DIVISA 4 sponsored by GREGORY R BARDEN  -  excerpt from my poem FOREVER...

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she bleeds deep inside -
a cavern of stalagmites.
her warm heart plunges
into an echoing abyss.

5/4/2019
Liberum Divisa Poetry Contest
Sponsor - Gregory Barden

A SNOW QUEEN TALE
Posted on 6/29/2018...

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You brought me a translucence 
of amber for my burnished bouquet.
Love was an ebullience of golden wheat,
our laughter a resplendence of sunflowers.

A Resplendence of Sunflowers
11/5/21
Liberum Divisa 8...

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salt and salt assault,
their wrists can’t resist
the attack — the zip...
their skates... sizzle!

5/5/2021
Original free verse: The Cutting Edge
Liberum Divisa 5 Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Gregory R. Barden...

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Is there a time when love is new?
Love is old~ 
as old as the rocks, the sea, the air.
Love is a liar as timeless as eternity.

From: December Reverie
08/28/2021 
For: Liberum Divsa 7 Poetry Contest...

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we oscillate
between the voids
differentiated
by intent

17-February-2021

For Liberum Divisa 4 poetry contest
Sponsor: Gregory R Barden

Original poem: Moment of decision dated on 29-December-2020...

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Perfection's Chains

Inner child
Blinks back tears through the cheval glass
At a bruised reflection staring back
Battered by the hand of perfection.

2-20-21
Taken from Woman in Chains
Contest: Liberum Divisa 4...

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I’d paint red of love unstinted
Passing it onto every living soul
Into tomorrow I sow seeds of peace
As the forest of my dreams unfold

04.05.2021
Taken From the poem: Forest of my Dreams
Contest: Liberum Divisa 5....

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In my days of wonder
War was just a concept
Peace was like a shadow
Creeping on my lawn.


Taken from the original poem, "Days of Wonder."

Submitted to the "Liberum Divisa 7" Poetry Contest
on September 2, 2021....

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Only when mind is in the present moment, 
you actually live that moment, 
otherwise it's a life of illusion, 
akin to a life not lived at all.

Date: 10/27/2020

Taken from poem moment for
Liberum Divisa 2' Contest...

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In sheer submission

                             Moving to tunes of the wind

Bathed in reverie

                            Learning to heal my scars!

27.05.2021
Original Poem: In Solitude
Contest Name: Liberum Divisa 6...

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A mother’s eyes see a pin on the floor,
a teardrop from a distance,
look down the hollow of a newborn mouth
beholding its yearning for life

From  "A Mother's Eyes" 2/7/2021

9/1/2021
Liberum Divisa 7 Poetry Contest...

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Decision 


A white habit to my left
Hands clasped together 
Heaven or Hell? 
The ground is red as blood 

~

Last four lines from my poem “Vision After the Sermon”

For the Liberum Divisa 5 poetry contest 
May 2nd, 2021...

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