Short Luminance Poems

O Lord,
Thy presence pales even the luminance 
Of the Sun and Moon in accordance...

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''The luminance of heavenly shine in its entirety --is in each and every matter you see.''...

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luminance
of noon reaches climax
under
sheltering canopy
refreshing sighs
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Luminance

      Life's lessons lurk in
   Labyrinthic lanes of mind;
 Light  the lamp within

Contest Vernal 2017 standard contest 
Any theme any three lines
Date Mar 26 2017...

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get off your shackles
loves luminance
is infinite
go
touch me not
leave me alone
giggling girls
puberty smiles
guessing red blood
spotted
then gushed
guilt descended

10.30 am
july 19 2016...

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C-omplete
L-ight
E-rases
O-bscure

M-ist
A-nd
R-ain
I-n
E-arly

L-uminance
A-s
V-ileness
I-s
N-egated
A-gain

Topic: Birthday of Cleo Marie M. Lavina (June 17) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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Soft silence
breaks at the dawn
leaving
tangled forests
with mere memories
nocturnal
and dark
easing
into
luminance
as the dawn’s
light transforms
teasing a concerto 
as
the orchestra cues

NB: Yalto form created by Edward Ibeh...

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God is in everything I see
From dawning to sundown
He is the one who created the beauty
What lies on all sides of the round
He directs all from heaven's felicity
The whole lot, every bit of whatever
Each and every matter you see
The luminance of God the Father
For his light shines, in its entirety...

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Like 
an old
midnight lamp
you burn yourself
to give luminance
blazing brightly
exuding
within
me.



4 July 2021

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For Ninette Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Caren Krutsinger
3rd place


Entered for "Say It In Nine - Old or New' Poetry Contest"
Sponsored by Joseph May
2nd place...

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Light shimmered on the lake at moonrise,
with a breathtaking view that glimmered.
Beneath the glow of Luna's pale luminance,
the night was calm on the banks of the firth
except for the cooing of a lonesome dove,
who thirsted like me, yearning to be loved.


September 10, 2022
Bitesize Poem No52 Contest
Sponsored by Line Gauthier...

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Facing the silent sea,
she stands in silhouette
against the light
of the scarlet sunset.

In stillness
of her stolen gazes,
at seagulls taking flight
she sings ephemeral euphony.

Her dulcet voice
soars like a delicate dandelion~
and finally finds me.


10 June 2021
Modified from my poem, “Against The Light”
For Brian Strand’s All Yours (June 10) Poetry Contest
1st Place...

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Mystical apparition resting in luminance,

Your name hath altered my passion.

Timidly on now,

I go.

 

Fervently,

I walk alone.

Calling your name in shadows,

so I will atone.

 

Oh, it is naught,

for I have bought

a brighter day.

Always shall I stay,

to say:

 

I shall hold,

like a thousand bold

soldiers. Just to look

inside those emerald eyes....

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An upside down book’s pages keep turning,
I’m playing dead in a theatre of war,
Luminance weaves into passion.

To sail away into fantasy, to the wraith of tonight.
A connection embraced only in repose,
As lost loves are left wandering the streets.

Acting out scenes to scripts never written,
For the sake of patience, I’ve turned my cheek.

As nearby strolls are of enough reward to ground my careless needs....

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 Where Lightning and Stars Collab and the Eternal Awe Manifests
 and Descends through the Force Of Nature by Sheer Intellect,
 and the Sacred Rises and gives Form
 and Transcends the Ether to Step Forth,
 and the Great Alchemist Transcends and Illuminates
 and the Sacrosanct Scepter Emanates,
 Radiating in Eminence with Exuberant Luminance
 The Jewel Tipped Spear Of Heaven, Glistens The Innards Of Providence...

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I walk alone into the night;
into its shadowy silence
where myriad diamonds light
the sky with twinkling luminance;
where its nocturnal clutch conjures
imaginary images:
wierd, phantasmagoric specters
with unworldly, frightful faces.
Luna, mother of night shadows
beams down through naked boxelders
their swaying branches cast below
cimmerian moving creatures:
malevolent fabrications
of my grotesque imagination....

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Sunshine
Radiance brightness
Suns light rays
Natural light sparkle bright
Solar

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Daylight                                          
Sunshine brightness                         
Gleaming phosphorescence                   
Luminance coruscation rays              
  Vivid      

                                                        


7/15/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2024©
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"the grace of life"

warmth and more fill while facing the sun
light radiates leaving feelings of harmony
a day without the sun is unthinkable to souls

birds fly knowing their way with luminance
horses run with a breeze reaching their face
whales splash along waters to feel the glow

a lesson learned is to be part of the world 
follow light through the nature of animals
face the sun and let the grace of life flow

SkyWatcher
04-21-22...

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It split you apart
You bled free tears to rejoice
You discovered words in your heart
You found a new self and a devout voice

It slit you in half
It took away your weakness
Superseded it with new wings of life
To fly you to where belonging is endless

It is called love
It is the audacity of a fragile soul walking though a menace
It is a sacrifice for nothing with everything you will ever have
It is the evanescence of hopelessness and a luminance of desire...

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Undeniably this fire sears and scorches
when heartbeats rapidly blazes randomly,
Living proof of shatterproof
Though forever fearing frantically.
Surviving myself the fire
Expressing sparks of embers,
Accepting and devouring whilst
Luminance remembers.
Upon cooling how it singes 
For life has been immense
Uncontrolled and where divulged 
all-above intense.
Simmer me with tenderness
as meekness will impart-
stability, tranquility 
within impassioned heart....

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I wish I had double-knotted love’s cord,
Table my deepest concerns to the Lord,
Walk beyond the shrivelled meadow,
Look out of the gloomy window.

I was worried about my troubles,
I was concerned about my dark bubbles,
I didn’t want to be together and apart,
Separated by melancholy’s cart.

I wish I had allowed light into my room,
Amplify its luminance and make it bloom,
For the young and empathetic ones,
Willing to consider pairing a gain over a loss.


March 29, 2024.

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He walked out in the dark one day
To see a million stars,
The vastness of the Milky Way,
The luminance of Mars.
Roused by a spell he feared like hell
But had no wish to spurn,
In fazed delight he gazed all night
And never did return.

He walked out in the dark one day
To see a million stars.
The elders say he lost his way
And puff on cheap cigars.
The flecks of light they form at night,
Like fireflies in June,
Or pungent smell might just as well
Have touched him as the moon....

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SYZYGY 

The sun shines bright in all its beauty 
Going about its burning duty
Golden rays blaze in heated fashion 
Warming the earth in scorching passion 

The moon shimmers in rich radiance 
Hushing the world with its luminance 
Silver streaks glow in muted manner 
Wrapping the earth with drowsy banner 

The sun is the regal Rex of day
The moon the ruling Regina ray
Two big lights reigning over the sky 
Appointed by God to sparkle high 


05.26.2020


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Near faint mountain ridges, upon bends of bridges,

splashes of light tickle as streams below trickle.

Moonlight's expansive flow sprinkles the gazebo.

White canterbury bells absorb sheen luster swells.

Illuminations strum nature's palette spectrum.

Brushed garden's rainbow felts, like dripping oil, melts.

Cottage lights extend to the stream's reflective blend.

Luminance warms our days as fireplace logs blaze.


2-4-2021

Tribute to Thomas Kincaid, "Painter of Light."...

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Light shimmered on the lake at moonrise
a breathtaking view that glimmers
Lively serpentine swimmers
flow below astral skies
Ripples, side by side
roil to provide
reflections
on the 
tide.
*
Ride
a wave
as enslaved
'Neath Luna's pale
luminance, they sail
upon waters of Earth
Calm, the night above the firth
except for lonesome, cooing doves
thirsting, like me, yearning to be loved



December 11, 2020
Double Nonet Contest
Sponsor: William Kekaula...

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