Short Saunders Poems
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clouds drift through halos
burnishing sienna cliffs --
shady dale cups rain
By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders, August 1, 2012
Categories:
saunders, nature, places,
Form:
Haiku
Veiled smile...hope blushes on the face of a young bride's heart.
Rhonda Johnson-Saunders, 11/15/13
for Yasmin Khan's Hope Contest
Categories:
saunders, hope, love, wedding,
Form:
Monoku
Icy stars falling
Crystalline H2O drops
Building Earths blanket.
Contest: Hidden Beauty
Sponsor: Rhonda Johnson-Saunders
Entered: 1-19-15
Categories:
saunders, poems, poetry, snow, weather, winter,
Form:
Haiku
branches reach skyward like arms to Heaven
alone between sand and sun
waiting for an answer
By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders
Sixth place in One Tree in a Distant Field contest
Categories:
saunders, inspirational, nature,
Form:
Kimo
God's hand reached through time
dropping brilliance in the night
love's eternal gift
one star named for "my best friend"
our anniversary light
By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders
Categories:
saunders, anniversary,
Form:
Tanka
autumn winds echo
through bare trees in darkness --
Grandpa whistles
By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders
fifth place in Charles Henderson's Strictly a Stickler for Strictness
Haiku contest
Categories:
saunders, family, nature, seasons,
Form:
Haiku
a voice full of soul
with a gift to share
joy fills the church pews
and hands lift in praise
By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders, February 23, 2012
for 20/20 poetry contest (David Williams)
First place
Categories:
saunders, faith, inspirational, music,
Form:
Free verse
Flames dance
in burnt cinders
flickering like fireflies
smothering the mundane to stir
passion
By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders, January 24, 2012
Third Place in any form/ any theme, 2 -12 contest
Categories:
saunders, allegory, passion, romance,
Form:
Cinquain
Searching
higher than low
for languishing love songs
ears listen for the heart's desire
to smile
By Rhonda Johnson Saunders
Third Place in No Name/Ten Line Max Contest (Brian Strand)
Categories:
saunders, happiness, life, love,
Form:
Cinquain
Tulips blaring trumpet the coming springtime.
Throne of season gifts us a floral birth day.
Golden staff of solar rays warms the spring breeze,
shining through raindrops.
By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders
Categories:
saunders, beauty, birth, spring,
Form:
Sapphic stanza
Love note
He wrote
First date
Can't wait
Red rose
she glows
Wet palms
Smile calms
First kiss
Sweet bliss
By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders, February 7, 2012
Ninth place in Valentine Footles contest
Categories:
saunders, holiday, love, romance,
Form:
Footle
Joy
sharing
feelings of
love honestly
pleasing each other
partners in life
until death
brings one
Grief
By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders, March 20, 2012
For Ninette contest (Joann Grisetti)
Second place
Categories:
saunders, death, happiness, husband, life, loss, love, wife,
Form:
Free verse
Marionette,
wooden smile
desires life,
precious breath,
as father’s
wish floats
to heaven’s ear.
By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders, September 22, 2012
for Nette Onclaud's SEPTOLET THE PUPPET Contest
Categories:
saunders, fantasy, father, life, love,
Form:
Verse
For you, I will brush
the dark canvas with stardust
in poetic verse
to charm the moon from the sky
and scent the breeze with jasmine
By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders
Second place in Tanka My Valentine Gift
Categories:
saunders, love, passion, romance,
Form:
Tanka
Bathed
in surf.
Oceans rouse
a midnight swim,
lovers drenched in waves of salted kisses.
By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders, 12/8/15
for Nette's Language of Water Contest
*Type of Water - Ocean
Categories:
saunders, ocean, romance,
Form:
Tetractys
rose bud
hot blood
spring fling
bee's sting
warm heart
fresh start
blue skies
young sighs
rainbows
love grows
eyes wide
June bride
By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders, February 19. 2012
for Spring Contest (PD)
Categories:
saunders, life, love, romance, seasons,
Form:
Footle
Summer butterfly
vibrant wings brighten long days
heat from your passion
cocooned 'til our love flies free
as we dream of sweet nectar
By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders
for Let's Pass a Tanka Love Note contest (Rick Parise)
Categories:
saunders, love, nature, passion, love,
Form:
Tanka
Placid water,
smooth surface untouched
reflects the moonlight
in silver bows.
Breezy love songs
weave glazed ribbon.
Luna serenades.
By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders, June 22, 2012
For Shanzi Poetry Contest (Joann Grisetti)
Categories:
saunders, music, nature, uplifting,
Form:
Verse
Brushed timeless in youth's inner light, dreams flow
like ruffles on dress stitched blue -
no fence long legs can't climb.
By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders, 2/15/15
For Nette's In Praise of A Kimo Contest
Visual #2
Categories:
saunders, dream, life, time, youth,
Form:
Kimo
Stepped from ashes
healed are gashes
from sin's lashes
with God's glory.
Blessed in rivers
drunk by givers
love delivers
Gifted story.
By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders
for Nettle's Desiderata Contest, 12/5/14
Theme #3
Categories:
saunders, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Verse
Tears fall for each petal's descent,
descent of blooms in stone-lined graves.
Graves in silence hide their beauty,
beauty of heavenly bouquets.
By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders, 6/7/15
For Nette's Four Lines Only Contest
Visual #3.
Categories:
saunders, beauty, death, flower, life, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
I slip on sapphire's sundress
flowing like cool cotton sky.
Golden stole sheathes bare shoulders
as I glide on hammock clouds.
By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders, August 29, 2012
for Hammock of Sky in Tanaga Contest (Nette Onclaud)
Categories:
saunders, fantasy, nature,
Form:
Verse
gentle kiss of dawn
sheer curtains filter sun rays
touching me with light
golden flecks ride the cool breeze
I wake to daybreaks splendor
By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders
First place in One to Fifteen Any Form (Brian Strand)
Categories:
saunders, life, nature,
Form:
Tanka
I shall not beg for love but simply ask of thee
to open your bruised heart, accept my apology.
More than words upon my lips, I offer a new day.
My gift, my soul to share – love’s perennial bouquet.
By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders, 12/7/15
Categories:
saunders, forgiveness, love, romance,
Form:
Couplet
a walk through bare trees
sunlit streamers warm my face
these woods call my name
the last snow melts underfoot
as rainbows wrap me in spring
By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders
for Forest Lights contest (Carolyn Devonshire)
Categories:
saunders, nature, seasons, uplifting,
Form:
Tanka