Short Skylight Poems

Cavern

Inside the darkest cavern
An amazing skylight shining in...

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pounding on skylight
nature’s beautiful music 
lulling me to sleep...

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the moon stars and all
go twinkling by my skylight
lulling me to sleep...

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A porch light full moon glimpses me through patchworks of cotton candy clouds....

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Stupendous, sublime,
seeing star-sprinkled skylight–
Swallow stardust sight....

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I stare at snow

on my skylight,

tiny rays of sun biting through gaps.

As winds gently carry birdsong

I smile at the beauty of it all...

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A businessman asked how anyone might,
get into an honest business right.
My friend Ned,
stood up and said,
usually it is through the skylight....

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Winter's gone
I can tell
Those  birds are at it again
At almost daylight
so close to the open skylight
They could be on the bedpost
Winter's gone
Again...

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Stars in the night I see
Scenery so sightly
Some are twinkling brightly
Small ones showing lightly
Staring at them nightly
Structure holds some tightly
Softly they delight me...

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Winter seems frozen in time;
Its coldness veiled in stillness.

Nature has dimmed the skylight;
An invisible chilled wall
Challenging winter’s exit,
And spring’s coming.

Today, nature teased us again:
Goosebumps popping up everywhere!...

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An image comes unbidden
in a quickening flash:
the dark silhouette of
a female, part avian,
upright and still
in a moss-clad marsh,
poised in the luster
of a golden half-sun.
The ongoing joy
of such fleeting thoughts:
a secret skylight
in a 10’ by 12’ room....

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Rehearsing through a starless night
Tangled limbs among silky threads
Silver heat of comet's flight
Blushing pink of dawn's sky

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For Nette's Contest "The Passion of a Jue Ju"
7/27/14
By Carrie Richards








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Stuck, staring, stumbling
Time stood still in awe of lives, for
Better or worst, yet alive
So her story goes asunder
Silenced by storms with thunder
And through it all, she stood
Held to heart of hope, and belief
Solitude jolts
Because!
Beneath skylight, she was whisked to life renewed.

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electrifying
when peering through earth's skylight
angels love the sight

effects arising
from hued sun so far and near
like scent of rose dear

magical with moon
above crisp snow and pine trees
nature's mysteries

skies largely maroon
with pastels of the spectrum
night's ageless stardom...

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Flowers bloom within garden of hearts
Lovers swim through sea of tears
One and only One Light liberating
We wrestled with Poseidon from oblivion.
Enter zephyr breeze of rebirth -
Roses or arrows, we choose the clearing, as
Song of rain beneath skylight, forgave.

(Inspired by: Miley Sirus', "Flowers"

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Silver streaks of zingy songbirds 
and choral trills.

Orioles in Scarlet -
gorgeous carolers of
dawn canzonet with a sapphire score.

Rich viol spells of melodic melody
they engulf my twisted skysill
featuring lavender gold and
honeyed agate spring odes
silky lilac skylight accents....

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Feathers of life twirling by the stars of drizzling light. 
Breathing into a glowing dance, lighting up the night.

A window moved to let in the glory of the moon.
The breeze so cool tiptoes in lifting away the hem of my loom.

A smile, so strong emanates from my appearance.
The brightness of the sky has lit my countenance....

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lead me i’ll  follow
though the path is
long and narrow
follow me i’ll
lead you down 
a pathway 
full of skylight to 
see a beautiful
sunrise or sunset
moonlight to see 
stars sparkle in
the blackest of night  
so lead me i’ll follow
or follow me i’ll
i’ll lead you
either way it’s
a journey you’ll
just want to take...

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situated…
near the rudder 
of your soul
a mist that
makes me
shudder

down rivers depths
where estuaries
meet in strange
whispers melting
in my mouth…
voiceless

delicate shadows 
dancing on skylight 
innuendos
sublime
undressing your
lines…

I stumble
and
fall

 (for a muse who knows who he is)



© Kim van Breda—23 May 2015...

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Unsettling rain forgets the sun and stars.
Obscurity of hue, gray clouds in style.
A ride along, the windshield splash, the haze.
I miss the cerulean skylight days!

The sudden peek-a-boo, the rainbow seeps.
The pallet’s full — the artist’s paint full tilt.
Explosive rush like gold poured from a box.
The weatherman pulls shiny words from stock.

12/11/2018...

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It is in the darkest night
Forsaken by the day’s light
Moon too has taken flight
Putting my heart to fright,
The world is hit by blight
No one is to be seen in sight
And I’m left alone to fight,
Seems something is not right
Unable to endure this plight
Praying for help, God might…
Dawn peeps through the skylight
Rays of hope shimmering bright 
My life beamed with full delight.
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Taste the light,stick out your tongue
I tell him
the sky light is
bottoms of coke bottles
shattered sunbeams
into a rainbow,
stripes of color
He laughs a four year old giggle
and sticks out his
new pink tongue
Yum! he says and swallows
the whole morning
in one gulp
a cloud passes over
the skylight 
and his face,
where did the rainbow go?
I ate it ! he laughs
and shows me his tongue 
with pride....

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Moonlight 
Sunlight 
Starlight 
Skylight
Great poets make moonlight, sunlight shine
With verses from starlight, skylight fine 

Planning 
Writing
Doing
Thinking
Some thoughts lead to planning,,writing
themes
Others maybe, doing, thinking reams

Joyful
Hopeful 
Cheerful
Zestful
Live a life of, joyful, hopeful times
Sculpting thoughts of, cheerful, zestful rhymes 

Happy 
Speedy
Lovely
Journey
Holiday a happy, speedy send
As I recall lovely, journey penned...

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