Short Splendiferous Poems

DELIRIUM 

Spectacular is the sea-saw* ship
Serendipitous sleep on its bow
Saturated in happiness dreaming
Splendiferous sashay of delirium

10/6/2017...

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splendiferous spring
raindrops quench thirsty snowdrops...
white morphs into green

(haiku)


04/05/2023


A New Nature-Themed Haiku
Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin...

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A word
Is naked

I will bathe 
Her, in sunlight
With soap 

Of my lips 
And rinse her 
With blood
 
Of my heart
Then, I will 
Clothe her 

With 
Fluffy feathers
To make 

Her
Splendiferous...

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Mad Millie made mention of her mother’s murderous mind.
We wrinkled wandering thoughts which were marvelously kind.
Thinking we knew better than Mad Millie until we did find.
That her mama truly did have a splendiferous murderous mind....

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Yellow and

candyfloss pink

pastels,

feathered fluffy.

A masterpiece of

powdery
 
soft strokes

and vivid

colors.

Strikingly

beautiful,

rosy maple moths

are splendiferous and

quite

extraordinary.


(Yalto)


07,28,2019...

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conjure cumulus frost bitten clouds
blinding billows sculptured shrouds

zeniths growing burgeoning flowers
amplified pulsing pastel towers 

cotton confections mountainous might
splendiferous altars vestal white 

veiled vapors frosty smoke
cumulus canvas draws cloud gazing folk...

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Splendiferous skies
Sunflower sunrise
haystacks of lilacs
pastel daisies play
with robins and jays

fragrant grass finds
bunny behinds
cotton lambs coo
earth's lush rebirth

a spring dream
until my
face hits a

clinging
bug filled

web

3/09/21

Poem of the Day
3/11/21...

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what I was looking for was but a fragment
a very small fragment of what I found
hidden amongst the clutter
of broken dreams and hearts
I found you

epic:  resplendent, splendiferous, 
not enough adjectives to describe
although I read them all
thought of each
rejected them as lacking...

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An aesthetic bottle garden
is a living, phantasmagorical jewel.
A treasured, ostentatious gem,
intricately designed,
artistically arranged and sustained behind a shield of glass.
Encapsulated perfection,
a splendiferous garden of paradise
juxtaposed with a sullied polluted Earth....

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Autumn flaunts

splendiferous

colors

rich earthy tones

gilded in gold leaf.

Scarlets and
 
yellows

form Nature's

finest

works of art

as Autumn

weaves a tapestry

of orange and crimson

leaves

touting fall’s beauty.



(Yalto)


9/8/2018...

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snowflakes, like

feathery fluff,

tumble

from frigid skies

spreading out like a

down duvet

feeling

snugly soft,

and yet

icy cold

to the touch,

a shroud, befitting

autumn's splendiferous

dead,

wove by winter’s hand


(Yalto)


02/28/2020...

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I dreamt of a midnight rendezvous with a Goddess
               in a splendiferous star-studded setting,

whereas, spellbound by Venus’s hypnotic beauty
               shooting stars sprinkle stardust 

upon passion's exquisite, mesmerizing flames,
              burning in the ether of the night.


(Free Verse)


06/15/2020...

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She stands there all summer
in everyday ordinary green,
but amid autumn's bouquet
she wears a lustrous sheen.

Her gown is splendiferous,
she's the queen of them all,
transformed like Cinderella
'gussied up' for the ball.

Glowing flaxen and scarlet,
all who view her agree,
there's nothing more radiant
than the sugar maple tree....

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Butterfly counter, paid by the hours
Walks miles, studying beautiful flowers.

Captures blues, silvers, yellows, monarchs too
They arrive in splendiferous colors and hues

Okay I don’t get paid in money, she says.
Something fun to do, for my Aunt Inez.

Inez has been gone for fifteen years now, you see.
Photographing butterflies is her gift to me....

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Oh, fabulous flamingo, you step out of the haze,
feathered in your cotton-candy glaze.
And imbue joy to my days
as I observe your whimsical ways.
Extraordinary, you never cease to amaze,
as your legendary pink fuels scientific essays.
A splendiferous bird worthy of praise,
uniquely beautiful, you hold my gaze.


(Monorhyme/ Ode)


10-05-2020...

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I did make a wasp gasp
with my splendiferous doggerel
that not even I sit well
with. & a note came from hell
penned in a tongue alien to me...
only the vile violet violinist
understood such oneiric idiocy...
& said it was emetic
& not truly good nor copacetic.
Even September agrees
such is the golden music
that easily delights the bees 
& can make a wasp gasp....

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Intoxicated pinkish elephants

electrified in splendiferous drunkenness

surmised surrealistic playgrounds

of surround sound echoing laughter &

expansivly lit hot air balloons

merrily drifting to embrace star-dusted

skies' kaleidoscopic enchantment

ever wonder, 

do intoxicated pink elephants hallucinate

 the same as our own alcoholic delirium...

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Breathtaking beauty colors the trees
as Autumn mixes pigments with ease.

Vermillion shades causing leaves to blush,
Fall forms a canvas for nature's brush.

Tinged orange, cerise, crimson, and gold,
trees are a masterpiece to behold.

In a splendiferous scarlet splash,
rusty red waves of fiery flames flash.

And brisk breezes set branches to sway
at the whimsy of the wind at play....

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A splendiferous, majestic beast
male lions live lives of famine or feast.
In Africa, he's dubbed the king
reigning supreme over everything.

A super-sized cat he rules the pride
siring all cubs, he won't be denied.
In regal pose, he scans his domain
where due to poachers so few remain.


(Rhyme)


04,30,2019
Free verse or Rhyme Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Eve Roper
#3 photo used...

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'Twas a diamond 
    amidst stardust
  struck of gypsy's 
    celestial adoration,
  crashed and sizzled
 'neath earthly intentions,
ultimate shimmers
     escalated upon
       fiercely impetuous seas,
each dappling
    luminescent waves
saturated of
splendiferous galaxies,
   bathed in heavens'
      stellar effulgence, 
mesmerizing wanderlust's
    magnificent indulgences...

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Moving steadfastly to my north node
My place of glory, my splendiferous abode

Yes!  My true 'NORTH' I'm traveling 
Precious jewels I'm unraveling 

Distractors I'm ignoring
Life's treasures I'm exploring

Staying the course unabated
Following my God compass, now I'm elevated

Rising to glorious heights
No more obstructing divine sights

Staying the course and soul sailing
Moving on UP,  I'm prevailing...

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You are a thousand miles of sheer delight,
When I turn the key our passions ignite,
Firing off a strong robust heart that's yours,
My knees weaken waxing your sleek contours,
O' my splendiferous, overpriced Genie,
My bright yellow, dream Matchbox* Lamborghini

8/12/22

*Toy collectible cars

Bitesize poem No.56 poetry contest

Sponsor: Line Gauthier


14/12/22
Second Chance N/A Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Brian Strand...

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We do not fit in with esteemed
Authority to ascertain
Beauty that their caste may deem
It to be--how shallow and vain
they are in our amateur eyes!
For us, magnificence finds us:
Virgin snowflakes fall from the sky
In myriad splendiferous
Silence; A flock of ring-billed gulls
Swooping wailing and squawking
In descending widen circles
amid the frozen flakes, settling
like miniature river floes.
This is beauty that’s apropos....

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Standing in the shadow of solitude I’m mesmerized, staring up at a splendiferous star-studded sky with a rubicund moon pinned to its heart; juxtaposed by a featureless sea of ebony silently expanding the shores of eternity; hidden in plain view, outside the reach of light and sight.


the universe flaunts
billions of sparkling jewels...
darkness can't be seen


(Haibun)


08/13/2020
Let the Pens Flow - Haibun Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Jenish Somadas...

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she is so artistic said one of the other bridge club ladies.
I knew she was dramatic, but had no idea she was also artistic.
she showed up at the next meeting wearing a splendiferous gown.
designed by whom? Versace? Gucci? Alexander McQueen?

she began to do a dance she had invented and we were mesmerized.
moved like a prima dona ballerina, not a bridge club lady.
she is odd, weird, too flashy for me, another woman said.
I resolved to grow up and try to be her; she amazed me at seven....

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