Short Sunsetting Poems

ruptured skies embrace
shooting stars as violet seeps
into seams of earth 

as sunlight retreats
into milky ways across a
constellation night...

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meandering in a realm of translated whispers of the heart



Published in my 24-page photo/anthology ~SUNSETTING WHISPERS~ 2020

AP: 3rd place 2020

Posted on June 4, 2020...

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I float
I float
Without a care

Without a care
I float



Published in my 24-page photo/anthology ~ SUNSETTING WHISPERS~ 2020

AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Posted on July 8, 2019...

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this time
there's no redo
here we are
ready
we're live ~
lights camera action
let's show them
what we've got



Published in my 24-page photo/anthology ~SUNSETTING WHISPERS~ 2020

AP: 3rd place 2021

Posted on May 31, 2020...

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you are as beautiful as a sunset on a tropical beach,
your hair is the sea as it flows with the wind,
your eyes sparkle in the light of the sunsetting like pearls in the water,
your smile is the only thing i could ask for,
my love,
i love,
you...

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august sunshine
bringing out
the best in her
the glitter in her hair
the radiance
of her smile
the summer skies
the perfect backdrop
for all childish charm
and laughter



Published in my 24-page photo/anthology ~SUNSETTING WHISPERS~ 2020

AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Posted on May 17, 2019...

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in a colorful array
love comes to life
in its bold magnificence
from the inexhaustible grandiose
to the infinitely humble



Published in my 24-page photo/anthology ~SUNSETTING WHISPERS~ 2020

AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Submitted on July 24, 2020 for contest STRAND COMPLETELY NEW (13) sponsored by BRIAN STRAND...

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remembering nostalgic days when
idealists aspiring to feel zen
would immerse in ink their fountain pen
to inscribe deep poems now and then



Published in my 24-page photo/anthology ~SUNSETTING WHISPERS~ 2020

AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Submitted on January 13, 2020 for contest WHEN AND THEN sponsored by JENISH SOMADAS  -  RANKED 4TH...

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If there were no poetry or words as art
Who would hear the music in my heart
Would my muse fight to find its way
Or in atrophy die and simply wash away



Published in my 24-page photo/anthology ~SUNSETTING WHISPERS~ 2020

AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Submitted on January 22, 2020 for contest IF THERE WAS NO POETRY sponsored by SILENT ONE  -  RANKED 3RD...

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I woke before sunrise
Beauty all around me
An overwhelming silence
I sat and took it in
Food for my soul
The loon called out
From the stillness of the lake
I knew I was at heaven’s gate


Published in my 24-page photo/anthology ~SUNSETTING WHISPERS~ 2020

Submitted on March 9, 2020 for contest STRAND CHOICE B sponsored by BRIAN STRAND  -  HONORABLE MENTION

Originally posted on April 21, 2019...

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It twists and coils
 under a microscope
double stranded
  the dance of life
in genetic code
  dense with mystery
replicating sequences
  promising secrets ~
in essence of identity



Published in my 24-page photo/anthology ~SUNSETTING WHISPERS~ 2020

AP: 3rd place 2022

Submitted on April 5, 2020 for contest STRAND POETRY PICK 2 sponsored by BRIAN STRAND  -  HONORABLE MENTION

and July 15, 2019 fro contest THE MINIVERSE sponsored by NINA PARMENTER...

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a lonely melancholic caterpillar
wrapped up in its tiny little universe
with its teeny caterpillar dreams
single-mindedly oblivious
to its own destiny
unaware what journey lies ahead
clueless of its fate to soon take flight
on emancipated wings
of a monarch butterfly



Published in my 24-page photo/anthology ~SUNSETTING WHISPERS~ 2020

Submitted on March 20, 2020 for contest STRAND CHOICE L sponsored by BRIAN STRAND

Originally posted on April 12, 2019...

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