“Abe, easy Dee, effigy, eight chives, Jake, ale, Em,
any hope, peak you, arrest a ewe, feed other ewe”
ex-wife said
she certainly SPELT it out!
he then went on to reCOUNT
“When, too, furry forks, fave socks sieving, eat known tin”
and there was something oddly familiar about it all
when ex-husband and ex-wife spoke their nonsense
With ego donned, soul's edge now rough,
discernment as the tool employed,
tranquil at both life's crest and trough,
sees demons of darkness destroyed.
Refinement is a slow process,
laboured breathing, fear forms sieving,
where we both regress and progress,
strobes of God's light, in heart weaving.
Caress of love divine sublime,
transforms feeble form from within,
bliss beat chime aiding soul to climb,
exhuming all traces of sin.
Sin's sea glass littered on soul's shore,
holds value although it is waste,
for though we choose to keep no score,
it marks the path that made heart chaste.
an hour farther
time art even and...
hollowed be the game
the kinks that come
can be undone from...
any nerves gone uneven
so for us these days
are daily bred for sieving...
trash from gained stuff
and get to this
our time-station to...
deliver an even-all main
stan sand
sieving the sable shades~ springs up the scarlet sphere~ a solemn sunshine
lukewarm glowing rays
with soothing and healing touch~
a cosmic power
A vibrant energy source for all living things
Sloth expelled and musings get spectacular wings
The quivering rays steadily gleam as silver
An eternal vigor praised as the food giver
Placed : 1st
A Monoku, Haiku and 4 lines of Rhyme - Same Theme Poetry Contest
Other poetry form only.
Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin
Date: 08-06-2023
Your intentions are meant for goodwill
Your heart is as white as snow
Seeking to identify and bail out
For selflessness is your part
And opportunism is your sworn enemy
Like rain droplets
You come in plenty
Secrecy is not your portion
Laying bare your desires is your game
Change is your other name
Since, impacting and changing lives is your goal
A purposeful road you careful lay
Indestructible by any weight
But tramples on any form of obstruction
Seeking to limit your potential
Sieving your targets from the masses
Like chaff being separated from the grain by the wind
Out of the sea of humanity
You avail those befitting your support
A ray of hope to the disadvantaged
You restore their will for survival
Reviving in them the spirit to fight on
Throwing in the towel is discouraged
Are you heavenly sent?
You give everything freely
Demanding nothing in return
You are our love
For you have created a space for yourself in our heart
Igniting a flame deep within our souls
Since we can hear shouts of your name
A beauty we wish to have known early
Forever, your memories will be kept alive
For your deeds are outstanding!
Slow sways, it meanders ~
Sandy spotted mammoth
Sieving the shallow sea…
Still that dorsal fin fear!
Some jaws don’t bite or bark
Such is deep’s largest fish…
Sized gape, my whale shark awe ~
(3/27/22)
Ego unseat, slowing thought flow
Feeding not lower mind
Heart acquires a radiant glow
Sieving urges unkind
Aligning heart and head
Erst narrow cravings dead
Love suffused, we’re well-bred
Synced with love’s beat
Ego unseat
07-January-2022
Quietus
Thanksgiving 2021
By Franklin Price
11/01/2021
November, the month of Thanksgiving
I'm thankful that I am still living
For family and friends
And not wearing depends
For my brain that sometimes is sieving
It's the month of my birthday also
The month of vows said long ago
Seven six for the former
Fifty two for the latter
I'm not keeping score, you should know
Here's to family and friends, one and all
Here's to change, as the leaves in the Fall
Next month, Christmas is here
Then we start a New Year
I'll be watching the drop of the ball
Awake, oh hermit! Employ innate flair
Sieving vibrations as they do arise
Intercepting each desire in midair!
Feeling the stirrings, within our heart rise
Before they crystallise into a thought
View these cravings with nonchalant surprise
Vigilant mindfulness the way, self taught
Discerning if the urge is love aligned
Rejecting those with desire or fear fraught
Connected to the source, all is divined
Accepting love exalted, as assigned
23-November-2020
(syllabic Terza Rima)
The orient rays through the tree tops
Illuminating the foliage,shades of green
Sieving through the mist, hallowing land.
My mind wakes to an soothing breeze
Meadows crowned by myriad dews
Glittering to welcome the morning sun-
That tickles the hillside limpid stream-
Giggling through the lea to the fields.
A stork waiting stealthily calm
While crabs shelter under pebbles
A snowy swan swims across
Making ripples by its webbed feet.
The ridges far off in the canvas
A silhouette of a sleeping giant
Nonchalant of its murky feet-
As the sun peeps through its side.
Parrots in pairs flying thru the golden ray
Spotted far off in the sky waxing blue
The calves sprinting curiously away
with careful care their mothers graze.
The squirrels swift on the branches
wagging brushy tails sniffing for nuts
we haven’t lost the paradise yet,I vouch
But gone miles away on our own choice
I accidently let one loose today
I've cooked earth's goose its fair to say
I won't pretend it wasn't me
Soon it'll be clear for all to see.
Who even knew that was a containment field
and an innocent stumble would cause it to yield
its inhabitant singularity
was a well kept secret evidentially.
Til I let it go - chased it thru the door
- hole in one - then thru the floor
Two of the little buggers headed for the roof
they can multiply I have the proof.
Mathematical joy they did perform
Arcing thru cars, pipes, sieving up a storm
flickering jolts of fiery light
following their orbiting trailing delight.
So many now - not long to wonder
til earth's a faulty falling colander.
So, sorry for the whole untidy mess
But I did front up and confess.
Hadron Collider Cleaner
Written 8th July
For Charles Messina Contest
I accidentally let one Loose
Eternal sleep! cozy and might,
the morning in Eden's bright,
canopy of happiness, sieving joy's light.
Touch of freedom, kiss of esteem
pumping all back , fair redeem!
Slit on throat, kiss of blade
A garland around the nape.
Fall to rise,again to wise.
Torn soul soon be knit,
in the new world, perfectly fit.
The path is scary, not the work of fairy
Alas! the only lane,
jigsaw of hatred, blame game.
But the escape is forever,
Heard of heaven and hell,live never.
Once gone, gone for eternal
no breath again, no beat to mingle.
Though might, thou art full of vice
mislead the weak, to a path bleak.
So disperse i should, clouds over my sanity would
baffle my mind, Lord! strengthen one more time.
Dear courage you're the guide,
'Eternal sleep' run away and hide.
I'm the man who can build fate,
can ask the slumber to wait.
Eternal sleep! cozy and might,
the morning in Eden's bright,
canopy of happiness, sieving joy's light.
Touch of freedom, kiss of esteem
pumping all back , fair redeem!
Sweet,sweet sleep,
never on this land again, to rise and weep.
Slit on throat, kiss of blade
A garland around the nape,
driven by sorrow,poison in marrow.
Fall to rise,again to wise.
Torn soul soon be knit,
in the new world, perfectly fit.
The path is scary, not the work of fairy
Alas! the only lane,
jigsaw of hatred, blame game.
so erase the life theory,
create a new story.
But the escape is forever,
Heard of heaven and hell,live never.
Once gone, gone for eternal
no breath again, no beat to mingle.
Though might, thou art full of vice
mislead the weak, to a path bleak.
a slit, not the sole cut of life.
So disperse i should, thick clouds over my sanity would
baffle my mind, Lord! strengthen one more time.
Dear courage you're the guide,
'Eternal sleep' run away and hide.
I'm the man who can build fate,
can ask the slumber to wait.
On 14th Feb, valentines day
I spent my afternoon
lying lazily on the hammock at the beach
pondering over the dreams of my youths
with truth constantly reflecting
wondering if true love ever exists
gazing blindly around
not sure of what I see
At the periphery of the beach
a pretty lady in a blue bikini
seats alone she seems busy for herself
sieving sand between her fingers.
a fragrant breeze blows
as her lovely curly hair responds
her lips so soft and red
her eyes, sparkling like stars in the sky
staring at them I felt like I was soaring high
she initiates a smile which blows me away
feeling my heart with regrets
why love never led me to the right person
A dark gentle man
cladded in a pair of slacks
walks towards her
seems her counterpart right
by his right hand he helps her up
on her legs she embraces him warmly
stricken by envy, I feign a smile
as I watch romance take the better of them.
walking hand in hand
the two begin to ease into a special place
a special place for lovers
The lovers nest, a romantic thrill
at the end of the beach
these are only but,
shadows in my eyes.
Time flies when you're not concentrating.
It slyly and sneakily separates
its victims from their past minutes and hours,
not sieving or selecting ... just on the take.
All your best and worst times are packed away,
a portfolio of fading memories.
Life and time should be like a living book
which you can dip into at any point,
revisiting, cherry-picking the best of it;
reliving the warmth of your Spring and Summer days
before the Autumn shadows obscure the past
and the Winter chill freezes time going nowhere.
Time flies when you're not concentrating.
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