The perfect petals puncture the fabric’s purple-blue,
And silver-platter fins paint the water every hue.
A globed sky has thawed, ripe with pine and sapphire stars—
And the glinted sheen of the oil graze on your lips reminds me who and where you are:
South; below the electric-white moon,
Bright enough to bleach my bones and leave me a fool.
Both sun-blind at midnight, rainbow scales in the night light,
Finding the love in the cracks of your paw—unlimited, yet finite.
Newborn, yet aching, with nothing left to give,
With famine’s touch still singing, but no love to let live.
It was my intention to escape you before we met again,
But the bends of the grizzly river flow, uncaring and unwavered—
And now your soft claws have my head, again wishing to be savored.
A purplish black dark sky night
Brushed the reddish moon with white
The sun has painted the sky with orangish hues
And tinted the stars of clarity with greenish blues
The yellowish new sun just minutes old
Has gild the moon a silverish gold
When all the brownish leaves turned gray
It rose a beautiful pinkish day
But a brush and a touch, one parting more.
Delilah, Moon-girl, you stole my strong light.
I, your Sun-boy, am shorn having blackout,
but remember my close shaves, the honey
and dead days, my foes jaw-struck,
as the long-winded she-ass brays in my ear.
With influence silverish, drowning golden locks,
the egg-eating fish-god wins for a period
till dawn's yellow meets me at the next round.
I shake gold pillars in Dagon's stone temple
where uncut spectators are dying to taunt me
but what do I care for I know you await me,
At noon I burn for you,
at nightfall I sigh for you, O Delilah.
Beyond the horizon as far as eye can see
And further still until all fades from view,
Even impatient rocking of the aqueous sea
Or tiny twinkling stars of a silverish hue.
I’ve heard soft whispers of true nothingness
In distant places unimaginably dark and bleak
In realms of fantasy, and so, I must confess,
Infinity is even beyond that of which I speak.
Somewhere out there where creation begins
Where all that exists grew from tiny sparks,
And, perhaps, beyond where our creation ends
The truth of everything unknown embarks.
Arriving there still no far horizon is sighted
Where darkness reigns, nothing is lighted.
SECOND PLACE WINNER
"Of Infinity"
written November 27, 2021
for "This or That, Vol 8" Poetry Contest
sponsored by Edward Ibeh
Kissing her gently a dayspring, Daphne, in streams of light....
Chromatic chiffon curtains; their greating be this dawn ? Ornamental
Stitchery time's storybook soft, lashes fluttering while she dreams so, lovely
Tranquillity greeting his dawn silk cocoons; baroque, love's palette panacea's brush
A picture's window framing these strokes oscilloscope, paschal tides ? Scholastic waves
Embracing her shores palatial's mistress; free verse chrysanthemums, with gossamer wings
Belles-lettres, this beautiful damsel ? Novem she sleeps cascading locks a prophetess; silverish hues.
Kissing her gently a dayspring, Daphne, in streams of light....
Chromatic chiffon curtains; their greating be this dawn ? Ornamental
Stitchery time's storybook soft, lashes fluttering while she dreams so, lovely
Tranquillity greeting his dawn silk cocoons; baroque, love's palette panacea's brush
A picture's window framing these strokes oscilloscope, paschal tides ? Scholastic waves
Embracing her shores palatial's mistress; free verse chrysanthemums, with gossamer wings
Belles-lettres, this beautiful damsel ? Novem she sleeps cascading locks a prophetess; silverish hues.
Joyfully chasing blue tail bunny rabbits through fields of dancing daisies....
Watercolour skies in lavender hues reflecting from, the marmalade moon
Mystical monarch butterflies brushed amid glittering orange and black
Gathering around Tinkerbell with her maroon magical wands silverish trails
Waving atop a cheerful cherry blossom as calling unto Lassie from across this
Motif meadows musical picturesque scene; Autumns, cresendo dreams ?
Crossing into evanescents evergreen pastel forest with its translucent trees
Met by a school of sprites led by Peter Pan, smiling at his girl as he takes her
By her lovely hand; whispering words as chimes in love and majestics
Tangerine notes of meridians metaphorical, welcome home....
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....“Lassie's Song” *
Centuries be philosophy and many people say that life is merely
What one makes of it ? Averting chance as circumstance; songbirds
Their most chirping this piping atop golden branches a myoptic melody
Until truth's rain forest drenches these notes gray, piercing showers ?
Time never fails while feathers fall and off they go his naked dodo; dancing
With worms renditions their will resounding as, read aloud amid campuses about
Her globe higher, the children grasp and silverish dreams ? She seems black in white....
An emancipation proclamation; it's baby, takes centre stage love's scroll ? Holy, Your disco.
Washing over myself her warm breast; weighing joyfully amid such soft
Palms arms about dawn's waist ? Dreams, smiling as gazing into her eyes
Finding beauty that we share; butterflies dancing within our hearts while chasing
Another breath and nothing has changed yet all is the same everyday, ours anew ?
Time stills it's frames with hands, untying her negligee; lovely, this mirror's image
Twined a love as satin falls unto the floor about, these fragrant kisses; capturing hearts
Aneath reflections cast betwixt chains of silverish hues ? Rose petals strewn atop scented
Pillows insatiable hungers to quench their candle light's thirst; his poetic's witness about
Desirable's rivers pleasures murmuring gently love's silkened voice ? Into, the wanting sea....
Velvet sands and perfumed surf; time, weighing joyfully amid my palms her breast, thus now glistening.
Joyfully chasing blue tail bunny rabbits through fields of dancing daisies
Watercolour skies in lavender hues reflecting from, her marmalade moon...
Mystical monarch butterflies brushed amid glittering orange as black; gathering
About Tinkerbell with her gentle maroon, magical wand silverish trails waving atop
Cheerful cherry blossoms while calling to Lassie from across this motif meadows
Musical and picturesque scene; Autumn's cresendo dreams ? Crossing evanescents
Evergreen pastel forest with its translucent trees; met by a school of sprites led by
Peter Pan smiling at his girl as he takes her by her lovely hand whispering words..
Chimes their love majestics, tangerine notes meridians metaphorical, welcome home.
Washing over me; her warm breast, weighing joyfully amid such soft palms
Arms about dawns waist; dreams, smiling as gazing into her eyes to find..
Beauty that we share; butterflies, dancing within our hearts while chasing
But a breath; nothing has changed yet all is the same and everyday, is new
Time stills its frames; hands untying her negligee; lovely, her mirrors image
Twined in this love as satin falls unto the floor; about these fragrant kisses
Capturing hearts aneath reflections cast betwixt, chains of silverish hues...
Rose petals strewn atop the scented pillows; insatiable hungers to quench
This candlelights thirst; a poetics witness unto desirables rivers of pleasure
Murmuring gently loves silkened voice into the wanting sea; sands and surf
Soft velvet, weighing joyfully amid my palms; her breast, thus now glistening.
She gathering berries amid the meadow fair
Bare, of white milk curves and the mountains
Clear their views, as but to gaze from that afar..
Golden strings in powder blue, skies strumming
Harps and silverish wings; trickling sweet red juice
Trails of delight, making way from the corners lovely
Her glistening beautiful lips while a butterfly descends
With joyful bashful eyes; soft her kiss, upon love's cheek.
Wrapped about her waist her light as gazing into her eyes; her words
The beauty that we share; butterflies swirling inside the sky my heart
Chasing a breath; nothing has changed yet all remains the same; She..
Everyday feels so new; time stills its frame while untying her negligee
A mirrors image twined our love as satin falls, unto the floor; fragrant
Kisses capturing two souls cast betwixt reflectiions; chains in silverish
Hues; rose petals, strewn atop of scented pillows; insatiable to quench
This candlelights thirst; poetics witness streams we treasure her verse
Murmuring lightly love's silkened voice into the wanting sea a warmth
Weighing joyfully within my palms and her breast, thus now glistening.
Washing over me; her warm breast, weighing joyfully amid such soft palms
Arms about dawns waist; dreams, smiling as gazing into her eyes to find....
Beauty that we share; butterflies, dancing within our hearts while chasing
But a breath; nothing has changed yet all is the same and everyday, is new
Time stills its frames; hands untying her negligee; lovely, her mirrors image
Twined in this love as satin falls unto the floor; about these fragrant kisses
Capturing hearts aneath reflections cast betwixt, chains of silverish hues....
Rose petals strewn atop the scented pillows; insatiable hungers to quench
This candlelights thirst; a poetics witness unto desirables rivers of pleasure
Murmuring gently loves silkened voice into the wanting sea; sands and surf
Velvet, weighing joyfully amid my palms; her breast, thus now glistening....
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...."Her Beauty, In My Dreams" ~
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Joyfully chasing blue tail bunny rabbits through fields of dancing daisies....
Watercolour skies in lavender hues reflecting from, the marmalade moon
Mystical monarch butterflies brushed in glittering orange and black
Gathering around Tinkerbell with her maroon magical wands silverish trails
Waving atop a cheerful cherry blossom as calling unto Lassie from across this
Motif meadows musical picturesque scene; autumns, cresendo dreams....
Crossing into evanescents evergreen pastel forest with its translucent trees
Met by a school of sprites led by Peter Pan, smiling at his girl as he takes her
By the hand; whispering words as chimes of love in majestic, tangerine notes of
Meridians metaphorical, welcome home....
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....“Lassie's Song” *
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