Sketches Poems

Sketches

Like a thunderous rainstorm,
it came with force and was
impossible to hold back. This
morning as I was thumbing through
an old notebook, I saw sketches 
drawn by my favorite little girl.
There were sketches about fashion,
her favorite theme.

My eyes began to moisten as grief
came rushing from the deep. I turned
the page and then another. I was arrested
and captured

Sketches: Acrylic

Just a simple dancer
with a single voice. 
A single trail of footsteps
A secret path to the sky.

Ballerina
~

When rain keeps falling like diamonds 
my muse is finally awake,
If I fill my whole world with glitter,
A single shine is all it takes. 

Glitter
~

There was a time:
when we were younger 
when we flew in all our dreams.

Much time

Pet Poem, My Pup Hufty

Pet Poem, My Pup Hufty

(My fist year living away from my parents)

I wanted a puppy.  I didn’t choose her,
But she became mine, staring out  the third-floor
Window of that Chicago apartment,  together
Watching it snow as I asked her, “What do you see?”

My artist friend picked her, “For her beauty,” he said, 
Tho I

Sketches of Motion

The soul has to courageously experience all things,
taking steps in new direction by adjusting the wings.
Genuine sincerity regardless of fancy and pleasure,
destinations journey to accumulate embrasure.
Silence serves as lock of the excitable,
shielding the wisdom as veil before versed delightable.
The trades of life adjust in time to advance,
mastering oneself to vices enhanced.
Passing through and rise to

No Greater Gift Than Thee

No Greater Gift Than Thee

Across the floor and beyond the tree
   there is no greater gift than thee,
to think, that a year of neglect can be purchased.

Do you recall when we adorned our conifer topped with His Majesty
   and we sung praises and hymns of "Blest be..."?   
But now

Cosmic Sketches

consider cumulus frost-bitten clouds
curious billows sporting fluffy shrouds
zeniths growing, burgeoning powers
forming glorious looming towers 

hyperboles design brief distortions 
comic sketches of monstrous proportions
colliding cotton, silvery might
enormous collections, wondrous white

cryptic constructions, icy smoke
cumulus clouds lure sky-eyeing folk
hewn works mimic stunning sculpture
structures wrought from counterculture

Sketches of a Dream

Stretching deformation of clouds by audacious desire,
firmaments of illusion to admire.
Rational texture of scientific declaration,
reflections in mirrored capacity for the nation.
The mighty ego and its desperation to exist,
relativities adapt to the chill of the morning mist.
Rising light of ambition,
the promised exchange towards others submission. 
From the tower of ecstasy, that fragile height,
power of the merciless

Sketches

That's what I write - - -
Sketches
Sketches of life
as they pop 
into my head
striking at all hours
wherever, whenever
I try to carry a note pad
so I can capture
these bursts of inspiration
as I realize
my time as an Artist
is all encompassing
while I enjoy
the days and nights
with a fascination
that borders on extremism
as I doodle
at all hours
of this mystical ride.

Sketches

A writer writes
As symbols cite


An artist paints
A visual strain


A thinker thinks
A verge or brink


A singer sings
A vibrant fling


A player plays
A sporty say


A dreamer dreams
A profound theme


A craftsman crafts
As finesse drafts


A thousand jobs
A certain lob


A way to live
A way to give


A sketch in time
A poignant rhyme




Leon Enriquez
21 August 2017
Singapore

Water Colour Sketches

(Dedication: For Clara)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Visual thoughts stroke
What fancy yokes


Finesse knows how
To paint right now


Fine palette tints
As colours hint


Leach aqueous streaks
Soft paint brush speaks


Strokes in fond ease
Shades of fine piece


Teary drops squeeze
Oomph in a breeze


Wet streaks find light
A warm touch bright


Moments to paint
Wet migrant taint


In a small space
Moist tints greet trace


Sweet vibrant wit
Soft hues sculpt fit


Poster art form
Motifs

Irresistible - Two Sketches

IRRESISTIBLE – Two sketches

Bella Donna 
 
At distance 
She had beauty of form –
A kind of neutral simplicity
Which added perfumed color
To those surround

Closing on subject
One might notice a slight pink rush
On her blossom face
A deep emerald glow
Striking the eye

The meeting is sudden
One yearns to touch
Ah   but to kiss
Would be sorry   

Sketches

A new day hurls a windy dawn,
Frozen sleep swirls an early morn.


Sloppy steps move with sleepy lot,
In edgy grooves dull wit now slots.


Turn on the lights and let head sync,
Abruptly bright pace fondles think.


Eyes in dim fit now contrast blur,
Attempt sore bits of body slur.


Sleepy eyes gaze with blurry feel,
A mindless maze treats feeble will.


Adjust

Sketches

Outlook in hues of vibrant tints,
Use of fond shades of drawings cheer;
Rich palette cues of colours mint.
See movement made in streaks of tears,
Glimpses of paint in water marks;
Poignant feel trace what sight attests.
Spread aqueous rain in striking sparks,
Keep form that grace deep colour fest;
Echoes of tints that frame fancy,
Thought flings image on paper grooves;
Charm exults

Sketches

Mindset moves me to treasure traits,
Yes yields plenty as wander finds.
Wear wonder well where wisdom waits,
Opt sure fancy with discrete mind;
Rouse up the feel of certain thought,
Discern the trace for craft that flings.
Sense how time thrills the fate you plot,
Know time claims space in change that springs;
Etch sketch most fine in crafty verge,
Touch thrills the

Sketches

still water surface
casting back painted sketches
of nature’s muses

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