Symbolizing Poems

 
A feather lost, gliding and drifting, it soars, 
in the mighty wind, it twirls and swirls, as if dancing;
once, the People owned all the wilderness,
they called it home, now they watch it be destroyed. 

There, high upon a sheer...Read More

Dear poet
I saw your lies written on a piece of paper 
Wrapped in a beautiful brown envelope 
Those sugar coated words all in black 
Symbolizing your love for another man's love  

Dear poet
Yesterday was valentine day 
The day you...Read More

Phoenix
by Dylan Williamson

A bird brought back
From the old ashes
Bird of flames brought
Into life once again
Fie is cleansing
So the bird is perfect
Cleanses all it touches
Brings life back from old
Said to be a bird of wonders
Rainbow bird that flies
With the sunrise and...Read More

Like an allspice insenced quartet chorus,
the spirit of the living Word unveils before us.
Holy foundational page corners turn
in cardinal winds as red letters churn,

proclamating the Gospel to each earthly corner,
through bolted borders, even reaching the scorner.
Psalms of praise pour throughout...Read More

                       
       ARIANNA

      Angel from heaven, my...Read More

Perfect Sight
By Franklin Price
01/01/2020

The year is twenty-twenty
Symbolizing perfect sight
Time we got corrective lenses
On the left and on the right

Two eyes looking forward 
Coming from a different face
Must select the right prescription
Focus on a common place

Each eye is viewing differently
That's very...Read More

Perfect Sight
By Franklin Price
12/18/2019

Coming year is twenty-twenty
Symbolizing perfect sight
Time we got corrective lenses
On the left and on the right

Two eyes must be looking forward 
That are in a common face
Must select the right prescription
Focus on a common place

Each eye is...Read More

Within a frightened world
you arise with impressive dignity
accepting, knowing who you are...

With unruffled self-confidence
you worry not what others may think of you
for your insight goes beyond mere intellect...

The radiance of your spirit
illuminates your practical awareness of life
springing from the vitality...Read More

The ancient Romans named the first month in their Julian calendar January, in honor of Janus, their God of doors and gates, his month was thought to be the door to the new year. And for over two thousand years...Read More

erotes might allow her to speak of you as her husband
might you meet the requirements of her conditions.
to become her husband she wishes these seven things.
then upon receiving these things she shall light
seven different candles
symbolizing each day.
he too wishes things...Read More

A Wedding Invitation

Flackmoth has been invited
to his neighbor’s daughter’s wedding.
Of course, he will be attending,
feels honored and delighted.

In church all are standing,
Father and groom are beaming
by the altar with pride
in anticipation of the bride.

With the first notes of
the organ above,
all...Read More

I'm dyin' inside
And I don't know if
I was ever alive
On these streets

It's all too much
Lookin' at myself
It's all too much
Thinkin' these thoughts

One day is a day too many
But one less day
Is one day too few
Thinkin' one day at a time

My...Read More

Powers beyond measure wearing messages of the spirit, 
           BALD EAGLE soars with might, so majestic I can hear it.
bestowing freedom flying higher than any other bird,
   ...Read More

While looking at the beauty of this marvelous universe 
I wonder who is aware that I am seeking His existence 
In the darkness of night I call upon Him to answer my prayer
And by the comfort I feel, I know...Read More

Santa Claus our favorite folklore hero,
His suit of red and beard of white.

What a welcome sight and delight,
Our favorite person at Christmas.

Parents and children look forward to his visit,
His black boots and his sack full of toys.

He stands beside the...Read More

Happy Fourth Of July, Or Happy Independence Day

On this day we celebrate and commemorate the birth of our nation, The United States of America's Independence from Great Britain's monarchical hold and liberty's triumph
Congress voting in favor of Richard Henry Lee's...Read More

Marianne (Bearer of Tricolour) 

Marianne; the Goddess of Liberty and bearer of Tricolour,
Triumphant French Republic revolutionary figure,
Evokes solidarity with breasts exposed and barefooted;
Wearing a Phrygian cap, armed with bayonetted musket.
Personifier of liberty and reason for the French citizen, 
Symbolizing wife,...Read More

A feather lost glides, drifting, it soars, 
in the mighty wind, it twirls and swirls, as if dancing;
once, the People owned all the wilderness,
they called it home, now they watch it be destroyed. 

There, high upon a sheer jagged, rocky...Read More

In the vast white room.
Inside, a hundred chairs around.
Each one with a different color.
Color symbolizing different life. 

In the white room, is just strange. 
Despite the fun it seems that there is something different. 
In cheerful colors, seemed wrapped in...Read More

She has a bracelet filled with charms…
Charms to remind her of what, where, when and who
In fact she has so many charms
She has not one bracelet…but two.

You see each charm has it’s own significance, 
it’s own meaning only she can...Read More

The whole world is burning
Everything is turned to ashes
The survivors hold the burden 
Of building the world from scratches 

The soil is not fertile
The rivers disappeared
There's no woman or child
Blackness threw in their hearts fear

They cried and wept for days
They...Read More

The time has come
the earth is full
of things about to bloom

The warming sun
and fragrant air
dispelling winter's gloom

The empty spaces
left by cold
are filling in with green

And death has lost
its grip once more
on Mother Nature's scene

This time of year
restores to me
a youthful...Read More

        GREEN IS KEEN
   
     Green oceans spread all over Earth, the Green planet.
     Green landscape shows spectacular view.
    ...Read More

The ring of gold goes round and round
Symbolizing a never ending love
It will be placed upon your finger
A prayer will be sent up above

This is Love

Two doves will fly away on their wedding day
To consummate their wedding vow
Together as one...Read More

A seafaring schooner steered by the stars
safely navigates hidden schools once more.
And avoiding close calls, she bears no scars
tethered safe to a beam of light offshore.  

A blazing lance stabbing the heart of night
warns sailors to beware of reefs...Read More