*Image of Little Boy Fishing by Mutual Art
Cape Cod Boy
A warring feat
expands beneath
petite and huge contends,
a unique line
tugging the brine
taunting as it suspends,
a juvenile
bear naught a smile
a glimpse enigma lends,
too close to shore
new hopes implore
that cod and haddock wends,
true tasty meats
fresh scene unseats
entreaties pleased extends,
aspect well made
fulfilled persuade
the wait, the catch godsends.
A wafting thunder down deep with lost fragments of heart
Ponderous and measuring, abandoned deep in the dark
Nourishment degraded decaying love forever lost
Damaged limb from limb life’s lonely bitter cost
Taken by chase, a dragon’s breath allure
Once innocent and sweet but no longer pure
Absent loyalty unseats, the flame now takes hold
This deadly flash of the tail, presently big and so bold
Knowledge and wisdom now consumed by the beast
A child yearning for freedom and life’s final feast
Overlooked and neglected this youth now confined
Silently lost in the shuffle, a writ left unsigned
August 11, 2020
Inflictions Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Silent One
Uplift each day with a calm light;
Reach with pure heart that knows the way;
Give joy sure say in vivid sights;
Embrace each start with charming say.
Sense a bold feel of profound poise;
Use your ideas to boost grand dreams;
Raise fond goodwill with truth you voice;
Grace unseats fear in placid themes;
Explore the touch of wit galore.
Meet each new dawn with simple fest;
Esteem the nudge of jest and more;
Reveal each morn love's sacred quest;
Gains find sweet stay that lives here now;
Expect good days to tell you how.
Leon Enriquez
13 April 2015
Singapore
Quizzical play
Musical sway
Comical day
Humour greets joy
Drama now toys
Greet crazy ploy
Lines in new finds
Blur drowsy mind
Word cryptic signs
Noise floods my ears
What's that I hear
As daytime steers
Odd movement slides
Awkward I glide
Slow wobbly strides
Focus and see
Bright eyes sleepy
Abrupt dream flees
Gather my wits
Yes bit by bit
Rise, stand and sit
When age comes round
Edgy such grounds
In lost and found
Memory lapse
Energy saps
Stranded mind maps
Brisk walking thrust
Adrenaline rush
Unseats plain mush
Here we go now
Fast strides endow
New ground to plough
Pleasure and pain
Voice clear refrains
With yearly gains
Wise and weary
Sighs prime richly
My comedy
Each day a thrill
Of stubborn will
All sorts of pills!
Now I can see
Pass all worry
Eternity!
Leon Enriquez
26 feb 2014
Singapore
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