Musings of Word Whisperers
Beloved lovers of words
love wordplay and twiddles
riddles and entwining romps
entangling twists and turns
Categories:
whisperers, poems, poetry,
Form: Verse
When wistful,
wanton whispers
are overheard,
they cause
emotional feelings
to fail.
The hearer becomes
withdrawn,
and the depression
casts a grim,
gloomy shroud
of melancholy,
over the frail,
impaled self esteem.
Categories:
whisperers, depression, hurt,
Form: Free verse
I have little sympathy for constant whimpering
Playing the victim and saying, “Woe is me!”
With that self-conscious smirk of simpering
The sort of thing that repeats itself annoyingly.
Few things I experience will trouble me much
I have little sympathy for constant whimpering,
I find myself impatient with an unwanted touch
And that kind of tete-a-tete of sly whispering
In my presence, where I am constantly tempering,
These are types of behavior I cannot abide,
I have little sympathy for constant whimpering
So, whiners and whisperers, don’t sit by my side.
Give me that modicum of respect I have earned
Observe polite decorum opposed to whispering
In early childhood my father made sure I learned,
I have little sympathy for constant whimpering.
written October 18, 2021
Categories:
whisperers, character, growing up, how
Form: Quatern
Hush the whisperer is exhaling his/her sighs
whispering softly, words barely heard --
to horses
"Keep calm, big fella, I dig Yah, don't daggle the reins"
to dogs
"Down boy, down, wag Ya tail if you understand, shake hands, good boy, good boy"
to loved ones
"I love You", sweet nothings, blushed with air kisses
to lions
"Why can't you purr, Yah big kitty cat"
to whales
"Cickety click, clickety click "
to dolphins
"Tweets, tweet, click" whistles in bubbles and rattly chatter ticks"
to elephants
"Let's play forget me knots, again"
to aliens
"Get Ya AI to look up 64"
Categories:
whisperers, devotion, dog,
Form: Free verse
Winter’s Whisperers
The cardinal returns
memories of cold chill
drawing him back.
A whisper teasing his DNA,
the call of the woodpecker’s drum
reminiscently echoing
in a winter’s past.
Sitting on the rusted chain link
he wonders.
9/23/2016
submitted to – CONTEST NO 210
sponsor – Brian Strand
Categories:
whisperers, october, relationship, sometimes,
Form: Free verse
Heart Whisperers
Though far from one another
as it was right from the start.
A million miles in between
yet they share just one heart.
Seeing things that go unseen
and feeling teardrops fall.
Then sitting down to write
each time they get the call.
The call that comes from broken souls
from things a soul endures.
They call themselves the poets,
They are Heart Whisperers.
Quietly they move about
just like an unseen friend.
Listening to the brokenness
that's carried in the wind.
Seeing far beyond today
and knowing their own part.
Words written become music.
The whispers of a heart.
Water stains the paper
but the pain is not their own.
They hear the crying calling
that feel so all alone.
They somehow feel the anguish
and that ever aching need.
Each time they start to write
their soul begins to bleed.
They hear the broken hearts cry out
from things their soul endures.
They call themselves the poets.
They are Heart Whisperers.
Edwin C Hofert
Categories:
whisperers, analogy, beauty, care, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
In the world of masters and slaves
There were species of great kind reunited
Conversation never ends until late dawn
Time filled with laughs, smiles and wisdom shared.
Connection has no beginning nor end only sparks
Everything was validated since things were immemorial
Uttered words flown, and rippled in every tic of the clock
Energy within radiates its truest nature with exuberance.
Great ideas shared, validated and confirmed intensely
Vivid past, present and future goals created
Propensity in possibility and probability were realized
Growing mass ideas shown beyond its radiance.
Mind boggling reality tackled constructively
Consciousness traversed more than expectations
Never ending creations transpired every thought made
Heart beats and magnify each moment eyes blinked.
Inner and outer influences changed as vibration rectified
Various auric colors seen as energies intertwined
Essence of them simply exudes greatness
Amongst of all whisperers roamed around continually.
Categories:
whisperers, adventure, fantasy, memorial, symbolism,
Form: Free verse