Beneath rugged oak tree's shade, and the voice of nature's mirth;
Evergreen wreaths tied with red velvet bows lean back in repose,
Adorn thousands of soldier's headstones laid to rest upon the lap of earth.
A rhythmic verse passing tribute etched on each reflect among lives of those
Honored and mourn upon the lawn in the long-drawn endless rows.
12/26/2019
Poetry Contest: Writing Prompt- English Quintain Imagery
Sponsored by: Dear Heart
The rhyme scheme of an English Quintain is a/b/a/b/b. No meter required.
Sleep in your eye's
Crumbles like Pie
Upon fresh sunrise dawing
On garden awning
And it can't protect in all directions
As the Sun moves full circle
When the Dead turn Purple
And come the flower Wreaths wilt
Full tilt into ashes and silt
Waving Farewell
Is the Heart's call
To rage against Hells machinery
The vigil
is too late to be
vigilant
Cycles portray a continuum of seamless wreaths,
Wreaths of beauty portrayed in one cycle of love,
Love expressed in the flowers by the vine it cycles,
Cycles inwardly the bountiful nature of life,
Life is love’s action on all stages of life’s dramas,
Dramas of passions and dreams, life has many schemes,
Schemes of many senses; sounds, smells and feelings, life lives,
Lives as life confirms continuum of seamless wreaths!
For Contest: Christmas Wreath
In honor of Dr. Ram
Our wreath is found on a day of snow;
Snow-filled roads and glistening flakes.
Flakes of crystal fall on the pine;
Pine-filled forests christened with falling snow.
Snow falls on the morning of Christmas.
Christmas wreath upon the door
Doorbell rings; it's Christmas day!
Day of love, day of peace, day of snow.
fingers printed on face
they offered apologies for the mudslide
after the typhoon
standing on the mound
of twisted bones ;
the state had the right
to trample and extinguish
a bright flame,
a meteor, streak of dissent
only the sect, the clan
will surround the holy tree
to save the doomed species in the jungle
of laughing hyenas
i see my limbs separated
a piano remains untuned
SATISH VERMA
(for Suu Kyi)
fingers printed on face
they offered apologies for the mudslide
after the typhoon
standing on the mound
of twisted bones ;
the state had the right
to trample and extinguish
a bright flame,
a meteor, streak of dissent
only the sect, the clan
will surround the holy tree
to save the doomed species in the jungle
of laughing hyenas
i see my limbs separated
a piano remains untuned
SATISH VERMA
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