by Mike Gentile |
Categories:
life, rain,
I love those days, certain special days
when I can tie up my troubles
and send them away
to set them adrift, a balloon in the sky
getting smaller and smaller
no wondering why
I love those days, certain special days
when I feel in control,
when darkness abates
when direction is certain
and doubt is a fool
happy and positive thoughts to rule
There are many balloons,
I see in the sky
many troubles adrift, all set free by
those who are worried and in pain
I wonder, perhaps
if that’s what makes it rain
by White Wolf |
Categories:
lost, lost love, love, love hurts,
As the trees shiver with delight
at the fresh autumn breeze,
The cycle of life has met
his match with her.
Her cloak now adorned with all
the fallen acorns,
while gently the sun abates
for less to see.
Its sensual warmth no longer felt
by lovers in fields.
Unaware of the web of love,
I allowed my heart to falter.
Now struggling in a world so cold,
I fall.
I fall grasping for breath that
perhaps may fill me with
the joy I once knew.
by Frederic Parker |
Categories:
love,
The splayed light of an obliging red sunset
lays upon the darkening meadow
of windswept grass
Slow-moving fingers in a visible dance
wrap in quiet space
when moonlight silhouettes our hands as they bond
A falling star etches the night sky
burning its canvas like a struck match
vanishing as quickly as it came
The rush of life abates to a small distance
so we can free ourselves from outgrown nests
to float like doves on tender breezes
until we can fly when love is found
to lift the subtle wings of our souls
7/14/19
by Audrey Haick |
Categories:
faith,
Hanging on hope, acknowledging
I wade along through empty promises
Away, farther and farther, I drift
Outside realms of delusions I’ve seen
And like a child hold to
Words ever spoken in faith, august
By a Father who loves unconditionally
Each person regardless of hue,
Origin, creed, ethnicity, religion…
All, differences imposed, willfully
Inciting division, one generation to next
And like dominoes, each falls …
Fear, animosity thrive as love abates
~*~
by Cameron Hartley |
Categories:
beach, beautiful, love, sea,
Why does the shore love the sea?
Giving, always giving...
He lets himself be struck
By the sea in her rage
And will still hold her
As the storm abates-
Why?
My lover says it's because
When they are together,
The world is complete
by Frederic Parker |
Categories:
love,
The splayed light of an obliging red sunset
lays upon the darkening meadow
of windswept grass
Slow-moving fingers in a visible dance
wrap in quiet space
when moonlight, silhouettes our hands
as they bond
A falling star etches the night sky
burning its canvas like a struck match
vanishing as quickly as it came
The rush of life abates to a small distance
so we can free ourselves from outgrown nests
to float like doves on tender breezes
until we can fly when love is found
to lift the subtle wings of our soul
7/14/19
11/18/19 contest Writing Challenge 2, November
A Poem Meaningful
sponsor Dear Heart-Wiishkobi Ode
by Janice Canerdy |
Categories:
children, parents,
With precious children you’ve been blessed.
You’ve guided them with loving care.
While helping them become their best,
your standards have been high, but fair.
You’ve breathed their names in every prayer.
Your eighteen-year-old, college-bound,
is packed; a distant dorm room waits.
She says she’s ready, but you’ve found
you’re NOT. Emotion permeates
your being; your resolve, abates.
Now like a fledgling on the wing,
she’ll take her flight and find her way.
Embrace once more. Release; don’t cling!
Your love and pride in her convey.
Then—you must let her walk away!
November 23, 2021
entered in the "W" New Poem Poetry Contest placed 3rd
Sponsor: Constance LaFrance
by Hello There |
Categories:
blue, love, night, sky, stars,
Shimmering stars through barren trees –
I see far as the eye can see!
For clouds are in and snuggled tight,
reveling in this midnight sky.
Others join, as one by one,
each darkened house awaits the sun;
they slumber as the night doth play
and prosper ‘til the light of day.
The cool, crisp air abates my woes;
and for a moment (though my nose is froze!),
my heavy heart is warm and certain
Love’s finest backdrop is a dark blue curtain.
*~*~*~*~*~*
by Russell Sivey |
Categories:
art, life, love, time,
With his back turned he looks away from her
He depends on his trusty watch and waits
Her response will be today, he knows it
He hears them talk behind him, which abates
What did she say, what was her sure answer
His friend said that you may now turn around
He begins to turn then she says no wait
And back to their discussion they went down
Minutes went by then it came upon ten
He said he’ll turn around now and visit
The women stopped their chatter together
And he turned, what’s her answer, what is it?
Russell Sivey
Contest: George Dunlop Leslie
Sponsor: Isaiah Zerbst
5/19/2013
by Manish Kumar Tinku |
Categories:
anxiety, break up, depression, emotions, grief, heartbroken, stress,
When the brain inside debates
When the storm inside abates
When sleepless nights assassinates
When the past creeps in and investigates
When ego surrenders and guilt arrests
When memories walk past but time awaits
When every thought inside procrastinates
When fear dies and tear evaporates
When utopia hides behind society's gates
When fate says you are not mates
When dilemma stays like a mistress
When the heart plays in distress
When her absence still affects
When your dream disconnects
When your own love suspects
When you lose nerve and frown on your defects
When you break down and hurt yourselves
When you succumb but nobody helps.
by Deneen White |
Categories:
fantasy, hope, imagination, inspirational, love
The essence of u stirs my senses
your masculine smell leaves me defenseless
anticipating the moment until I see you again
reveling you and I together
there's no beginning and no end
were not perfect of that we know
but perfect we are together as our
emotions grow
inhaling you with every breath that I take
slowing down my breathing
until the feel of you abates
I'll just be patient until you come to me
so until the time comes forth I'll wait patiently
P.S. THIS POEM IS JUST ABOUT
A FIGMENT OF MY IMAGINATION
by Brian Strand |
Categories:
teen,
Dreams,desires,bitter so sweet
An adolescent trail trodden,
Engulfed by moods,melancholy and sudden;
Aches from a first love leaving,
Painful ye poignant;
Novel experience sadden,then abates
Then will gladden
As mellowed..anticipation awaits.
by Unseeking Seeker |
Categories:
joy, spiritual,
Ambling along here at an easy gait
Smile on our lips, accepting any fate
Amidst turbid life storms, we yet stand strong
Conscience pulse prevents us from doing wrong
Vivified by bliss, that never abates
Agendaless presence, life choices chaste
To the rhythm divine, gently gyrates
Nonjudgmental eye, with love our swan-song
Ambling along
In sync with the divine, we co-create
Healing touch, transmitting joy that elates
Knowing heart our true home, where we belong
We plunge into the joy current headlong
Thus prioritised; outer world can wait
Ambling along
10-March-2021
by Ralph Sergi |
Categories:
introspection,
GOODBYE
Goodbye to all the sins I saved
and enter anew but more depraved
Transgress against love for it will not cure
My enmity of the pure of heart
My slumber will consist of themes
of wanton desire beyond the elms
with no regard of the aftermath
And generate fault until it abates
to greet the world with a heavenly glow
A fresh new feeling as new laid snow
Then it will be time to say Hello
by Brian Strand |
Categories:
love,
LIFE'S SEESAW
Dreams,desires,bitter so sweet
An adolescent trail trodden,
Engulfed by moods,melancholy and sudden;
Aches from a first love leaving,
Painful ye poignant;
Novel experience sadden,then abates
Then will gladden
As mellowed..anticipation awaits.
by Donald Meikle |
Categories:
introspection, life, time, time,
All the colors of the spectrum
palette mixed with sweet abandon
dancing to the music of the spheres
space and time entwined enthralled
spin pirouettes in love with life
enchanted frequencies uncalled
flashing in and out
like candles on a West bound freight train of thought
lumbering through forgetful crossings
blindly stumbling in light of sudden day
A blink and then 'tis gone
From Knotty Ash to Winnetuxet Junction
Here do I yet listen, watch, enraptured
While the druid rider laughs and waits
inside my head to function
And I so captured
In winds of time as tide abates
by David Smalling |
Categories:
love
Tender are the memories of summer
Wilting in the sun
Nothing abates my inward hunger
For battles never won
Tender are the dreams of summer
Tender as our tears
That stain the heart and still linger
Like love through the years
When you were Dothnie, and we
Were innocent and young
We walked away so hurriedly
To yearn the unclimbed rung
O tender is the memory of your silence
And tender my pretense
And all their seeds are agonies
And all our dreams are old ironies
by Unseeking Seeker |
Categories:
god, joy, spiritual,
Hidden in plain sight, in each breath
Caress of love divine
Tip toe now into heart with stealth
Choose with God to align
Each node within gyrates
Bliss that never abates
Freedom here now awaits
Boundless bliss delight
Hidden in plain sight
25-September-2021
Quietus
by Brian Strand |
Categories:
love, love hurts,
Dreams,desires,bitter so sweet
An adolescent trail trodden,
Engulfed by moods,melancholy and sudden;
Aches from a first love leaving,
Painful yet poignant;
Novel experience sadden,then abates
Then will gladden
As mellowed..anticipation awaits.
by Angelica Tao |
Categories:
love hurts, mental illness,
My blood is like cottage cheese.
Blocking the flow of ease.
I feel heat in my bones.
But I cannot move- my body is filled with stones.
My eyes are feeling unwise.
With the pain of surprise.
I hope that this sensation abates.
My vision cracks more as I wait.
She watches my lips turn gray.
She sits vigil and listens to me say-
Everything that I can hear.
It is like I am no longer near.
A hug will only make me shiver.
She must watch my breath wither.
by Unseeking Seeker |
Categories:
spiritual,
What may we call definitive
save the bliss throb deep in our bones
immersed in flow meditative
heightened rapture we feel alone
Ego pursues relentlessly
following us like a shadow
preserving its identity
luring us in dreams of morrow
Encased in body separate
yet recognising all is void
fears and desires precipitate
by currents turbid we are toyed
Even in brilliance of stillness
ego baiting with imagery
blocking merger with That oneness
by grandeur imaginary
The bliss that abates not with time
joyful vibration permanent
true love of the divine sublime
our innate native element
15-November-2020
(syllabic rhyme)
by Unseeking Seeker |
Categories:
love,
”Love weaves a mysterious magic spell”
Silencing lower mind, igniting heart
Toroidal pull magnetic captivates
Time holds its breath as polarities dance
Birthing boundless bliss that never abates
When ego bends down, with love in embrace
Presence is entwined with all existence
In childlike delight, we imbibe God’s grace
Between Him and us, remains no distance
Love is the force that binds the universe
‘Tis wherefrom springs each melodious verse
Without any need for us to rehearse
____________________________
Line prompt: 3. "Love weaves a mysterious magic spell"
by Courtney Dyer |
Categories:
girlfriend-boyfriend, loss, lost love,
Emptiness engulfs my vacant adornment
Full of cob webs and dust, decaying like rotten flesh
Decadance has faded
All that remains is a hollow, benign shell
Dreams have faded
Only nightmares left
Or worse dreamless nights
Absent of thought and memories
Drowning in a slumber chamber
Full of nothing
Comprehension abates
Poetic utterances do not clarify
What can only be a mystery
Shadows keep hidden what must not be revealed
The unveiling is yet to come
Lack of sincerity amongst onlookers
Keeps the waters stagnant
The occasion somber
Complacency stirs up rage
Bitterness accumulates into a fiery inferno
Injustice leads to victory
Her wrath keeps her afloat
by Kurt Philip Behm |
Categories:
love,
Kiss me once more lovingly,
than you have kissed before
Tell me that our love is shared,
and one plus one is four
Kiss me once more lovingly,
with time our hearts denied
As death abates, new dreams await
—forever’s wish to hide
(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2020)
by Unseeking Seeker |
Categories:
god, joy, love,
The spiritual heart pulsates,
radiating potent power;
throb of rapture never abates,
drenching us in a bliss shower.
Having discarded thought flow crutch,
we now imbibe God’s love by touch,
who calls to us and we respond,
forging with Him a childlike bond.