by Jan Allison |
Categories:
moon, sea,
Magical moonbeams
Sparkling like silver
On an inky sea
I watch them dancing
Captivatingly
Bright mystic moon
Shining each night
Waxes and wanes
Controlling tides
Silver orb
Shines above
constantly
I love
A clear
Night
Contest diminished hexaverse
Sponsored by Charles Messina
1/21/19
by Vijay Pandit |
Categories:
love,
Let eyes meet, let them spark a fire
Let rhythms sing to music of lyre
Let heartbeats of joy write our song
In moods of kisses yearned for long
Let blushing cheeks welcome romance
Enchanting heart's seductive dance
Let winds of love ignite our flame
As night, ecstatic, croons your name
December 29, 2019
Placed 3rd: Lay it on me—8x8 poetry contest
Eight syllables per line (howmanysyllables.com)
Sponsor: Charles Messina
Placed 2nd: Strand select 6 by Brian Strand
by Mohammad Yamin |
Categories:
love, peace, philosophy
O travel bound
Tread gently
A million hearts in ground
Winner of No. 1 place in Haiku 101 Contest of Charles Henderson. Judged on 11/23/2012
by Eve Roper |
Categories:
care, god, love,
When we walk with the Lord, mercifulness
and kindness live within all of us; lead
by the Light to see others in their dread.
Let us not become latent with blindness.
3/4/2020
Poetry Contest: Kind Ink
Sponsored by: Charles Messina
4 lines with a rhyme pattern ABBA with 10 syllable per line
by Michelle Faulkner |
Categories:
appreciation, husband, romantic love, wisdom,
What would the future, wiser me
The lonely widow I'm sure to be
Say to me, today
How precious, his baritone groan
To muted ears left all alone
Once he's flown away
Life's rivers drain abruptly swift
So recognize this timeless gift
Let this moment - stay
6/10/20
For 'Triple Stanza Tail-Rhyme' contest
Sponsor: charles messina
by Sotto Poet |
Categories:
analogy, appreciation, garden, longing,
Written: September 17, 2023
It Happened On A Misty Morning Sponsored by: Charles Messina
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Wettened by the mornings dew
Closely spaced where rows of roses grew
Footprints stained the cobblestone
Where my love and I had walked, alone
A garden bloomed in vibrant hues
In their fragrant splendor, love imbued
Each petal held a whispered word
Of promises made and love assured
by Anne-Lise Andresen |
Categories:
care, encouraging, love,
Grab the new day with kindness in your heart
Random friendly words - the river will flow
You never get far with pointed elbows
Being generous and kind is an art
05.03.2020
Sun :) - A-L Andresen :)
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Kind Ink Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: charles messina
by Anne-Lise Andresen |
Categories:
love, peace,
to create peace
accept all
honest
understanding
from the heart
true strength
priorities
gratitude
the love
life quality
infinite
amen
~ Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Charles Messina ~
~ 2nd place in the contest ~
14.10.2018
Sun :) A-L Andresen :)
howmanysyllables.com
4-3-2 syllables
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by Anne-Lise Andresen |
Categories:
cute, friendship love, together,
associated with happiness
a little touch of tenderness
lives and sleeps at my address
it's nothin I regret
will never forget
my eyes were wet
like a pet
I met
Beth
04/11/2019
Sun :) - A-L Andresen :)
Copyright © All Rights Reserved
Rhyming Nonet Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: charles messina
3rd place in the contest
by Deirdre Omaidin |
Categories:
love
Red sunset dips
night's curtain drapes the bay
lovers embrace
for Charles Henderson's haiku competition
by Carolyn Devonshire |
Categories:
hope, joy, love, peace,
aspirations
dare we dream …
have hope
families fed
children loved …
worldwide
farewell disease
no more wars …
just love
as Lennon did
imagine …
such joy
*October 11, 2018
For Charles Messina’s “Charlieku” Challenge
by Gregory Richard Barden |
Categories:
change, humanity, love, peace, wisdom,
The sun will shine brighter tomorrow
When we learn to transform our sorrow,
For the terrors we witness today,
Hold the keys to build castles from clay ...
Thus, as hard as they are to impart,
Tragedies plant a seed in our heart,
To grow blooms from the horrors of men ...
And insure they don't happen ... again.
~ 1st Place ~ in the "Poem of Poems" Poetry Contest, Charles Messina, Sponsor. Mandatory starting phrase: "The sun will shine brighter tomorrow when ... ".
by Tom Cunningham |
Categories:
hate, love, peace, trust, war,
The sun will shine brighter tomorrow when...
Mankind lives in peace, but up until then
We turn on the TV and see war and hate
Mankind needs to change before it's too late
You may be Muslim, Christian, Hindu or Jew
Be honest and tell me, does it matter to you ?
Respect, love and trust, so lets get it right
Then maybe our sun will shine really bright.
Written on 20th June 2018
For Charles Messina Poem of Poems contest.
by Laura Breidenthal |
Categories:
life, social, visionary,
Laura
Solicitous, complicated, sad, happy
Sister of Sharon, Charles, Robert and David
Lover of uniqueness, creativity, and rain
Who feels darkness, hope, and intensity
Who fears the unknown, the love of my life, and my chemistry teacher
Who would like to see England, Ireland and Candyland
Resident of San Gabriel, California
Breidenthal
by Charles Henderson |
Categories:
faith
Day fades quickly into night.
I try, but cannot fight.
Life wanes with no respite,
I pass into the light.
Far below, I hear the roar
of waves that brace the shore.
I pass the lofty eagle’s soar.
God calls, I am no more.
Instead, I pass with awe and grace,
through time and finite space.
I am a form, no shape, no face.
Yet, not alone in this strange place.
Within myself, I feel god hover.
I am my wife, my child, my brother.
I am the love of father and mother.
I am myself alone, yet altogether, one another
© Feb 20 2010 Charles Henderson.
We all wonder about God, death and an after life. These are some of the answers I have
reconciled in my musing.
by Emile Pinet |
Categories:
10th grade, angst, anxiety, emotions, feelings, hope, lost love,
Hope
is your
last resort
when love has left
your heart broken; and your dreams disappear.
But, you’re not a slave shackled to lost dreams,
for you believe
that there is
always
hope.
(Double Tetractys)
04,25,2019
Tetractys This Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Charles Messina
by Bernard F. Asuncion |
Categories:
love,
I Miss You ~ My Heart’s Sweet Desire
Your Love Is All I Need ~ As Time Passes By
I Always Think Of You ~ In Silence
Don’t Let Loneliness Last ~ I Love You Forever.
Contest Title: Collaboration Of Your Titles Poetry Contest
Sponsor’s Name: Charles Messina
Contest Judged: 7/15/2019 8:45:00PM
1st Place
by Beata Agustin |
Categories:
appreciation, blessing, christian, devotion, faith, god, jesus,
Bracing me up with grace* and might
God hoists my faith for service right
He assures me His presence-bliss
Of compassion’s peace I can’t miss.
Thus, I face each day so grateful
Midst triumphant heart, worshipful.
Vanquishing fear, despair and doubt
Love-propped, I’m ready to reach out.
*1Peter 5:10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
January 6, 2020
3rd place, "LAY It On Me - 8x8" Poetry Constest
Sponsored by Charles Messina; judged on 1/16/2020.
by Paul Callus |
Categories:
love,
as time passes
her visits wane -
fresh love sprouts...weeds
grow by his grave
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
A "Charlie-Quadku" Contest
Hosted by Charles Messina
Placed 3rd
© 31st August 2019
by Winged Warrior |
Categories:
dream, loneliness, lost love,
Oh,
My love…
Where hath thy,
Gone? In deeper,
Sorrows where slings, arrows, and swords are drawn…
For I will love thy ways forever still,
In foolish dreams…
Love doth spill,
Beyond…
Streams.
April.24.2019
Tetractys This Poetry
Sponsored by: Charles Messina
A Tetractys poem can be done a few different ways. It is a 5 line poem with the 1st line having one syllable, the 2nd line two syllables, the 3rd line three syllables, the 4th line four syllables and the 5th line 10 syllables (1,2,3,4, 10) You may also do this in reverse (10,4,3,2,1) or a double Tetractys (1,2,3,4,10, 10,4,3,2,1)...See Charles example ("So Precious Is Love")
Placed 1'st...Thank you
by Sara Kendrick |
Categories:
imagination,
"Two doves in white flying, feathers glow beneath the morning rainbow colors"
Written by: Charles Messina
Colors in the sky
arched in a bow, red, green, blue....
Whirring of doves' wings
A reminder of God's love
Lasting promises above
Contest: Colors In The Sky
Sponsor: Mystic Rose
Date written: 12/07/2022
Genesis: 9:16
by Aditi Mishra |
Categories:
flower, longing, love,
I smiled when lilac tulip bloomed,
I prayed for amber wings in rain.
On fiery leaves with love perfumed,
blue angels kissed her blushing chain.
How oft fir-kissed drops fall as gems
absorbing pangs of thirst from stems.
My bare soul drenched in velvet chrome
longs to rest in her musk-soaked home.
When lilac tulip bloomed, I prayed,
I smiled for amber wings in rain.
With love, perfumed blue angels kissed
her blushing chain on fiery leaves.
Afar, yet my love sings along
if only she'd hear a thorn's song.
September 2, 2020
Charonnet Poetry Contest
Sponsor: charles messina
by Gershon Wolf |
Categories:
death, destiny, life, sleep,
Sleep
A Taste
In This Life
Of What Awaits
Streams of Consciousness Slowly Leaving Earth
Returning Whence We Came -- To Our Maker
Our Primal Source
Of Life and
Of Love
Death
April 24, 2019
Entry in 'Tectractys This Poetry' contest
Sponsor: Charles Messina
by Kim Rodrigues |
Categories:
grandchild, love,
parents release
tiresome grip
let go
kisses fly forth
in giggles
from lips
wings of angels
strung around
my neck
pearlescent glow
twinkling eyes
of grands
synergetic
euphoric
sweet love
10/11/2018
Charlieku 4-3-2 Contest/Charles Messina
by Lu Loo |
Categories:
i love you,
our love decrees sworn with guarantees,
you appease my nape as I tease-
we echo love in the breeze,
this Aries does appease-
your scent in the trees,
warmth in the freeze;
love with ease
shan’t cease...
please
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howmanysyllables.com
Date - November 7, 2019
Contest - Rhyming Nonet Poetry Contest
Charles Messina