by Robert Lindley |
Categories:
art, friendship, meaningful, nature, symbolism, tree
RETREAT TO HEED OUR HONEST DEEDS
Two old oak trees weathered by winds and rain
with fallen leaves, branches and toughened bark
to shield a core of grandeur, and sustain
the wisdom borne to see the light from dark.
Two noble men aware of twilight time
both face evil world with courage and grace
Love and Nature gifts each, a life sublime
all standing with courage none can erase.
Each rooted within mother earth's great fold
weathering this world's darkest raging storms
images show lives lived regally and bold
tho' existing in weakened earthen forms.
With words of wisdom written in our seeds
we seek retreat to heed our honest deeds.
22nd June, 2018
T.J Grén & Robert Lindley
by Andrea Dietrich |
Categories:
happy, hope, love,
Myriads of umbrellas
like I’ve never seen
floating upward brilliant red,
yellow, pink and green.
Many happy thoughts must be
in the springtime breeze,
or bright hope could not ascend
high above the trees!
Opened up, hope shelters us
from the rains of gloom.
Losing sight of happiness
would be mankind’s doom.
Peace and love must guide our thoughts
so we might see rise
myriads of umbrellas
through all earth’s blue skies!
In 7/5 Trochee, rhyming style poem
Written 2/26/2014 by Andrea Dietrich For Visual number 4
shown in the SYMBOLISM : THE UMBRELLA Poetry Contest of nette onclaud
by Arthur Vaso |
Categories:
abuse, art, bullying, religion, silence, symbolism
Breaking Bad
Criminals
dance with slum lords
they shed fake tears
victims they shout
from Ivory towers
Mock and attack
they of dark cloth and deceit
possesses no real God
they whoreship only their prey
living by night not day
Some even screech praise untowards
sick is the mind who follows
dead morals and upended graves
they really are the bully's slaves
Yet their churches pew is full
Criminals all
singing love songs
sewing fear and anger
no wonder God got fed up
evicting them one and all
by Raven Drake |
Categories:
parody, philosophy, symbolism,
Farcical, extravagant
My birthmark is a scar
A speckled blotch ...
A spot of pox
An icon from afar
I'm an upstart, I'm an eyesore
Ranting with a flair
In a tempest, I'm a rabid bird
Setting fire to the air
As dauntless as a hellhag
Unmoved by love or care
I can hold up in a cyclone
Feasting on your fear
I'm your last hope
As a laughingstock
I'm your courage in a dare
As audacious as a terrorist
With death-defying hair
When it's time to play the tragic fool
I'm as flagrant as a glare
Seething with a vengeance
In a tantrum of despair
Written by © Raven Drake
by Arthur Vaso |
Categories:
art, culture, history, poetry, sorrow, symbolism
No words
Where there are tears
There are no words
Where there is music
There are no words
Where there is painting
There are no words
Where there is love
There are no words
Where there is passion
Words run and hide
Where there is sadness
There are no words
Where there is poetry
The poet attempts justice to the word
Where there are tears
The poet mystically appears
Where there is death
There are words
Proclaiming dominance to all before
Music art and philosophy
For not all are artists and musicians
All we have left are words and sorrows
How so very sad
And so very absurd
by Sandip Goswami |
Categories:
feelings, love, pain, philosophy, symbolism, tribute
Kashmir is the innocent beauty of nature
It lifted me above all mire dark and dense.
Kashmir is the divine smile
It gifted me a peace beyond all of my sense.
Kashmir is the sorrow
It showed me a combined pain of poverty, corruption and terrorism.
Kashmir is the beautiful helpless unmarried woman.
Whose neighbors are trying to capture her body not sweet heart.
Kashmir is the paradise on earth without dream...
SANDIP GOSWAMI, INDIA
( THE POEM IS DEDICATED TO EVERY WOMAN IN ALL COMMUNITIES OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND POET ANDREA DIETRICH )
by Joe Dimino |
Categories:
allegory, allusion, art, poetry, science, symbolism
Every poem
An invention
Some would say:
When a romantic
Creates a breathing rose
In the mind
For the heart of another
A far superior find
Than all
Man’s Relativities—
So—
Let Einstein rest
Of his atoms
Undressed;
And Galileo
Further divest
In some far
Distant sky,
Too far off
Even
For modern
Glass-eye
Perhaps now,
As I,
Would also decry:
That the artist, alone,
Sees and lives,
A true icon,
Beyond the grave—
A slave not to science,
But to love and beauty;
With far more inquisitive duty,
That of revealing
The Universe
The soul of it
Divine—
by Deborah Burch |
Categories:
home, symbolism,
Oh! Virginia
Come travel back with me to Old Virginia
The namesake of Elizabeth: the Queen
No other state possesses such charisma...
Oh! Mother, of this nation... evergreen.
The Old Dominion, (fifth realm of the Crown),
Birthed many 'Declaration' signers here
As well as Presidents...heroes abound,
From battles fought for Freedom we endear.
The Commonwealth is full of history:
From Jamestown...Williamsburg...and even Poe;
Virginians' Honour and Integrity...
Are still the code for living--not just show.
The Blue Ridge, Country Ham, and Brunswick Stew...
Virginia! Oh! Virginia! I love you...
deborah burch©1.3.2017
Form: Sonnet
by Bl Devnath |
Categories:
ocean, sky, symbolism,
longest and deepest
symbolize to be broadest
sky's love to ocean
as they are lovers
embrace each other's blue hue
unison of hearts
one smiles upper side
other replies reflection
up to end level
Sponsored by: SKAT A
Contest Name: Your Best (premiere) number one
by David Mohn |
Categories:
symbolism,
driving away slow
enchanted by metaphors…
rice pelting our car
white picket fences ahead
dented cans streaming behind
05 Jan 2018
syllable count 5-7-5-7-7
by Frederic Parker |
Categories:
change, nostalgia, symbolism,
how stately is this covered bridge
with a weathered and worn facade
a winding road that passes through
and a slow stream view as you promenade
now cracked and split with rusted bolts
the price of age to its sturdy beams
reflections on water to catch the eye
where two in love tossed pennies for their dreams
it stands in contrast to the Autumn leaves
a gray aged skin against colors bright
to haunt the memory of days gone by
when it was needed for time's respite
time will pass, this bridge will fall
pictures kept, remind of memories lost
as all things that have come before
through passing years, we'll measure the cost
8/18/17
contest Covered Bridge
by Pat Adams |
Categories:
humorous, identity, imagery, mystery, nature, symbolism
When coco de mer trees were found
Their nuts had most people enthralled
They all thought they looked erotic
So "Love Nuts" is what they were called
Still unknown how they reproduce
Explained in some of the wild tales
On stormy nights, the female trees
Are approached by uprooted males!
Viewing this mating process though
Would cause you to die or go blind
Seek not shelter under male trees
They might come at you from behind!
by Elijah Zmuda |
Categories:
evil, fear, mystery, philosophy, slavery, symbolism
Many worship created things;
Some have engraved images that are dreams.
Egytians worshiped the north star;
Just as indians sought many things from afar.
Reality is a fact from above;
Altered reality is a missonseption of true love.
Law and order keeps tle peace;
Chaos came from the Romans and the Greeks.
God created atoms of many kinds;
Elements from the ground formed mankind.
To worship oneself is to be blind;
Ifs the mark of the beast that's in their mind.
by Sheer Terror |
Categories:
emotions, life, love, symbolism, urban,
a warning shot
triggers the clock
heads tick to every second
enters the flip of a magnet
a distinction to please
entropy finds a seat
takes the rein
broken strings gathered neat
provokes an impulse
the overture tumbles
pushes a soft warm breeze
leans in with an ease
steals the air I breathe
holds the key
Terry D'Arcy-Ryan
by Anne-Lise Andresen |
Categories:
symbolism,
I light a candle for the sun, the earth, the people
A light to break the darkness and fear
Every time someone lights a candle,
it is a reflection of the first day in the history of the world
The light that God created - where earth and heaven meet in love
17/12/2019
Sun :) - A-L Andresen :)
Copyright © All Rights Reserved
by Ed Belcher |
Categories:
inspirational, life, metaphor, symbolism, time, uplifting
We must seize the day is what they say,
We are here but for a moment, here but for a day,
We must awake and not forget to contribute, love and play,
We know that none of us are here to stay,
So go share your love there's no time to lament,
You can then lie down knowing your day was well spent.
-Eddie Belcher
by Benjamin Wormwood |
Categories:
allusion, autumn, love, symbolism,
leaves sodden
trampled underfoot
stride on
by Shirley Candy |
Categories:
heartbroken, love, romance, symbolism,
On a clear blue sky
Two doves fly, sadly unpaired
Broken hearted love.
by Skye Robertson |
Categories:
dog, kids, symbolism,
Too many big and small
It doesn't matter, I hate them all.
I hate when they run, I hate when they leap.
I hate when they frolic in their sleep.
I hate how much they love to cuddle.
Their love is never very subtle.
I hate when they lick away your tears.
And comfort you as you face your fears.
I hate when they tilt their head and stare,
And snip and chew, on your long hair.
I hate when they hunt and kill a bug,
And track their filth across the rug.
I hate when they jump on your private places,
Or hit the window with their faces.
I hate every, dog, except a dog named Red,
I still love him, even though he’s dead.
by John Beharry |
Categories:
emotions, love, relationship, romance, simile, symbolism
They say
Love is Blind
Cupid's arrows hit
Whoever they Find
And put them
In a Bind
by Don Pettinelli |
Categories:
faith, god, jesus, religion, symbolism,
I wear a cross around my neck,
To show the world I'm a Christian,
I wear a cross around my neck,
It shows my faith in God,
Even though the world is in utter chaos,
I will always show my love
For my God in Heaven,
The cross to me is a symbol,
Of Jesus' love for humanity
When he gave up his life on Calvary,
Other beliefs may claim to be able
To bring peace to a disquieting world,
But, its the way of the cross
That will last for eternity.
by Keith Baucum |
Categories:
devotion, love, marriage, romantic, spiritual, symbolism
Dressed in light and wearing a crown of Olive leaves,
Love stands before Loyalty her husband to be and a
host of wedding guest. Looking into each other's eyes
the two exchange vows.
Loyalty - My dream of making you my wife has become
reality. I promise to hold you in my arms and keep you
safe for all eternity. I promise to cherish you and treat
you like royalty.
Love - I've been waiting for this moment ever since my
heart took it's first beat. Like doves flying on the winds
of peace I promise to uphold this marriage above the
clouds of serenity.
Surrounded by all the virtues Loyalty and Love kiss.
Written by Keith Edward Baucum
by Kathryn Collins |
Categories:
symbolism,
Stone Cold Statues
Clothe the saints.
Whosoever sees their flesh
will be damned to the great kiln.
I love their garments, the sculptor’s breath
on billowing stone, their faces white
like hosts of God turned man,
of bread turned God, and sinners
turned harmless in unleavened circles.
I am not of the miracle life.
I only understand the statues'
never-wavering watch as their
clothing flows obdurately soft.
©Kathryn McL. Collins
by Verlena Dillard |
Categories:
creation, dream, inspiration, passion, spiritual, symbolism
I'm social,
filled with compassion,
sensitive to forms of pollution,
but creative who seeks out inspiration.
I am a mystery,
born with the blood of royalty,
recognized of high nobility,
as wealth surrounds me with luxury,
A dreamer who dreams upon reality,
connecting with the world spiritually an physically.
I am a person who seeks the meaning of life,
the balance between its darkness an light,
I am a person who dreams of accomplishments,
I am someone who desires love an fulfillment,
I am someone you can reasoned with,
I am known as Ms. Violet.
by Joseph Sergi |
Categories:
encouraging, inspirational, symbolism,
The lightning bug shines at night,
they help our love ones to the light.
To find thier way to heaven above,
and guide the path with their light of love.
A soft warm glow all through the night,
it brings our hearts such delight.
Because they bring our loved ones home,
so they will never be alone.