Tag Archive | beauty
She looks for calm in a chaos of words
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes:
Words flow from mind pictures to static forms black on white And only I know what they really mean the picture they paint inside my head but they stream out regardless bright and noisy and smelling of damp earth or dog or roses or even the sea when the…
THESE ARE THY WONDERS
Originally posted on Wuji Seshat:
how fresh o lord is your morbid flower that plays with spring as in a dream and returns in so many other colors only to redeem the world with fragrance? how strange is the land of evening beauty so strange to reincarnate flowers to which all grief melts away in…
A Summer Night
Originally posted on A Blog Less Traveled:
Silent Waves Choirs sing and church bells ring Shadows linger on summer’s eve Twilight slinks away like a dream A forsaken lament in fading light Silent waves break on the shore Receding like thoughts in fright A pale moon rises far to the east Casting shadows instead of…
WHEN WILL I be able to RETURN?
Originally posted on Wuji Seshat:
After the long escort, now we part What mixes all the days together Gifted us this human world of togetherness Green mountains: sweet fragrance In each region, you are eulogised and cherished Divinity happy in the heart, in a world Of water and crystal and tranquil space Nature walked with…
Trilogy in Lace
Originally posted on A Blog Less Traveled:
The first two poems were part of Lace Challenge for fellow blogger SJ Warner. The third poem is a prequel to the first two. I am re-blogging them here together. Ways of Desire Corset laced tight, tempting to eye and touch White lace, satin and high heels are…
WHY EVERYONE SHOULD WRITE POETRY
Originally posted on Wuji Seshat:
I’m my own utopia In my Utopia, we would dream awake Writing poems about each other Speaking in whispers hushed I could say out loud That I felt loved without Trying to find a measure Or a reason to be appreciated In my own utopia We wouldn’t judge each other…
SO MAKE THE MOST OF THIS
Originally posted on Wuji Seshat:
We were tired, we were very merry We had gone back and forth About the reason to stay alive But we looked into the fire And we saw each other And the sky went warm And our lips grew cold The sun dripped emerald On our morning lighted cheeks And…
Tales Untold
Originally posted on A Blog Less Traveled:
A Cauldron of Darkness Knights in shining amour searching for her prayers Protecting her from the angels of the spire Longing for victims broken hearted Unholy rapture calling out her name Pleading with saints for her undying love Words from a tale hauntingly familiar A fevered dream at…
Beauty in an unlikely place
Originally posted on write meg!:
Lush flowers and greenery. Stunning views of the San Francisco skyline. Seagulls flapping gently overhead, their calls muffled by the bay. Gorgeous expanses of water lit up at dusk. You’d never know you were . . . at a former prison. The remains of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, in fact —…