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Thursday, 3 September 2020

Joy Overflows



Oh fears echo in hollow caves

my little ship sails in storms,

I hear my thumping heartbeats

blinking a hopeful soothing song.

Azure streams of magnificence

adorn sparkling fountains,

a mellow breathing to sprout

to revive my garden of ecstasy.

There's a joy bubbling courage..


The restless waves of paranoia

calmed down by blooming pulses,

hyacinth seeds brewing with wind

caressed in brisking serenade.

A symphony of beguile birds

from a distant shore somewhere

showers healing drops of elixir

on wilting vineyard of agony.

There's a joy pouring hope..


I fly like a newborn albatross

over stormy seas I survive,

my weariness in blissful aurora

melting memories of melancholy.

How chrysanthemum blooms again

behind lilac curtains at dusk,

my dreams now blush in silence

unfurling nervous sapphire petals.

There's a joy blooming with love..


I plant moments of velvet lullabies

beyond my receding anxious walls,

gracious ballads of generosity

sprinkled upon me from heaven.

The world plagued with malady

draped in veils of forgiveness,

divine fingers touch the tendrils

growing in dulcet meadows.

There's a joy unveiling kindness..


That joy lives in me,

I share it with the world

it leaps and grows freely..

Gracious Glory


Gracious green glow garners my garden

God's glorious gifts given to me

Grand gospels of generosity fill my heart

I enter his golden gates with goodness galore

Gorgeous gale gushes with grace

Growing my gleaming gazebo of faith

Glittering grapevine guides my hopes

Gratitude glorifies my gaiety soul.

God's greatness generated in ecstasy

guards galactic gravels with gratuity.

Gems glistening with galloping gaze

gradually gather on glass of prayer.

Gradient of gentle graffiti is my language

gullible gestures greeting with goodwill.

God is my generous guest for eternity. 


*This poem has been written using the literary device Alliteration that uses repetitive sounds in the first of second letters of a word series or uses repetition of the same letter sounds. I have used alliteration for the letter 'G'.*


Celeste Strides



Crescent wisps on rolling stones
swivel bubbling ember to burn.
Sizzling jewels on moss thrones,
redwood embellishes withering fern.

Showers of September rinse
sunset in mellowed strides. 
Lustrous pink rivulets wince
on shimmering green slides.

The lonely squirrel rolls in bed
to drench in soothing musk tide.
Cuddled mist drizzles the red
veil of fir seeds on the hillside.

Fiery twigs write velvet songs
on your pier of echoing lights.
My tender soul on bridge longs
to melt with iridescent nights.

Hush! Golden sequins bloom
in tunnels of moistened birch.
In Celeste's gorgeous room,
I witness our emotions perch.

Our crimson desires fuse
on dew-kissed bluebells.
September begins to cruise
on footprints of silver shells.

*This is an example of Lipogram poetry composition from which the poet systematically omits a certain letter or letters of the alphabet. “Gadsby” by Ernest Vincent Wright is a novel of over 50,000 words all written without a single letter “E”. This is a Lipogram poem without the letter 'A'.*


Gratitude For Life


Azure mornings sprinkle dewdrops

my days lustre with happiness in life,

chiming conversations with loved ones

nuzzle me to dreams on dulcet pillows.

Delight of nourishment and safety

strengthens my spirit to live and share.

Gratitude fills my soul with light,

the pinnacle of my sanguine utopia

orchestrating hopes on days of doubts,

I'm thankful I am alive with love..


When the world is gloomy I pray,

grateful for the kindness of strangers

radiating divine impulses of love.

There's more to life than we know

behind threads of tainted windows,

clusters of darkness cleansed along

by glowing joy and graciousness.

Aurora of sparkling strand grows

in a world striving to hold hands,

I'm thankful for the world..


It is beautiful how we learn to battle

inner and outer demons to survive

no matter how turbulent storms attack

we'll always find a ray of light.

For days when we recover with righteousness,

I'm thankful for the light... 

Wish To Hold Again



 In hushed strides silver threads tonight unfold again,

my longing on trampled soil to be rolled again.


Beneath maple leaves my silent flower shivers,

scarlet bed of withering dreams is cold again.


So numb my desires echo in hollowed umbra,

My wishes I fear might remain untold again.


Lonely lark from wilderness sings of my despair,

Blazing sparks simmer on snow being bold again.


Oh beloved! How oft have I waned crescent soul,

Your veil of molten stars I wish to hold again.


Dreams cuddled in beguile blossoms of aurora,

Await to relive their promises old again.


Fir-kissed caress of heartbeats over years apart,

Enchant siphoned silk silhouettes to mould again.


So bereft my memoirs leave no footprints on sand,

agony on alluring waves was sold again.


Celeste dances in nebula streams on sand dunes,

Graceful Aphrodite will I behold again?


Cynthia petals drape my hopes in banisters,

I pray my tender love grows manifold again.


*This poem has been written using the poetry form Ghazal (or Ghazel) (pronounced as "ghuzzle") which is an Arabic love poem or love-song. A poetic form consisting of couplets that share a rhyme and a refrain. It is a Persian/Arabic /Urdu/Hindi and now English form of poetry between 5-15 rhyming couplets with or without refrain. (The refrain is the repeating part at the end of each couplet). Each couplet in ghazal has the same meter/ syllables that will follow throughout the poem. The rhyming in Ghazal ends like aA bA cA dA eA etc.  In Ghazal, the first couplet must have the rhyming and the refrain in both halves of the couplet in subsequent couplets, only the second half of the couplet will follow the same scheme of rhyming. I have used 12 syllables per line over here.*

Forbidden Cake


 

He found a box of brownie cake

sprinkled with silver sugar flake.

Ah! Hidden weekend treasure,

ate with forbidden pleasure,

stays bed ridden with bellyache.


*This poem has been written using the limerick poetry form invented somewhere in Ireland in the early 18th century. A limerick is a five-line, often humorous and witty poem with lines 1, 2, and 5 have seven to ten syllables and rhyme with one another. Lines 3 and 4 have five to seven syllables and also rhyme with each other. This poem has a count of 8,8,7,7,8 syllables in line 1 to 5 respectively and a rhyme scheme of aabba.*

Gently Now, Gently



Shriveled dreams shiver tonight

your eyes shimmer with tears

tainted hopes scare your heart

crumbling under forgotten years


I've blended mellowed lullabies

in pouring stardust from above

drenching your vineyard of pain

in draped showers of my love


Gently now, gently let me wrap

your fingers entwined in laces

I've woven a blanket of stars

in clouds of fragrant traces

Gently now, gently let me caress

your parched lips with mine

trembling to melt frozen breath

as snowflakes in dewy outline


Darling, let me be your solace

in storms of anxious blue rain

your halo I embrace in euphony

of silk-kissed healing vervain


Your unfurling petals tonight dance

in soothing cuddles of light afloat

Musical sandcastles orchestrate

drunk moonlight for you to dote


Gently now, gently let me wrap

your fingers entwined in laces

I've woven a blanket of stars

in clouds of fragrant traces

Gently now, gently let me caress

your parched lips with mine

trembling to melt frozen breath

as snowflakes in dewy outline


Let your soul dance in velvet dew

we've waited for long to love again

rhythms of silent hearts to flow

on painted canvas of ethereal touch


Gently now, gently let me wrap

your fingers entwined in laces

(Let your soul dance in velvet dew)

I've woven a blanket of stars

in clouds of fragrant traces

(we've waited for long to love again)

Gently now, gently let me caress

your parched lips with mine

(rhythms of silent hearts to flow)

trembling to melt frozen breath

as snowflakes in dewy outline

(on painted canvas of ethereal touch)


Gently now, gently brush my essence..

Gently now, gently my safe heaven...


*This is a lyric form poetry of song-like quality, originated in ancient Greek Literature. A Lyric is a type of poem in which the expression is much more personal and tends to show more feeling or emotion throughout the piece. It is often a more formal type of poetry when it is read and written as well, typically spoken in the first person (I/me). There are also many different meters that can be used to express a lyric, or even a combination of meters as well. Even further, many will recognize a lyric within songs and music.*