Tag: Poetry

A World of Love

Listen to your heart for it is wiseForget the brain, for the brain is built to surviveIs willing to sacrifice all~ even love~ to live But the heartthe tender heart designed to give Love for Love is the energy thrivingWhen breathing slows and the… Continue Reading “A World of Love”

Day 18: Ode to Dying Moon

Originally posted on Sarah writes poems:
Waning moon in an ice blue sky did you breathe a weary sighWhen frosty winter solstice moved youAs you shined your brightest light that night,Did you hear the angel trumpets on highBlaring Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah! When you share…

#Haiku: Snow

a murder of crowslittering brilliant white snow–near her small footprints Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge: No. 203

Tattered and Grey

I looked for you today, I thought I saw your face there– among tethered winter clouds But when I looked again, they became another memory cloaked in tattered grey shrouds Then came longing, the painful ache of missing you in harsh– brilliant sunlight breaking through And upon my soul ensued,… Continue Reading “Tattered and Grey”

Queen of Shadows

“Pulvis et umbra sumus. (We are but dust and shadow.)”  ― Horace, The Odes of Horace In a dark glen of an ancient forestthere lives a wicked old cronewho feasts upon tender humansthat through fate, happen by all alone Her name is Queen of Shadowsfor to… Continue Reading “Queen of Shadows”

In Praise of the Sun, 2

Milk glass clouds kiss a turquoise sky as tangerine sun arisesCrisp cold breeze welcomes with easesweet dawning of a new day Mother earth breathes deep as song birds in time peep the overture of fresh mornAnother brilliant day comes as black night succumbs to… Continue Reading “In Praise of the Sun, 2”

Burning Embers

Come linger with me in the inglenookwhile we cuddle by the crackling firereading love sonnets from a tattered bookas flames and words stoke our burning desire With fiery eyes reflecting ardor for one anotherWe kiss– setting our thumping hearts aflutter dVerse Poets Pub: Quadrille… Continue Reading “Burning Embers”