Friday, May 31, 2019

Mirela Duma, Romania


the legendaries
named us
prisoners of war

I
the most beautiful slave(your slave)
adorned you with roses
from one heart to another
there's only one place left for a prayer

© 2019 Mirela Duma



Garry Spooner, Porirua, New Zealand, near Wellington


Garry Spooner

The Daydreamer
I caught a whiff daydreams dressed in hope,
While wandering from mundanes drab routine.
A bag of magic trinkets fingers grope,
In pockets full of wishes evergreen.
Away with you, in servitude to debt,
Come back the man who’s dreams outweigh his heart.
To make ends meet you pay with deep regret,
A game of rule where wages vie with art.
An idyll it would be I do believe,
To spend my days immersed in cursive script.
Instead of money burdens to relieve,
A flowing tongue imprisoned and tight lipped.
So let my mind be absent from myself,
Or else my verse remains upon the shelf.
© Garry Spooner May 2019



Robert Gillette, Marion, South Carolina

reading tea leafs in your tea.
at a table for two across from me.
steam that disperse gives your skin a lovely glow.
Our life like this I only want to know.
your smile and charm my hearts aglow.

© 2019 Robert Gillette (Little White Bear)




Angelo David, Taytay, Rizal, Philippines (between Metro Manila and Quezon)

Nervous

I was never really sure,
If it was the coffee I previously drank—
or the rush hour I squeezed myself upon,
Maybe it's actually none of it,
Maybe it's really just all on me—
being this nervous whenever you're around


It was never fear at all,
But it's a fair say that my pulse quickened,
It was never the pressure of anything,
But it is only honest to say that my sweat went cold,
It's actually—
the ironies of being stunned by the beauty,
of everything that's yours to own


To ever find myself experiencing it,
was like time being frozen—
while my heartbeat defies it,= 


It felt like being in between—
the calmness of peace,
and the wonderful mess of chaos


It was like being in spirit,
to be stuck on an infinite loop
of being thrilled to live for a second—
only to be shot dead over the next


But no matter how critical it could've gone,
Everything was like an assured pang on the inside,
to make me realize that I have witnessed heaven
from where I stood—before I could have even arrived,


I never had this feeling before,
But if it's how your beauty astounds me,
All I want now is to keep it,
For it's all that makes me feel alive.


© 2019 Angelo David 



Jean C. Bertrand, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Make you laugh

Make you laugh
Something in the air
The following priceless rays
Each breathe makes you laugh

Make you laugh
Creating the path, beautifully
Beginning with amazing smile
Choose to embrace daily bliss

Make you laugh
Laugh till your heart
Kindly hugging the layers of
Pain, boarding on the vibrant train

Make you laugh
A better way to heal the burden
Unloading the fire within
For the sake of happiness

©2019
Jean C Bertrand




Jacob Mathews, Tampines Newtown, Pulau Ujong, Singapore

The river of life 

Miracles happen every day 
When a life is created 
The joy and happiness 
Floods the heart and body
Though a painful endurance
A beautiful life is born.

Step by step each precious
In its own spheres
Encountering unknown destinations
The drive that had been planted in the DNA
Kicks starts fearlessly
With determination and endurance
As by preset paths travelling both
The the chartered and unchartered grounds with uncertainties

Life transforms into reality
With responsibilities churning each steps

Committed and a family nucleus lay its foundation.
Each day tend be a paradise with unlimited
Exchanging of the hearts
Not every day or night is the same
Likewise, the weather
Excited and without any second thoughts
A life is planted..
The moments are luxurious feelings

The greatest moment in life is now at the doorstep
Pain rips through as the expectations are awaiting
The joy of nine minutes of unforgettable moments
Resulting in the waiting for nine months
Finally, the graduation day
Joy and happiness with tears of ecstasy

Transformation from their life style
Now with ever concentrating
On the new member

The dreams and expectations change
The endless responsibilities now a nightmare

Expected sharing and caring fades in the background
Unseen transpart barriers grew rapidly
Pushing away the duties of parenthood

Selfishness, egotism was the call of the day.
The dormant lion spreads his mare
Demands the highest social order
To be served without lifting a finger
It's the inner pride of status

Seasonal changes occurred
But the lion's head and heart only increased in power.
When directed by the evil powers embolden the mind sets of the lion

When, evil looses the grip, it's automatically
The down swing in life
Only a awakening force can set things in order guided by the divine intervention

Life continues, repeating itself and the river never flows back to its origins

Life will go on, no matter what happens....

(c) Jacob 2019




Pradiip K. Varmma, Prayagraj, [Allahabad], Uttar Pradesh, India



O cloud of silence
I wait for thee
Come as a little blue bird
And peck me out of me
Carry me high
Till I loom over you
As a cloud of silence

© 2019 Pradiip Kumar Varmma
[Inspired by Lavanya Nukavarpu]




Mirella Ester Pennone Masi, Pavia, Italy


Il bosco segreto
si accende di sguardi
veleggiano sulle fronde
nascoste al giorno
e toccano il cielo

© 2019 Mirella Ester Pennone Masi

The secret forest
lights up with looks
they sail on the foliage
hidden per day
and touch the sky





Jennifer Salinas, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA


Herman Singh, AKA Bob Fitch, from his page Singh's TEEN

The sifter sieve gave way let go,
Listen mate,
Hold me when I'm down,
Believe me , people are false ,
I once thought of roses,
In Bunches on my way home,
And the smile I'd get in return,
But I promised,
And fortune failed to knock,
Maybe we never had a door,
Don't take out the blame on me,
Help me in the garden,
Let's plant our roses,
I'll give you in loads,
Listen , only once.


(c) 2019 Herman Singh



Maria Elvira Fernandes Correia, Brazil

Colors of Love

There must be Rain 
to the rainbow show its Colors

I had to shed thread of fears 
afore I meet you

If love sometimes whimpering for healthy
not ours, you and I accordingly to Beat

the sky may be darkness 
as Doom of the night, wind blow to stars Shineray

If the midnight Eclipses on show 
moonlight will not let us Long 

when twilight daybreak 
the sun first lights recompense to loving 

If you this not by my side 
then, we will live more to stay togetherness 

even the Death coming 
Eternal will be ever our Path 

© 2019 MEFC
Photo selected by Saroja Krishnamurthy"=

& (c) 2019 Pavithra Kashyap





Nigel Da Poet Paul, San Fernando, Trinidad & Tobago

Drunk rambling

Lost in a empty glass
Heart withered away
Drown my sorrows today
Let the lies comfort me
Let the tears be free
For the fears are there to see
Rejection is but a conspiracy
Love is the wants and needs
Trust all but kills
Deceit carry ones will
Envy everyone supremacy 
A war of diluted emotions
Hope but a wish
A concubine to language
Yet misunderstanding exist
For the hateful prosecute race
For a taste of wealth an power
For those of full of colour be devoured
Lost in a empty glass
For the reflection displayed
Uneven an broken
Shattered by the constant sway
Vision of innocent cries
Blinded by the liquid shine
Violent like weathered seas
Drowning in sorrow an silent screams
No thesis behind mankind reality
Hate greed envy and lust
The new basis of loyalty an trust
Lost in a empty glass
Abandoned thoughts multiply
For the unclean seem unsightly
Unfortunately
Yet none may disagree
Humans are the plague a virus
Self destructing on it self
Yet there is one known cure
Reality sees it's left at births door
For all preach it but none knows
Letter's are not infinite
For some words are only four
But the corrupt and jealous
Marketed if for profit times four

© 2019 Nigel Da Poet Paul



Patricia Picardi, Ingenerio Maschwitz, Argentina

What is poetry?

It's letting go feelings by paper
white virgin, 
only stained by the drop of ink
that spreads and forms letters,
and letters make love, and born words
that come together 
to link verses and verses. 
I write... My imagination, my inspiration,
can sprout with the drop 
of a spoken or written word, 
by remembrances, 
by the laughter of a child,
by the gaze of lovers, 
by the bird lulling its offspring,
by your closeness. 
The rain ... so special for poets.
The sea, where I could stay forever 
and always could write something different.
Write to friendship is an act 
of kindness and fidelity, 
the universe dressed in gold and silver ... 
the favorite stars of the poet. 
The sadness, the frustration,
the forgetfulness, the betrayal, 
is also the source to create lyrics.
And love ...
love, pitcher for poetry 
for centuries. 
Not everything has been written about love, thinking about the loved one, 
the experiences, the meetings and the goodbye. 
Lose yourself in the depths of a look, 
a seductive smile, soft hands,
true words spoken in a whisper
that bristles the skin. 
The paper blushes to feel the ink,
spilled by the passion of the poet in love.
The muse, the real woman, 
the blue prince, the dreamed man,
the happiness of dedicating, 
few or many stanzas... 
it doesn't matter,
it is the way that poets travels 
when they gives heart, body and soul 
to their divine love, 
writing a poetry.

© 2019 Patricia Picardi, poem & photo




Zenaida Laragan Taloza, Piano di Sorrento, Italy

Dawning Life with You
Between our majestic thousand glances
We are now reminiscing how serenity life was
As our subtle memories, a unique passion of life
Beneath the meadows, we still hear our sighs
My thoughts bewitched by your flaming charms
As today we found a way to reckon the past
Petrified by the brightest light of your glance
That enlightens my life in explicit trance
I feel helpless without your love around
And yet faith is still in my plans enhanced
Your gleaming face, I feel that warmth divine
As my life is meant to be by your side
Tomorrow might be out of our sight.
And gloomy thoughts ordeals our life
Sunken and fallen, swoons my heart
Flowing unpleasant, smothered my mind
Love hinge pansy at my scattered mind.
But I trust in your arms my love, dreams and desires
Memories of good times keeps haunting, I sigh
Deafening silence, running up in time like a slur.
As we watch the sun now dawning from the west
We hush to ponder the solitude that may come to rest
Whispering sweet sighs, that will always here to burn
Like streamed keepsakes, that remain in the dawn



© 2019 Zenaida L. Taloza

Clive Norman, Hailsham, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom



Saroja Krishnamurthy, Bangalore, Karnataka, India


gogyohkaren
Inspired by "The Kiss" a painting by renowned artist Australian symbolist painter Gustav Klimt {1907-08}

Praising
her beauty
he came closer
whispering
sweet nothings

He 
embraced her
Like a flower
seductively
Signalling his desire

He placed 
an ardent kiss
on her cheeks
and she lead him
into her garden

She 
entwined
his strong legs
intimately
like a spaghetti

A real
magic of 
Maudlin love
a very sweet
and wild closeness

©2019 B.S.Saroja



Gelda Castro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


Sow Love everywhere,
for this is the only force capable
for restoring what is broken, 
healing the wounded,
renewing old concepts and hurts, 
liberating the soul for a full life!

© 2019 Gel Poetry Garden




Monday, May 27, 2019

Iram "Keian" Iradat, Karachi, Pakistan


Keeping the balance
Never to falter
Strength in each other
Power that altered
Many a mind
Stopping to crime
Yet when reproached
To them they approach
Friends or family
Cousins or relationship
Dealt with equality
Sailing all kind of ships
Death not commodity
All had to face
When He called my mother
Father could not stay
Birds of a feather
Or next of kin
None can compare
To that match made in heaven
© 2019 Kiean
With love to Mom and Dad



Maricris Duran Cabrera, Community Owner, Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, Philippines

Colors Of A New Day
And so colors were created
haw and dew
a rosebud awakens, hopes anew.
The sweet taste of a smile
if you will be but mine
my cherry lips do define.
You can be all the shades of blue
turquoise, sapphire, cerulean
You'll be the most amazing ocean
My eyes will ever see.
You can be gray as the clouds
with flashes of heaven's lights
I will be here when darkness benights.
Embellished with rainbows
kaleidoscope shades of powder and pink
the most divine wonder the sky could ever ink.
You can be the moon rising
bloody and bright
and may we, through the moonwake of mine give light
Shine clearest and so perfection combine.
© 2019 Maricris Cabrera




Rasma Raisters, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA


The colors of my world,
had faded to black and white,
nothing seemed right
and then you stepped into my world –
filling it with the colors of love.
You brought red roses,
took me dancing in the spring rain,
as we turned about,
the sun came out
and brought a rainbow arching across the sky.
You showed me so much love,
that everything suddenly seemed brighter,
the sunrises more glowing,
the orange tones of the sunsets sparkled,
the velvety dark of night,
seemed like a soft, dark blue blanket,
upon which silver stars shone.
Suddenly I looked all around,
there were colors everywhere,
you kisses sent fireworks across the skies,
yes, you and only you –
brought the colors of love.

© 2019 R.Raisters
Written for the Community Poet's Challenge, The Colors of Love,
hosted by Saroja Krishnamurthy




Bobita Saikia, Sivasagar, Assam, India




Lyn V Valdez (Jaguar Ti Tambuli), Hong Kong, People's Republic of China

beyond the burdens you bear,
a secret i shouldn't tell or share,
there's a love blossoms in the air
miles apart oh my love, i don't care!
every morning i wish you're here,
to see your smiles, to listen stories i share,
only time could reveal what it must be
but nothing more i waited to see...
everything i needed is already here
where i could be, whatever i wanna be
to walk upon this world naked and free
as long as you will stay with me...
i am not expecting some kind of magic
not to be perfectly smooth without tragic
just to be you ,to be real and tough,
i guess you are perfectly enough!
love me 

© 2019 vavaldez



Matilde Cherchi, Sassari, Sardinia, Italy

Maggio piovoso
Che altro posso fare
che raccontarti
Le ciliegie mature
alla mercé dei merli

Tanka  © 2019 Matilde Cherchi

May rainy
What else can I do?
what to tell you
Ripe cherries
at the mercy of the blackbirds



Mary Lynn Luis, Winter Haven, Florida, USA



Wendy Phelan, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

BASKING IN THE GLOW
Colour me blue, I’ll weep the sky for you
I’ll wish your fondest dreams to all come true
Colour me green, like an Emerald Queen
Sitting on a pretty throne, exquisitely serene
Colour me indigo, like the evening sky
I will give thee feathers so you may fly
Colour me in lemon-honey, like the sun
I will brighten your day, my precious one
Colour me marvellously with Orange hues
Behold a snowy mountain's majestic views
Splash pretty pink on pale cheeks
Sprinkled with silver and gold mystique
I'll colour thee red, with kisses, juicy
You'll paint me green with envious beauty
Colour me Violet and wrap me in a bow
Love me neath sunshine's rays of yellow
Together we are a rainbow, glory after a storm
With fire in our hearts to keep us warm
Embracing life’s seasons, we’ll bloom and grow
'Til our last Winter morning, basking in the glow…
© 2019 Wendy Phelan


Zenaida Laragan Taloza, Piano di Sorrento, Italy

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