Now ready to dry 27 December 2021
Cascading thoughts fly Riveting performances meet my starry eye Fireworks reveal a universe in a sigh that slow flows me by A peal of laughter (Appeal) a sacrifice to the stars in quest of the hours (Inquest) Urgencies dissolved natural phenomenon unwinding my veils Pray reach out to me your hands token of despair stroking sad my hair Observe me throughout I am a bunch of flowers now ready to dry Reading of the poem:
River of Blue – Diane Arkenstone
A goodbye to royalty 20 November 2020
Dwindling spot of light sinking in the skies Ebb of the sun’s rays Wane moon rises high Dribble of silver oozing a stream runs through night Reflux of the breeze Bubbles of air in river Flow of the current Three weave the stories Their fingers points of flux gush with oncoming rush The stars now retreat The winds drop on rising tides The throngs flood the gates Drift in the bees’ hive A goodbye to royalty stages in decay Reading of the poem:
Azam Ali - Ritual
Written in the context of Ronovan Writes weekly Haiku challenge using the words “ebb” “flow” and their synonyms. For rules and other contributions, follow this link https://ronovanwrites.com/2020/11/16/ronovan-writes-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-332-ebb-flow/
You are my bright star
11 June 2020
The descent
In love’s psalmody
Binding heart
Rule of thumb
Thoughts about when we were numb
Hearts bitter and tight
Reckoning
Of imprint of soul
Unknown call
Of the tribe
The flutters of heart describe
Effect of the fall
Wave of dreams
You are my bright star
Suspended
In the skies
You are reason my heart flies
To polar extremes
Reading of the poem:
Miles Davis – Smoke gets in your eyes
There beside your heart
25 March 2020
I will bend
Like flower swooning
Into arms
Awaiting
Three moons now replicating
Urgency of you
Grace within
The moments’ magic
Powdered dreams
Where it seems
All my yearning set aside
In mornings confide
Look at me
I am in two suns
Shadow struck
Awe within
Revolution of bosom
There beside your heart
Reading of the poem:
Melody Gardot – Les Étoiles
Return to the stars
8 September 2018
She looked at the water that was breaking into foam at the edge of the sand. It was a pale grey colour, unlike the blue water of the day before when the sun had been out. The night fell gradually upon the beach plunging her in a temporary darkness before some street lights flickered and illuminated the edge of the water. The deep side of the sea remained pitch black and undistinguishable from the edge of where the sky had ended at sunset.
The disappearance of the sun changed nothing in the stickiness of the atmosphere around her. Crows cawed as usual high above, their restlessness never curbed, not even by the night. Just before sunset a batallion of dragonflies had fought the crows for some space in the skies and though they outnumbered the latter, they still looked remarkably fragile in comparison and she had wondered what the outcome would be. For some reason her thoughts had drifted back to the boy in her childhood who used to pin down dragonflies with needles or a side of a safety pin. The memory of that cruelty had made her shudder.
She looked back at the skies but all the dragonflies had left now. Only the cawing crows were hastening back to the shelter of the surrounding trees. She felt the waters call to her again and she turned back to gaze at the black outline of the waves that she could hear breaking on the shore. She would have loved to plunge into the waters had they not been so polluted at this spot. She longed for the beautiful beaches she had once been at and where she could first soak her toes before plunging in delight right into the sea.
Her gaze went up beyond the waves and she saw a flickering star. She wondered how it was that something that looked so alive was but the last message of a dying entity. Something within her stirred. She could almost remember a journey through the void and in between a myriad of planets. Her eyes glazed over with tears. She wanted to be back up there, on that roller coaster ride far away from Earth. She could almost hear that other deep calling out to her. She sighed and looked back again at the shadow of the sea. One day she would be back there. One day she would return to the stars.
Counting stars – One Republic
Fireflies in the sky
7 March 2018
The road was getting darker as she drove further into the wilderness. Looking back into the rear view mirror she could see the city fading behind her. Soon the city lights would all be gone. She pondered whether she should continue on this road as there were no street lights. She realised that if she got lost here there would be nobody to turn to help for as not many people chose to go through this road, especially at this time of the night.
As if in answer to her internal question, a small light flickered ahead and she thought it to be a good omen. Surely there would be a few people ahead of her whom she could ask for help if she were to get stranded on these external routes. She pressed the pedal and sped toward the source of the light which flickered before it went out. Her doubts returned again but she decided to carry on all the same. All around her she could feel the desert slowly closing in on her as the road branched into smaller desert paths.
She drove on in almost pitch black except for where her headlights cleared a path in the black of the night. At times she was not even sure anymore that she was still on the path except for the fact that she could feel hard ground under the wheels. She decided to pay special attention to the feel of the road and to return in case she felt the front wheels touch any sand. She was aware that if she got stuck in the sand here there would be little chance of her getting out of it before the morning.
She marveled at how just a few kilometers away from the heart of a buzzing city full of nightlife one could go to such pitch black silence. In the distance she could hear the hum of the electrical posts that were relaying life saving electricity to the residents of the city. She thought to herself that while people could use candlelight to replace the bulbs in case of an outage nobody could do anything against the heat if such a thing were to happen. She remembered the month in July when her air conditioner had been out of service and the landlord had taken weeks to repair it. Each day had then been like a journey into hell and her helper had had to change the bedsheets every day.
She noticed a flicker again in the sky and decided to drive in its direction. The tiny flicker grew a bit and was joined by other flickers that started to grow in size as she drove nearer. She could see in the distance an outline of trees with the flickers just above the treetops. She hastened towards the point where all the flickers seemed to converge, anxious to find out where the flickers came from. Soon she reached the end of the desert path which then turned into sand. She took out the torch light from the glove compartment and proceeded toward the source of the flickering light.
After a few meters, she came into what seemed like a growth of several palm trees and other trees she could not identify. At the top of the trees she could see hundreds of them flickering in the sky. It was like a cosmic dance of light and she realised that the flickering was from fireflies. The sky was full of them. She wondered how the fireflies had gotten here and then decided to enjoy the sight without further questions. She raced back to the car and took out the mat that she kept there. She unfolded it on the ground and lay on it, gazing up at where the fireflies in the sky competed with the light of the stars. It was the first time in a long while that she could actually see the stars. The fireflies with the backdrop of the stars was so beautiful it brought tears to her eyes as she lay back gazing at the illuminated sky.
Fireflies – Owl City
The dark side of the new moon
6 February 2018
Wistful look
Relics of the past
Remind me
Of your face
Before descent in disgrace
From cross underground
Gone too soon
Stars moon and the hook
In one glance
Chasing key
Eyes tightly shut for the dance
Narrow fields witness
Shapeless space
Forming my fingers
Across you
As we sway
Relentlessly we twirl on
The dark side of the new moon
Reading of the poem:
Can’t take my eyes off you – Muse
Neutron Star Collision (Love is Forever) – Muse
I belong to You – Muse
Of voices fading
6 June 2017
Strumming rains
In burrows of snow
The voice low
In echo
Ringing sharp through the remains
Minutes of my pains
Story tells
You, me and the wells
Stony walls
Meet my gaze
I wake up the night in daze
Of stars encircling
Seconds cling
To my bones marrow
Blue sparrow
Hunting grounds
Memories lost in the sounds
Of voices fading
Reading of the poem:
Take My Leave Of You – Ólafur Arnalds ft. Arnór Dan
The Final Chapter – Ólafur Arnalds
Epilogue – Ólafur Arnalds
Swallowing the stars
16 May 2017
The perched birds
Chirp to wilderness
Expanding
Contracting
Bridges cross nearing the ring
Dilation in fork
Burst the cork
Bottled amnesia
Opens wide
Onward ride
Memories whispering bees
My token honey
World aflame
The light none will tame
Conquered hours
Blooming flowers
The Heart in mind bending bars
Swallowing the stars
Reading of the poem:
Pure of Heart – Bvdub
All These Moments Are Blue Type – Bvdub
So far from Home – Bvdub
Stars written
5 May 2017
Disorder
Laid back in order
On border
Recorder
Landscapes that scribe sees broader
The soul much grander
Obsessive
All doubt to outlive
Compulsive
Will to live
Overwhelming gift to give
To love and forgive
System spate
The chains that we grate
We broke late
You translate
It was She who bosom ate
Clearing up the plate
Cloudy dome
Straying within home
Metal chrome
Sound of Ohm
Not all paths will lead to Rome
The mind oft will roam
See the light
Rocking cradle right
End of spite
Brittle might
Shadows dark don’t creep the night
Upending the fight
Hymn for soul
Music to console
Expunged coal
Closed the hole
Recovering from wormhole
The dot from the whole
Meek kitten
The coffin laid in
Hate driven
Stars written
Waking the blue green maiden
The soul ne’er laden
Reading of the poem:
Music for Your Soul ( Carino)- Chris Spheeris