Submissions by Ahavati
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
14th Jul 2018 1:21am
14th Jul 2018 1:21am
Mountaintop
We celebrate distance as a summit -
release potential embrace
for a future moment to create
Letting go of anxiety, absence
envelopes Us, our fetal dreams
gestating, fluidly forming;
the curvature of their spines
unfurling in gelatinous forests
of vesseled bone and pulp
Calcifiying cartilage into stems
they extend the furrowed depth -
their pods now fodder for earth
From ashes to ashes, dust to dust
we depart to return, alternating choice
until our roots are terra firma
...
release potential embrace
for a future moment to create
Letting go of anxiety, absence
envelopes Us, our fetal dreams
gestating, fluidly forming;
the curvature of their spines
unfurling in gelatinous forests
of vesseled bone and pulp
Calcifiying cartilage into stems
they extend the furrowed depth -
their pods now fodder for earth
From ashes to ashes, dust to dust
we depart to return, alternating choice
until our roots are terra firma
...
#dreams
#spiritual
#learning
51 reads
11 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
8th Jul 2018 00:56am
8th Jul 2018 00:56am
The Art of Fine Dining
I
A half-circled sun of yolk --
its soft liquid rolling over-easy
onto a pineappled-orange horizon
Wind scrapes the earth
as a butter knife over toast
while grape-jellied plumes
steamed from half-light
perking-a-pot of Sumatra gold
Window sheers became banners
pristine white in surrender;
caterpillar oceans reflected
light and shadowed movement
across the ochred room
Harbored candles shape-shifted
dying upon a basin of bed
and crushed...
A half-circled sun of yolk --
its soft liquid rolling over-easy
onto a pineappled-orange horizon
Wind scrapes the earth
as a butter knife over toast
while grape-jellied plumes
steamed from half-light
perking-a-pot of Sumatra gold
Window sheers became banners
pristine white in surrender;
caterpillar oceans reflected
light and shadowed movement
across the ochred room
Harbored candles shape-shifted
dying upon a basin of bed
and crushed...
#love
#romantic
102 reads
15 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
5th Jul 2018 00:52am
5th Jul 2018 00:52am
All-American Immigrants
Let freedom flay
our gluttonous memory
Replay forgotten history;
an infant survives only
by fleeing his country
Religious freedom
birthed on new soil
of humble beginnings--
natives opening hands
as wings to immigrants
Let it sever callous minds
greed, apathy
self-serving hypocrisy
resource-driven profit
over aesthetic beauty
Let freedom flay
our ignorant blindness ...
our gluttonous memory
Replay forgotten history;
an infant survives only
by fleeing his country
Religious freedom
birthed on new soil
of humble beginnings--
natives opening hands
as wings to immigrants
Let it sever callous minds
greed, apathy
self-serving hypocrisy
resource-driven profit
over aesthetic beauty
Let freedom flay
our ignorant blindness ...
#religion
#spiritual
#redemption
123 reads
30 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
30th Jun 2018 8:19pm
30th Jun 2018 8:19pm
Whole-heartedly
He knows me
These incantations, quirks
spells of isolated retreat
process besetting fantasy
Chameleon he becomes
when often I need him most
Knight in shining Truth;
a variant deviant of identity:
Pirating circumstantial adventure
Psycotic Masterminding brilliantly
Mother Mary Letting it Be
Sci-fi trekkie Lost in Space
Anarchitect of boyhood schemes
True to Himself in all ways...
These incantations, quirks
spells of isolated retreat
process besetting fantasy
Chameleon he becomes
when often I need him most
Knight in shining Truth;
a variant deviant of identity:
Pirating circumstantial adventure
Psycotic Masterminding brilliantly
Mother Mary Letting it Be
Sci-fi trekkie Lost in Space
Anarchitect of boyhood schemes
True to Himself in all ways...
#devil
#angels
#spiritual
#aliens
#philosophical
126 reads
22 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
23rd Jun 2018 11:10pm
23rd Jun 2018 11:10pm
Acorn
Be patient in opening
for 'Nature's first green'
Acorn, your golden root
twisting invisibly underfoot;
Herald death instead: summer --
its scorched scarecrow shriveled
reigning rows of cracked sod
under abandoned nests of crow
Welcomed by autumn's bijou;
true citrine, ruby-fired blue
shedding her legacy of skin
to bury your amber hull
Pray for that frozen grave
overlooked by foraging squirrels;
sleep until the frigid thaw
severs winter's umbilical cord
For to survive time as...
for 'Nature's first green'
Acorn, your golden root
twisting invisibly underfoot;
Herald death instead: summer --
its scorched scarecrow shriveled
reigning rows of cracked sod
under abandoned nests of crow
Welcomed by autumn's bijou;
true citrine, ruby-fired blue
shedding her legacy of skin
to bury your amber hull
Pray for that frozen grave
overlooked by foraging squirrels;
sleep until the frigid thaw
severs winter's umbilical cord
For to survive time as...
#trees
#summer
#winter
#fall
#spring
146 reads
10 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
17th Jun 2018 11:26am
17th Jun 2018 11:26am
A Father he is
to many strays meandering
within survival's shallow breath
A limited resource
snagging the dying kitten
from the mire of grave
Graciously spending his last penny
on antibiotics for congestion
food easing distended bellies
Shelter from the elements
rubber totes and blankets
fresh water for the weary
A Father he is to a multitude
of four-legged creatures
guided by the Universe
to a home for the homeless
seeking nothing in Life
save all he has to give:
Love,...
within survival's shallow breath
A limited resource
snagging the dying kitten
from the mire of grave
Graciously spending his last penny
on antibiotics for congestion
food easing distended bellies
Shelter from the elements
rubber totes and blankets
fresh water for the weary
A Father he is to a multitude
of four-legged creatures
guided by the Universe
to a home for the homeless
seeking nothing in Life
save all he has to give:
Love,...
#love
#kindness
#dogs
#cats
#animals
151 reads
8 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
16th Jun 2018 2:31pm
16th Jun 2018 2:31pm
Chambered in Love
When content
you rise in confidence
above deep dramatics;
an innate compass beckons
despite petty buffeting;
your own actions
are more important
over those of others;
you recognize negatives
are merely borders
manifesting detours
Realize everything and one
is here to nudge
your directional course;
possess no second thoughts
nor desire beyond
what you already own
When importance centers ...
you rise in confidence
above deep dramatics;
an innate compass beckons
despite petty buffeting;
your own actions
are more important
over those of others;
you recognize negatives
are merely borders
manifesting detours
Realize everything and one
is here to nudge
your directional course;
possess no second thoughts
nor desire beyond
what you already own
When importance centers ...
#love
#strength
#gratitude #admiration
#gratitude #admiration
152 reads
12 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
3rd Jun 2018 8:43pm
3rd Jun 2018 8:43pm
Editor in Chief
of all things
He is
Strengthens
weakened wordsmithery
Straightens grammatical slips
as crooked crowns
for light to shatter
their misplaced dolor
into a billion shards
of written color
He doesn't tame strays
allows metaphors to escape
from a page's confines
honors nonconformed originality
Not-so-subtle Analogies ...
He is
Strengthens
weakened wordsmithery
Straightens grammatical slips
as crooked crowns
for light to shatter
their misplaced dolor
into a billion shards
of written color
He doesn't tame strays
allows metaphors to escape
from a page's confines
honors nonconformed originality
Not-so-subtle Analogies ...
#love
#universe
#faith
#spiritual
#philosophical
192 reads
2 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
25th May 2018 6:13pm
25th May 2018 6:13pm
Stillness
We move the speed of presence --
no moment better or less
by what is taken or left in growth
Poetry imitates natural being
no value heightened or reduced
for brevity or expanded length
It's a Spirit, feeling beyond
beating existence of word cavities
excavating marrow from space. . .
fertilizing bones of cell
into that first breath of Poem
inseminating the womb of us;
secrets of the Universe
lie not in the...
no moment better or less
by what is taken or left in growth
Poetry imitates natural being
no value heightened or reduced
for brevity or expanded length
It's a Spirit, feeling beyond
beating existence of word cavities
excavating marrow from space. . .
fertilizing bones of cell
into that first breath of Poem
inseminating the womb of us;
secrets of the Universe
lie not in the...
#love
#universe
#spiritual
#evolution
#philosophical
252 reads
16 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
11th May 2018 00:49am
11th May 2018 00:49am
You're the only One
that could come before Poetry;
its gestating cells multiplying
rapidly inside my fertile heart
So rich with conception;
bones calcifying stanzas
into skeletal verses
Healthy meaning burgeoning
muscle and sinew stretching
corpuscles expanding
Arterial function oxygenating
answers to timeless questions
sequestered within readers
There is resolve connecting
intimately with other human beings
just as joy in like-mindedness
One could live contentedly
in knowledge surpassing
all...
its gestating cells multiplying
rapidly inside my fertile heart
So rich with conception;
bones calcifying stanzas
into skeletal verses
Healthy meaning burgeoning
muscle and sinew stretching
corpuscles expanding
Arterial function oxygenating
answers to timeless questions
sequestered within readers
There is resolve connecting
intimately with other human beings
just as joy in like-mindedness
One could live contentedly
in knowledge surpassing
all...
#love
#universe
#spiritual
#confessional
#PowerOfWords
255 reads
14 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
1st May 2018 10:54pm
1st May 2018 10:54pm
30 Days and Nights
we wandered through
the playing field of verse--
dodging mines of cliche
short-changed words;
those unworthy offerings
resulting from utter laziness
The giants are appeased;
poetry was a priority. . .
as it should've been
No more late night excuses
encompassing fatigue
Gone were the days
that housed no poetry
Nomadic were we
wandering in the dessert
seeking a country of accomplishment
...
the playing field of verse--
dodging mines of cliche
short-changed words;
those unworthy offerings
resulting from utter laziness
The giants are appeased;
poetry was a priority. . .
as it should've been
No more late night excuses
encompassing fatigue
Gone were the days
that housed no poetry
Nomadic were we
wandering in the dessert
seeking a country of accomplishment
...
#motivational
#inspirational
#NaPoWriMo2018
#uplifting
#gratitude
270 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
27th Apr 2018 11:55am
27th Apr 2018 11:55am
Because He Believes
in me, I regenerate
rise above the disbelief
shredding my solar plexus
Scale concrete walls of jealousy;
their barbed wire teeth snapping
at the happiness of my experience
Venus fly trapped throng
macabre cyber tongues starving
for an offering of bone and blood;
crumbs discarded by Love
Because he leads, I digest
the view, breathtaking journey
of growing togetherness
Stately Bradfords
over dogwood cherry;
the prime of fruitfulness
shedding winter dormancy
Molting...
rise above the disbelief
shredding my solar plexus
Scale concrete walls of jealousy;
their barbed wire teeth snapping
at the happiness of my experience
Venus fly trapped throng
macabre cyber tongues starving
for an offering of bone and blood;
crumbs discarded by Love
Because he leads, I digest
the view, breathtaking journey
of growing togetherness
Stately Bradfords
over dogwood cherry;
the prime of fruitfulness
shedding winter dormancy
Molting...
#love
#ILoveYou
#faith
#spiritual
#gratitude
319 reads
19 Comments
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