MadameLavender
Poem Published
22nd Sep 2021 9:37pm
22nd Sep 2021 9:37pm
Journey Of The Night Watches
First Watch : 6pm-9pm
O, hearken, now, and dim the lights
as glory fills, first watch, of nights
and Heaven's veils are slowly drawn,
signaling the day is gone.
Take up your posts, ye watchmen, strong --
the birds have hushed, their solemn song .
Second Watch: 9pm-12am
Civil Twilight flashes green
on horizons seldom seen
unless ye know just where to look
to find the passage, some forsook ;
through eye of needle, light the way--
darkened night, replaced the day.
Third Watch: 12am-3am
O'...
O, hearken, now, and dim the lights
as glory fills, first watch, of nights
and Heaven's veils are slowly drawn,
signaling the day is gone.
Take up your posts, ye watchmen, strong --
the birds have hushed, their solemn song .
Second Watch: 9pm-12am
Civil Twilight flashes green
on horizons seldom seen
unless ye know just where to look
to find the passage, some forsook ;
through eye of needle, light the way--
darkened night, replaced the day.
Third Watch: 12am-3am
O'...
#night
#nature
#God #faith
#God #faith
14 reads
2 Comments
Ahavati
Poem Published
20th Sep 2021 4:09am
20th Sep 2021 4:09am
Ephah
It's late
I want to write
I don't want to read
nor scry
I don't want to design
consumeristic graphics
I simply want words
to emerge as the Moon
from behind clouds
illuminating the field
while I, as Ruth, glean
what's left behind
before threshing
the miniscule amount
into an ephah of poem
to carry home
~
I want to write
I don't want to read
nor scry
I don't want to design
consumeristic graphics
I simply want words
to emerge as the Moon
from behind clouds
illuminating the field
while I, as Ruth, glean
what's left behind
before threshing
the miniscule amount
into an ephah of poem
to carry home
~
#moon
#night
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry
#PowerOfWords
48 reads
12 Comments
dartford
Paul S...
Paul S...
Poem Published
16th Sep 2021 11:24pm
16th Sep 2021 11:24pm
the idiot poet
inviting her back for coffee,
had the distinct impression
that she fully intended to stay
for the night.
and I couldn’t say anything,
of course, but was more than
a little annoyed, since I really
wanted to write
had the distinct impression
that she fully intended to stay
for the night.
and I couldn’t say anything,
of course, but was more than
a little annoyed, since I really
wanted to write
#night
20 reads
1 Comment
Scarlett_Midwinter
Poem Published
14th Sep 2021 11:33pm
14th Sep 2021 11:33pm
Garden of Delight
Cloying nectar of ylang-ylang
Flowing glibly over chocolate soil
Tendrils of snaking grass recoil
From the yellow silk of sun
As diamond raindrops come undone
From petals of snowy meringue
Tangling jasmine and larkspur kisses
Tease the air with sugar crystal confections
As a jelly sky bleeds ruby clouds
Burying dusk with honeyed shrouds
Of curated light, golden hour selections
Painting twilight in pink marbled caresses
Kumquat and coffee scent the air in waves ...
Flowing glibly over chocolate soil
Tendrils of snaking grass recoil
From the yellow silk of sun
As diamond raindrops come undone
From petals of snowy meringue
Tangling jasmine and larkspur kisses
Tease the air with sugar crystal confections
As a jelly sky bleeds ruby clouds
Burying dusk with honeyed shrouds
Of curated light, golden hour selections
Painting twilight in pink marbled caresses
Kumquat and coffee scent the air in waves ...
#beauty
#flowers
#night #nature
#night #nature
17 reads
2 Comments
Cipher_O
Poem Published
10th Sep 2021 3:15pm
10th Sep 2021 3:15pm
Dreams
I watch the revolutions of the horizon
with an instinctive knowing
that such a thing is an education
in being and growing.
As dawn expands in my heart
and mind, in a design
composed in champaign
and emerges in fully formed art.
In a day scanned by butterfly
wings, over colored petal
things, with an indomitable
will – Integral to a back drop of sky,
Perfectly pristine, baby blue
thing, pulsating behind the
wing shaped mirage where the
butterfly vanished, true -
In a space haze of Heisenberg ...
with an instinctive knowing
that such a thing is an education
in being and growing.
As dawn expands in my heart
and mind, in a design
composed in champaign
and emerges in fully formed art.
In a day scanned by butterfly
wings, over colored petal
things, with an indomitable
will – Integral to a back drop of sky,
Perfectly pristine, baby blue
thing, pulsating behind the
wing shaped mirage where the
butterfly vanished, true -
In a space haze of Heisenberg ...
#storm
#morning
#night #nature
#night #nature
37 reads
6 Comments
Scarlett_Midwinter
Poem Published
6th Sep 2021 1:05pm
6th Sep 2021 1:05pm
Inside My Darkest Everything
Under obsidian cherry-hued sky
Blood and lavender coloured clouds
Honeydew sun leaks rays sublime
Swaying like gypsy dancers proud
My heart is a garden, beating bouquet
Of opium roses, sepia sunflowers
Blooming with secrets in dark array
Magic of smoky night fairy powers
Connecting to paths of coiling veins
Twisted bruises, nest of blue snakes
Come into my garden, I want you inside
Where petals dance tango with amber twilight
Where I am queen and you are king ...
Blood and lavender coloured clouds
Honeydew sun leaks rays sublime
Swaying like gypsy dancers proud
My heart is a garden, beating bouquet
Of opium roses, sepia sunflowers
Blooming with secrets in dark array
Magic of smoky night fairy powers
Connecting to paths of coiling veins
Twisted bruises, nest of blue snakes
Come into my garden, I want you inside
Where petals dance tango with amber twilight
Where I am queen and you are king ...
#dark
#romantic
#flowers
#night
#fairies
34 reads
4 Comments
asbr808
Anthony R
Anthony R
Poem Published
31st Aug 2021 6:34pm
31st Aug 2021 6:34pm
Coupon! 2 butterflies for 6$
It’s darkened
We’ve been here for hours
We slept together
Long day
Running back and forth
I kept trying to pull you
Like a yoyo string
But the string broke
And I had to rewind the string
And I realized
I wasn’t supposed to pull the string at all
I am to let the yoyo fall
Pulled by gravity
Not by me
Who am I to control the sea
I am not the moon.
We’ve been here for hours
We slept together
Long day
Running back and forth
I kept trying to pull you
Like a yoyo string
But the string broke
And I had to rewind the string
And I realized
I wasn’t supposed to pull the string at all
I am to let the yoyo fall
Pulled by gravity
Not by me
Who am I to control the sea
I am not the moon.
#ILoveYou
#sea
#moon #night
#moon #night
30 reads
1 Comment
Seed
Poem Published
25th Aug 2021 4:42pm
25th Aug 2021 4:42pm
Anatomy of the Night
We are star dust
Living under the light
Of a thousand stars.
They are our inheritance.
The universe flows
Through our veins.
We both emit light
And reflect light.
We are both wished upon
And we are
Someone's dream.
Our dimples twinkle
When we smile.
We are radiant
Until time stands still,
And the seas walk backward,
And other stars
Are collapsing,
But we grow
Into a supernova,
Something more beautiful
Than we were before.
So, in that dusky moment
When you...
Living under the light
Of a thousand stars.
They are our inheritance.
The universe flows
Through our veins.
We both emit light
And reflect light.
We are both wished upon
And we are
Someone's dream.
Our dimples twinkle
When we smile.
We are radiant
Until time stands still,
And the seas walk backward,
And other stars
Are collapsing,
But we grow
Into a supernova,
Something more beautiful
Than we were before.
So, in that dusky moment
When you...
#beauty
#universe
#stars #night
#stars #night
36 reads
2 Comments
SatInUGal
Kumar
Kumar
Poem Published
17th Aug 2021 3:53pm
17th Aug 2021 3:53pm
8/16/21
May your sleep
Be good and true
With dreams as sweet
As puked bee goo
HONEY
Be good and true
With dreams as sweet
As puked bee goo
HONEY
#night
#rhyming
#funny
32 reads
1 Comment
OyateInyanNajin
Poem Published
14th Aug 2021 1:26am
14th Aug 2021 1:26am
INTERRUPTED FLOW OF THE LOWEST DREAMING STONE (Thurs., Aug. 12th, 2021, 8:42am, Palm Springs, California)
quietly
slipped away
again
adrift
in dreamlands
mysteriously morphing
boundless
fluid realms
until i
suddenly became
aware
id been
vaporously dispensed
into
the lingering
sapphire mists
here in
the subliminal
inner dimensional
world
of three
hot noggins
not
while simultaneously
all caught
up
in yet
another parallel
inner worlds
similar
lingering ...
slipped away
again
adrift
in dreamlands
mysteriously morphing
boundless
fluid realms
until i
suddenly became
aware
id been
vaporously dispensed
into
the lingering
sapphire mists
here in
the subliminal
inner dimensional
world
of three
hot noggins
not
while simultaneously
all caught
up
in yet
another parallel
inner worlds
similar
lingering ...
#dreams
#night
#marijuana
#sleep
#mythology
53 reads
3 Comments
StaticEyes
Poem Published
8th Aug 2021 3:26pm
8th Aug 2021 3:26pm
Sunflower Sunsets ( Quatern Refrain)
As vibrant petals brush the sky
their hues enchant the passersby.
The yellows bursting forth from baize
where nature seeds her lush bouquets.
The sunlight gifts its warm reply
as vibrant petals brush the sky,
an artist etching cosmic rays
where clouds revoke their hideaways
And somewhere close, the children laugh,
while eve'ning signs an autograph.
As vibrant petals brush the sky
reflections tempt a youthful eye.
The breeze invades a verdant spanse
where blooming flowers shift and dance,
thus, night begins...
their hues enchant the passersby.
The yellows bursting forth from baize
where nature seeds her lush bouquets.
The sunlight gifts its warm reply
as vibrant petals brush the sky,
an artist etching cosmic rays
where clouds revoke their hideaways
And somewhere close, the children laugh,
while eve'ning signs an autograph.
As vibrant petals brush the sky
reflections tempt a youthful eye.
The breeze invades a verdant spanse
where blooming flowers shift and dance,
thus, night begins...
#flowers
#sky
#night #nature
#night #nature
32 reads
0 Comments
Wafflenose
Ellie
Ellie
Poem Published
7th Aug 2021 10:09am
7th Aug 2021 10:09am
Dusk
Sunlight squints across the horizon,
Leaving trails of pink and orange as it fades.
The sky exchanges her daytime robes of azure
For her alluring indigo night attire.
As crickets chirp and mosquitos buzz,
A whole new world emerges.
Night creatures begin to appear
As humans tire and begin to relax.
The children's excited shouts are silenced
While sleep carries them to morning.
What's done is done; what's said is said.
Today has been lived, and tomorrow is a new day.
Leaving trails of pink and orange as it fades.
The sky exchanges her daytime robes of azure
For her alluring indigo night attire.
As crickets chirp and mosquitos buzz,
A whole new world emerges.
Night creatures begin to appear
As humans tire and begin to relax.
The children's excited shouts are silenced
While sleep carries them to morning.
What's done is done; what's said is said.
Today has been lived, and tomorrow is a new day.
#night
#nature
42 reads
5 Comments
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