Yldara - A Glimpse at Poetry & Life
Nature's Den
At Summer’s End
Friday, September 19th, 2008
August Moon, you shine on us all
a little less, somewhat bleakly.
A rugged globe with scars and rents
weighed down by truth, rather meekly
baring your naked, lonely soul
once veiled, in radiant silk stole.
Now, you seem just to coldly glance
at cracked, dry earth and withered grass.
Was it not but a while ago,
that you were fierce, an Irish lass
born to inspire, formed by fire;
silvern creature of desire?
Perhaps, mortals must be as gods
to bear the weight of such a load,
to weather three seasons, in hopes
and dreams of summers down the road:
echoing with laughter sublime -
for your sake, frozen fruit of Time.
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Loading ...Hook, Line And Caddo Lake State Park, Karnack (Texas)
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Fish paradise. An angler’s delight.
Bald cypress trees, in a ritual dance
With lily pads and lotus blooms, invite
White bass and crappie to take a chance.
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Author’s Notes!
A quatrain that depicts both beauty and irony in the circle of life. Here, one brings together: man, fish, trees and other vegetation - in one spot, co-existing as they should.
I entered this piece of poetry in a poetry writing competition. The results are in and praise and thank God, it was good enough to be accepted for publication. Such a blessing, and another one to add to the list of things I should always be thankful for.
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(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Winds of Change
Saturday, January 26th, 2008
One: Wildflowers Or Not
Spring calls back the blooms
Carried off by autumn’s wind
A young bride walks by -
Tender blossoms in her hair
Two: In A Squall
Waves wait to be tossed
While a sailor reefs in,
His sail – weather worn
At the mercy of the seas
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(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Lustrous Golden Light
Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Lustrous Golden Light
Shining center
source of glory
radiant star
of energy
Your gifted light
glowing, gilded
marks the passing
of every day
where all planets
are drawn to come
gathering round
year in, year out
Marking the time
in favored light
glistening still
-a sight divine
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(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Painted In Silver
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
Light shimmers, beckoning one
to come closer. Be enveloped
in radiant warmth and comfort
so silently compelling
Tempting, inviting, in waves
undauntedly moving. Taunting all
to take a plunge and be immersed
in its silken silver rays
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...As the ice melts
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
Nature calls out a warning
in terms all too certain.
More destructive weather
felt all around the world.
A sinking island, once home
to now displaced thousands.
From the plains of the West
to the top of Mount Kenya
more illnesses to fend off.
While man decides to change
or not, the ravages continue.
Mother Earth, she braces
for that which is inevitable.
For better or even worse yet
her future still lies in wait.
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Humble Sea Urchin
Saturday, December 29th, 2007
Egg fertilized
Two, four to 64
(Two to the sixth power)
Cell to larvae in hours
Hedgehog creature
Of the ocean floor
Many a tube feet
No legs or hands, it seems
Feeding on algae
Preyed on by cousin starfish
Eaten by crabs, wolf eels
Snails and sea otters
Your roes, a must have
A delicacy in sushi-land
No eyes to shed tears
Just spines that leave a mark
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...After the Summer Sun Hides
Monday, November 12th, 2007
Moon, you shine a silver gazed orb
in an August sky. Stars absorb
in silence, how mortals’ weep; sighs
for you: white witch of darkened skies.
In your arms, of shadows and light,
summer fairies dance in delight,
while lovers bloom and grow en masse
and sadness withers like the grass.
From you, endearing gilded globe
clad in Isis’ radiant robe,
whispers of fancy, nightly reign
willing bared troubles, to wane.
Quaint ball of a celestial sphere,
you, who make the obscure air clear,
must, in due time with grief declare
this summer’s end, by your cold stare.
Still, you glow, albeit less nobly,
duty bound to, quite probably,
weaving dreams of summers to come -
nearby, waiting, past twilight’s glum.
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Sweet Sampaguita
Friday, August 31st, 2007
Tiny, white sweet scented flower
oval petals of love’s own stole
Your fragrance a demure shower
of the purity of one’s soul
Quite unassuming dark green leaves
covers your maze of brown-green limbs
Your sturdy sprouting base that weaves
a magic spell that never dims
So pure and sweet sampaguita
rise now that the dark night has come
Perfume the air incognita
and chase away all grief and glum
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(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Desert Phoenix
Monday, July 30th, 2007
scattered greenery
remnants of nature’s beauty
rising with the sun
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