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2013 Poetry Theme Challenges#07 Blue Enlightenment |
It is easy to reach out for panaceas and elixirs of instant joy when we hit the bleak walls
of sadness, grief and depression. Anything will do if it means we can bury our troubles for
another day. However, I think these times do have a purpose as when they blues depart we see
world and life different with a clearer perspective as beautifully illustrated by John Keats'
"Ode to Melancholy". This challenge has two aspects share the things you use to beat the blues
and/or how you enlightened by the blues.
Jemmy XXXX |
Blue Enlightenment
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Maryse AchongImmerse me in the waters of eternal life, Enfold me in Your all embracing care, Mould me in Your Image and Your Likeness, Anoint me with a strength that dispels fear. Garb me in garments woven with understanding, And gird me with a sash that will erase All bias; give me shoes to carry me Along the path that leads to saving grace. Adorn me with the jewel of integrity, Humility forever be my guide, Kindness sweeten every word I utter, With honesty and justice at my side. Provide me with a wallet full of charity, And faith to hold on to when hope is gone; As the final touch to my ensemble Throw on a shawl of love for everyone. And so equipped with all of these accessories No doubt I’d be some kind of fashion plate Not just for the moment, but for always, I'd never be considered out of date! ----- Melancholy Mood I'm having a bad hair day And that’s not even the half of it I'm feeling down; it seems as if My "Get up and go," got up and left Leaving behind my drooping spirit. This too shall pass I know. Life does not stop because we're sad, The sun still rises as night turns into day, So maybe I shall put a hat on my frizzy head Paste a smile on my stony face, And look that old world in the eye. back to list |
Terry ClitheroeStep this way he smoothly said As he slowly led her to his bed Gently touching her bare shoulder Take off your clothes he quietly told her, With each soft touch becoming bolder. She coolly let him have his way Smiling knowing that he would pay. After all the end justified the sin Then with release he felt the pain As her venom took his life from him. His death is only natures way To restore the balance of each play With nature there is always gain and loss I wonder if its her way to show who's boss.  ----- Paean (Pleiades) Place your hand on my heart Pheel the Pulsing you create, each beat Praising you and love Pair bonding's now achieved. Peals of twinkling stars Pray in thanksgiving,  ----- Posare la Testa (Mathlish) Because of fate we must live apart Knowing now what is in each heart. Life has decreed it must be this way We seize each moment, each new day With other souls we stop and play. Tempering souls whilst we're divided Taking all of goods fate had provided. Drawing strength, learning the art Wondering when true love will start And if the path of love is on our chart. Enquiring what is in the muses mind Curious about what the future will find Praying again our soul mate we'll meet And once again dance on winged feet.  ----- Quintessence (Mathlish) The feeling never leaves when you love someone The parting of a lifetime when your love is gone. It's with you for eternity when your soul is shared That you'll never meet again is nothing to be feared Her spirit looking at you, knowing that you cared Her spirits touch, a spirits kiss, a spirits gentle tears Keeps her by your side through the passing years. Knowing deeply in her heart that you love her so Smiling softly, knowing you'll never let her go And with each passing day love will only grow. You feel her guiding you, helping meet your fears Sob gently over her, show your love with your tears. If being together is part of the greater beings plan Then you’ll be united, your woman, with her man.  ----- Sometimes (Pleiades) Sometimes Sharing is only a wish. Sometimes Sharing becomes a dream. Sometimes from that dream Scenes are shared Securing sacred affinity.  back to list |
Divena CollinsIt is I who my affections shall hide For what I have felt so deeply inside Shall remain as a feeling of the past For it was a love never meant to last It was I in my ways that was outcast For once in my life I felt so besotten Now it shall remain better forgotten Casting aside was never meant to be How could I forget memories of he When his love was always a part of me A lesson learned from a broken heart Of what I once had is now left behind For I know now I shall never be a part Of what I had felt when love was blind.  ----- Guitar Ensemble (Mathlish) Bee boppin'hop with old Cotton Eye Joe. The guitar ensembles now a'ready to go Sock it to me babe them rhythm and blues Stomp thro' the swamps whenever ya chose Whatever you play is gonna be good news The guitar ensemble's gonna beat around C'mon everybody ya gotta dress down If'n ya aint heard music like this afore Betcha bottom dollar ya'll beg for more Barn dance astompin' on the ol' barn floor. Lookin' like y'all are gonna have a ball The guitar ensemble's a mighty fine show Swingin and stompin an' arockin' an' all Bee boppin' hop with old Cotton Eye Joe.  ----- Needs (Pleaides) No longer shall I love again Not within fate or destiny Nor to walk my paths dreams Never ending lanes that hurt Needs shall just have to wait Nature can go take a hike Naturally until the next time.  ----- Vision Of Love (Mathlish) Once I had seen him afloat on the lake Within a canoe or was that my mistake It wasnt him at all then I wonder who May be in my imagination images grew Dreams had returned in shades of blue Recalled when we were here together We made an oath that would last forever Both of us would return here once more Love may be stronger than it was before How on this earth should we both ignore The promise we made that love shall be There upon the lake where I saw a vision Remaining within tho` the eye cannot see Fantasy of love shall be there to envision..  back to list |
Jem FarmerSobbing sings a lost love song Sombre thoughts Sigh through a fading dream Smiling a distant destination Sorrowful tears Saline Seeping from empty visions  ----- Singing the Blues (Blues Sonnet) Songman capture my heart in a tune, And sing to me: a heart out of tune A lost spirit alone beneath the moon Songman sing me as I cry out the night; Embrace my heart with your love songs tonight And ease my soul into a brighter light. Songman, I dance to your lyrical beat I'm caught in the wonder of a heartbeat A spirit alone never takes defeat. Songman, how did you know I'm feeling blue Confusion reigns and we’re singing it blue The long lonely nights and I've turned to you Songman, I'll not hide nor can I deny It's you I need when I got tears to cry.  ----- Turning Time (Pleiades) Ticking seconds pass Tormenting memories of regret Teasing thoughts into dreams Triumphant Trophies overcoming the past Telling the success stories when Taking heart in the moment  back to list |
Liz Rulemagnetic the swarm of bees to lemon blossom nectar scented the tidal pull of young love recks not the bitter fruit nippled globes hang among green leaves ripe for plucking just so his memories of her in summer's blush picking the fruit he bites into firm flesh lips pucker as acid pours unchecked from his thoughtless tongue at leaf fall old fruit rots into the soil fleeing him she knows not how she still seeps into his soul's crevices ----- For Den In quantum webs of love, our souls entangled, We lived our lives together and apart; And whether I am near or I have wandered, Know you are forever in my heart. In the golden hour, we sat and gazed at sunsets, Or wandered in the Valley in the mist, And looked upon the starlit sky at moonrise, And watched as dawn the silent treetops kissed. We are together, though we are sundered By death's deep gully; into Eternity Your heart is yearning homeward, ever homeward; Forevermore your spirit will roam free. I know the places where your spirit lingers On pathways that our feet have often trod, By statuary of stone and twisted tree trunk, In valleys where we found the key to God. At mystic hour of night, my spirit wanders And finds you where the blue meets the gold; And from that shore, set free from the wheel of drama, Our minds into the netherworld enfold. We are together, though we are sundered By death's deep gully; into Eternity Your heart is yearning homeward, ever homeward; Forevermore your spirit will roam free. ----- From the seed springing from the seed springing the roots of trees pulse a path through the strongest stone entwined inextricably in love's dance - you and I meadow sunlight... leaves tremble in the breeze dragonflies glide on love's warm currents I tremble at your touch wildflowers in a jam jar by your door - my colour-clad messengers to welcome the wanderer azaleas in Spring a spider bridges the gap between two branches - the way we weave in and out of each other's lives photo on the web a map of your face with my cursor I trace the tracks of our love from half a world away his empty house the floor tessellated with manuscripts each a chrysalid poem - his doors padlocked against thieves since your passing Earth turns once around the sun last night I read your poems of love to the rain's soft tattoo leaves crunch underfoot morning dew on bare branches does the falling leaf grieve for the loss of its tree as I grieve for you? ----- Love's Bounty Autumn reverie: late afternoon mist rises from the lake and hovers like a pall above the earth; red gold of falling leaf reflects the evanescent colours of the sky; overhead, the plaintive honking of the geese haunts my memory. Is it a shimmering tear or a soft rain that caresses my cheeks, and cascades like glistening diamond dewdrops down my face, as I turn, expectant, in the half light, seeking one last glimpse of you? Is it your voice, whispering to me on a passing breeze, or merely a shadow of memory, playing on my mind like a magic lantern show? Or is it a last whisper of a dying season, surrendering the fullness of its bounty to the earth, as I surrender the twisting threads of our love's bounty to the tapestry of time? ----- Nameless I have no name But bliss. Blissful was I born, Like a rose upon a thorn; Blissful I became, Still the thorn could cause no pain, Until that day, shattered and torn, I crushed the rose and plucked the thorn, And with the thorn, my finger pricked, Till from the wound my life’s blood dripped, And with the blood, a field was sown, Yet the blood that flowed was not my own; Full many a year I watched that field And saw the crop that it did yield. I reaped the crop upon an age, And discovered that my name was Rage.  ----- Reveal to me Reveal to me, my child, Your innermost secrets, For I have within my grasp The power of healing. On me wreak vengeance For crimes long past, Promises not kept And deeds not done, For I accept you, child, as you are, Human being that you be. I bear your burden as mine, For it is mine, And only long to set you free. ----- Summer Blues Summer wind, chase all my blues away, Twistin' and twirlin', chasin' my blues away, Like a leaf on the wind, to your mansions of yesterday. My lover has left me, sent me away from his door, Left me, bereft me, sent me away from his door; Coldly he scolds me, "don't want you round here no more." Black dog, he bites me, chases me down the street, Bites me and smites me, follows me down the street; I can't escape him, he's always at my feet. Summer rain, wash all my blues away, Rivulets moilin', roilin' my blues away, Like a rock in a river rollin' to oceans of yesterday. All through the winter, I called his name out loud, Warm in his arms, I called his name out loud; The fire's burnin' low, love's gone like a high flyin' cloud. Black dog, I want you, I'm takin' you to my bed, No flowers this springtime, I just want you on my bed, And whiskey to warm me, blot out those words that he said. Summer sun, burn all my blues away, Shine ever brighter, burnin' my blues away, Like a fire in the sky, pipin' smoke rings of yesterday. ----- The day my world ceased to sing You were born when I was just fifteen, My golden-haired, blue-eyed queen; I thought you looked just like your father, A laughing boy of sixteen. You were never seen by your father, He was not even told of your birth; They said we were too young to marry, They didn't know what love was worth. Where have you gone to, my baby, Since last you were held in my arm? Who has your first smile, my baby? Does she keep you from harm? An unwanted baby they called you, Such a terrible crime it seemed, But by me you were never unwanted; When they took you from me, I screamed. They said you'd gone to a good home, They told me I'd done the right thing, But it still seems to me you were kidnapped, That day the world ceased to sing. Where have you gone to, my baby, Since last you were held in my arm? Who has your first smile, my baby? Does she keep you from harm? For many years now I have pondered, Watching mothers and children at play, And I've seen many kids unwanted, And none of them taken away. I search in the streets of the city, In playgrounds, and by the seashore; I gaze at the faces of strangers, Hoping to find you once more. Where have you gone to, my daughter, Since last you were held in my arm? Who has your first smile, my daughter? Does she keep you from harm? The passing years bless me with children, Whom I love without counting the cost, Each one more precious than diamonds, Yet I yearn for the one who is lost. And still my heart's silently screaming, For without you I'll never be whole; I could learn to forget you, my baby, But how fill the void in my soul? Where have you gone to, my daughter, Since last you were held in my arm? Who has your first smile, my daughter? Does she keep you from harm? ----- The Swing Doors open… doors close… Out into the world she goes. Which way? Show me please! Moments later, life's a breeze. Is it here? is it there? Should I climb the winding stair? Where is love? Where is laughter? Happiness for ever after? Indecision... moments dark... Life's a journey, sometimes stark. Am I right? or am I wrong? Who will listen to my song? Who will understand my plight? Someone: tell me I'm all right! Where's the pointer? Where the sign? Is this someone's Grand Design? Love and hate, war and peace, Death, destruction without cease. What is Truth? and what illusion? Am I rapt in grand delusion? What is life? and where is God? Does it pass me by without a nod, Or am I entangled with its thought, A part of all that it has wrought? Who is the Watcher in my life, The one who sends me joy and strife? Does it bend me to its will, Or does it lie quiescent, still... Observing every thought of mine And moulding it in mills divine, Reflecting back my every whim, My darkest thought or lofty hymn? Am I the Mover in my life, The one who calls forth love or strife, And is every thought of mine Sculptor of the will divine? ----- back to list |
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