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Feb 2017 · 591
Once
Ronald D Lanor Feb 2017
morning tune
of the bellflower

a quiet yawn

from her
dream shaken
hair

whispers
a cottage bird's
ballad

the melody
of a forgotten wish
Dec 2016 · 525
Field
Ronald D Lanor Dec 2016
adrift
in a meadow
of starlit rain

the hidden dance
of a geranium
symphony

gifts the valley
with a hope
anew

a soft spoken
promise

from the
bill of a crane
Dec 2016 · 410
Chime
Ronald D Lanor Dec 2016
kiss of
the midnight
moon

upon her
cactus flower

gentle lullaby

in the valley
of the wren
Dec 2016 · 418
Prologue
Ronald D Lanor Dec 2016
maple breeze
on sylvan breath

chants a hymn

upon the silhouette
of the song
sparrow

a reverie
in autumn's blush
Oct 2016 · 396
Epoch
Ronald D Lanor Oct 2016
written
in moon dust

a vestige
of forgotten notes

dance upon a bouquet
of midnight
orchids

call of the
ancient calm

quill
of the night
Oct 2016 · 732
Dive
Ronald D Lanor Oct 2016
duet of the
butterfly sunset

summons a prelude
on cathedral
meadows

bathed in the
coriander dew

of a christened
slumber
Aug 2016 · 334
Young
Ronald D Lanor Aug 2016
requiem
in still water

night croon
in lavender
breath

moon waltz
upon a

midnight orchestra
Jul 2016 · 407
Bless
Ronald D Lanor Jul 2016
silk shade
paints eulogies

upon the
white whispers

of hibiscus
meadows

croon
of the night

flower
of the moon
Jul 2016 · 820
Quiet
Ronald D Lanor Jul 2016
gentle
chiming bell
weather

of purple
mountain ilk

afoot
in a valley
of cloudburst
flora

dance unto
the midsummer
melody

and breathe
an air of

early morning
bloom
Jun 2016 · 354
Below
Ronald D Lanor Jun 2016
christened wind
from the west

gentle caress
in late morning
dew

a veiled song
of summer's
repose

upon the tip
of a sleepless arrow
May 2016 · 567
Bestow
Ronald D Lanor May 2016
secret of the
afternoon willow

ancient ballet
in cerulean
repose

summer essence

upon
a meadow's
gaze

year of the
songbird
May 2016 · 373
Oath
Ronald D Lanor May 2016
crystal glow
of a silk moon tear

brisk cascade
on a summer's eve

an ornate waltz
upon millennia
unspoken

in a reverie
of lover's plight
May 2016 · 400
Clear
Ronald D Lanor May 2016
under a
moonsea of
glass whispers

her shadow song
beams a
reticent smile

adorned in
the natal gown
of ancient
thread

her
silk bells
croon

beneath a
midnight ballet

in silver
lilt
May 2016 · 1.0k
Wild
Ronald D Lanor May 2016
morning incense
on a dancing
meadow

breathes an air
of rosewater essence

swept in a
breeze song
of gentle reverie

her dayspring
flower blooms
Apr 2016 · 801
Mend
Ronald D Lanor Apr 2016
wry smile
of a vestige moon

stirs a daisy
meadow

watercolor dreams

upon
a wind-soaked
hymn
Apr 2016 · 404
Stir
Ronald D Lanor Apr 2016
gentle yawn
of the rose bush

a sleepy
afternoon
secret

in the garden
of velvet whispers
Apr 2016 · 1.1k
Swept
Ronald D Lanor Apr 2016
stringed notes
of a river's breeze

prelude
in afternoon cadence

the wind's
wine stained lips

chant a tune
of lover's
lust

and dance

to a seraph's
song
Apr 2016 · 462
Alive
Ronald D Lanor Apr 2016
a river's
song

hushed in
sepia dew

grants a
willow's wish

upon her

cherry blossom
lips
Apr 2016 · 673
Amethyst
Ronald D Lanor Apr 2016
quiet warmth
of a crocus smile

blooming
birthstone

a fragile
sigh

in winter's
wake
Apr 2016 · 377
Sift
Ronald D Lanor Apr 2016
twilight yawn
of amethyst

robed
lunar veil

in a
whispering
valley

of midnight
bloom
Apr 2016 · 828
Aloud
Ronald D Lanor Apr 2016
from golden
trumpets

an arpeggio
of skylit notes

summon the
reprise of a morning
waltz
Apr 2016 · 366
Belong
Ronald D Lanor Apr 2016
beneath a
caterpillar garden's
spell

the afternoon robin
composes

her copper
breasted song

of warm
return
Apr 2016 · 468
Deep
Ronald D Lanor Apr 2016
midnight chant
of the whippoorwill

summer lullaby
in a wooded
garden

beneath a
flower moon
Apr 2016 · 1.2k
Sonata
Ronald D Lanor Apr 2016
midnight sun
veils a salt-dusted shore
in ardent passion

with sighs
of the iris

upon
butterfly wings
Apr 2016 · 347
Quietus
Ronald D Lanor Apr 2016
window kitten
ablaze
in sunlight's song

a dreamer's tune
in soft reverie
Mar 2016 · 678
Path
Ronald D Lanor Mar 2016
far beyond
the hallowed pines

in silver
vapor

a cratered lake
lies under
the dreamsteps

of a powdered
moon
Mar 2016 · 392
Until
Ronald D Lanor Mar 2016
in a clover
drenched valley

her scent of
jonquil return

a warm welcome

beneath a lover's
kiss
Mar 2016 · 930
Behold
Ronald D Lanor Mar 2016
silted clouds
upon thick breath air
signal

the cackle of a
green woodpecker

gentle pulse
of earthen bells

her
glass fingers
bestow heaven

unto

a rain flower
washed
anew
Mar 2016 · 628
Pure
Ronald D Lanor Mar 2016
on water lily
petals

the dragonfly
shakes slumber in
early morning graces

quickly approaches
the sweet sleep
of dusk

where moonlit
dreams coalesce

upon a chartreuse
crib
Mar 2016 · 996
Abreast
Ronald D Lanor Mar 2016
windowsill aster
beneath a ladybug's
dance

spring zephyr
tuned to

the woodshed sparrow's
chirrup
Mar 2016 · 405
Lit
Ronald D Lanor Mar 2016
Lit
early morning
calliope
of feathered hymns

stained glass
sunrise on a
sleepy meadow
Mar 2016 · 704
Essence
Ronald D Lanor Mar 2016
bud of the dogwood
subtle painting upon the
wings of a songbird
Mar 2016 · 597
Montana from Florida
Ronald D Lanor Mar 2016
I was sitting by the bay.
I was thinking about the other day.
The way you looked I just had to say.
I couldn't ask for a better day.

I was sitting. I was thinking about you.
I was thinking about all the things we could do.
The sun was yellow and the sea was blue.
I was lost in an ocean of you.

The waves were crashing and the sea would spray
kisses on our cheeks from far away.
I hold you close so you never stray.
Safe in my arms you will always stay.

I thank my stars for this lovely day.
Deep in my heart it will always stay.
Near or far our love will always spray
kisses on our cheeks from far away.
Mar 2016 · 946
Crown
Ronald D Lanor Mar 2016
gentle sea breeze,
caress the lilt
of
an apricot sunrise

breathe a tune
of
daylily embrace
upon his slumber
and
shake the sand
from his
weathered hair
Mar 2016 · 979
Breathe
Ronald D Lanor Mar 2016
tea light lanterns
     adorn
a spring fairy garden

draped
in a hyacinth melody
of lavender
        and whites

serenading a
   music box tune
atop
sun-kissed
      butterfly wings
Mar 2016 · 783
Kiku
Ronald D Lanor Mar 2016
a chrysanthemum's
kiss upon autumn's crisp breath
forever in bloom
Mar 2016 · 416
The Sun is My Shovel
Ronald D Lanor Mar 2016
deep-rooted
sentiments
       permeate
a sun-leathered
  surface
calloused
    and
        raw
mourning
th­e frozen tears
   of a
crestfallen
night
Mar 2016 · 412
Sow
Ronald D Lanor Mar 2016
Sow
flaxen strands of
burning embers

waver through
daffodil slumbers

a cardinal's
call

the morning cadence
Mar 2016 · 452
Reap
Ronald D Lanor Mar 2016
in soft
symphonies

dreamlit tulips
bloom

composed
in an orchestra
of morning dew
Mar 2016 · 471
Upon
Ronald D Lanor Mar 2016
soft snow squeaks
under
silk light
shadows

morning mysteries
of
white whispers
Mar 2016 · 982
Figurines
Ronald D Lanor Mar 2016
I broke one of my mother's figurines
when I was helping her move the
Christmas tree downstairs.

She glued it back together but it wasn't
quite the same. The visible cracks still
a reminder of what occurred.

She told me it was fine but I felt so bad that
I bought her the same one again so it
was as if the original had never broken.

Now she proudly displays the two side
by side and insists that the original
is her favorite.
Feb 2016 · 628
Reverie
Ronald D Lanor Feb 2016
visions of maple
drenched sunsets; a gypsy dance
upon autumn's kiss
Feb 2016 · 311
21:21
Ronald D Lanor Feb 2016
I stopped believing in God
long ago.

When I was a boy,
my father would
scream and yell
at my sister
for her transgressions
and shortcomings
and I would
cradle a Bible
in my arms
in my room
and weep and pray
pleading for it
to stop.
I'm sure I made
some sort of
desperate offering
at some point;
a bargain of sorts
to take my soul
for hers.
Let it be me instead,
I'd pray.

All these years later,
my father and I
are estranged
and although I
no longer
believe in God
at times when I
find myself
backed into
a corner
I catch myself
praying again
throwing my pleas
in every direction
to any force that
will possibly
listen
and I begin to
wonder if a
prayer
actually can
be answered.

But I stopped believing in God
long ago.
Feb 2016 · 630
Today
Ronald D Lanor Feb 2016
With poised hands,
a steady heart,
and nerves
aplenty,

any day is a good day
to change
the world.
Feb 2016 · 334
Birdsong
Ronald D Lanor Feb 2016
the wistful call of
the swallow beckons through
fields of lavender

while aromas of
sun-filled awakenings
carry her tune
Feb 2016 · 407
Enigma
Ronald D Lanor Feb 2016
Seven billion hearts
float amidst
crimson tides of
revolving tendrils.
Obscure in their
nature, forlorn
in their plight,
a path coalesces
from their pleasure
and pain.

On the wings
of angels,
do they fly?
Torn from their
natal host
in a vacancy
of eternal slumber,
do they reside?
Their leaking orifices
exude the lost prophecies
their primal heir
toiled for.
The timelessness of decay
in a vast plane of
logic and enigmatic
illusions.

With grandeur abreast,
wiped from the millennia
of ancient tales,
do they remain?
A mountain of reason
overlooking a murk laden
lake with prospects
aplenty conceals
the hidden wisdom of
their inner youth.
A barren pursuit
of friend
and foe.

Or inside their fever wrapped
marrows, do they fall?
Further from emancipation
to the gallows of
thought and ill-fated
treasons, do they fade?
An infallible musing
of periled destiny,
ripe with the
wounds of the
forgotten dust.
Their revelations a
twisted grove
of fate
and misfortune.

Seven billion hearts
float amidst
crimson tides of
revolving tendrils.
Once symbols of
idiosyncrasy now
footprints on a
black canvas, a single star
in a universe of eternity.
Simple in their movements
yet aloof
in their time.
A perpetual reminder
of the wondrous
before
and after.
Dec 2015 · 522
Of Candle Wax and Coffee
Ronald D Lanor Dec 2015
The calm rush
                       of
warm coffee
streaming
           down your chin.
The hot tears
            of
candle wax
escaping
           onto the floor.
The bitter taste
     of
stale grief
swirling
            in your cup.

Your sorrow
      hardens
to my skin.
Let me pour
                   my
warmth over you
and
         allow
my steam to radiate
   and lift your
         lament.
Nov 2015 · 336
Coda
Ronald D Lanor Nov 2015
For thirteen years
the old man
watched
the sun rise
and fall
everyday
until one day
he did not.

Those were
the happiest
thirteen years
of
his life.
Nov 2015 · 320
Always
Ronald D Lanor Nov 2015
it was
              as if
the world never stopped
         spinning
in those
few moments
       when
her eyes
met

his
Nov 2015 · 1.0k
Dreams about Deer
Ronald D Lanor Nov 2015
The fingertips of the trees leave space for the
sky.
The sun with his prowess gives them light
while
branches flow as veins of the earth.

Streaks of clouds like ribs to the sky,
winding
as an atlas of forgotten paths,

dance o'er shaded silhouettes
of
yesterday's bounty.

The fallen leaves of yesteryear's grace
ebb
to their resting and etch their monument
in
time.

And the moon, supple in her gesture,
whispers
the star dusted secrets of tomorrow's

fortune.
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