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AmeriMav Nov 2018
My eyes have been opened to the person who is you
And everyday's more focused, more vivid, and more true
I think you find it strange that I long to look so deep
But I want to gaze at your art, even when I sleep
And so, my dear, I've studied, to pierce your mystery
So in our time together this is what I see

I see your timeless beauty, the glory of your face
The sculpture of your body, your curvature of grace
The starlight of your eyes, the wave of your lips
The softness of your *******, the music of your hips
How delicate your hands, how supple your sweet thighs
This is what I see, when I look with merely eyes

I see your sword sharp intellect, your precision wheels that turn
The thoughtfulness in each thing you say, the way in which you learn
The wisdom which through decision you put your knowledge to play
You do not live life carelessly, as you chart the roads of day
Your opinions are worth considering, only fools should give no grind
This is what I see, my love, when I see you with my mind

I see the light refract, when it hits upon your soul
With rainbow colors brilliant, a truly transcendent goal
You don't hold back compassion, you won't force back a tear
Your love is so inspiring, even in the face of fear
The fibers of your spirit flex, ten thousand horses could not part    
This is what I see, such strength, when I see you with my heart

And this is just the start, I know, who knows what else will be
But you should know, my eyes are open, and this is what I see
AmeriMav Dec 2018
Brilliant patterns in a blaze
Snapping together as you turn
Seeing you without a haze
In the wondrous light, which you burn

Oh the color! What a glorious sight!
To watch you sparkle and shine
Each facets glint is ever bright
It is elegant, delightful, and fine

To watch you dance the days of life
As your jewels sequentially fall
Whether handling moments of joy or of strife
Its amazing to see through it all

See your beauty shine from the depths of your soul
Watch the rapturous mosaic of hope
Taking position in the spectators role
Peering through you...my kaleidoscope
AmeriMav Mar 2019
Kisses of your mouth
So soft and yet so striking
Over and over
Haiku form
AmeriMav Jan 2019
What is that chiming
Elegant descending sound
Striking my ear with delight?

It's the soft clear bell
Lifting lightly from her lips
My lover's enchanting sigh
Sedoka form
AmeriMav Jan 2019
This life is an adventure, and so we go
Across hot shifting sand or soft green park
Sometimes the going's fast, sometimes it's slow
At times much more like spinning in the dark
When does the story end, you never know
The music full of wolves and singing lark
But I am sure the dance would be more grand
If you, my dear, would always hold my hand
Ottava Rima form
AmeriMav Jan 2019
I remember the starlight of your passionate eyes
Even in the dark when all lights have gone out
I can see by the light of your resplendent love

Many times it feels as though I am alone
Blank and empty as a cavernous abyss
I remember the starlight of your passionate eyes

They guide me in the swirling emotions of loneliness  
Like the heavenly bodies that guide a ship
Even in the dark when all lights have gone out

All I want is to find my way to you
Though stumbling and failing often
I can see by the light of your resplendent love
This is Cascade poem
Find out more about the form here
https://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/personal-updates/poetic-form-cascade-poem
AmeriMav Mar 2019
When you look at me, with those cosmic eyes
My heart goes full stop and all worry fades
Desire explodes love's fire parades
No more room for doubt, no ifs ands or whys
No thought of the time, or grief of goodbyes
And I cannot breathe, your power invades
When you look at me

Open and honest without a disguise
Shining like topaz your beauty cascades
In that bright moment dark mystery pervades
Words are not spoken, deep love it implies
When you look at me
Rondine form
AmeriMav Dec 2018
At times lights go out
We reach out in the darkness
Wanting another
Deep longing to feel their heart
I will love you in the dark
a Tanka
AmeriMav Mar 2019
Amazing
This song my heart sings
Expressing
Emotions
Bigger than words can convey
Each time you appear
Shadorma form
AmeriMav Jan 2019
Do you know how lovely you are?
Though often passing time seems to mar
Your beauty fires of life just unearth
Shining light behind every scar

Do you know the sum of your worth?
More precious than all of the jewels of the earth
An intricate, masterful, purposed design
Something unchanging in sorrow or mirth

Can't you see now, your exquisite and fine?
More eloquent than any fragrance or wine
This I will show you, each day that I can
And celebrate you, knowing this, you are mine
Interlocking Rubaiyat form
AmeriMav Mar 2019
It seems I'm always missing you
Whether your laughter or your kiss
There's never something I don't miss
Making our moments seem too few

It's too simple to say I'm blue
The great complexity of bliss
It seems I'm always missing you
Whether your laughter or your kiss

I'm not sure I ever quite knew
A feeling so hard to dismiss
Hits harder when I reminisce
No matter what I try to do
It seems I'm always missing you
Rondel form
AmeriMav Jan 2019
In silver moonlight's soft and shimmering glow
Fine breeze did light upon the pine trees blow
Sweet music playing, floating, filled the air
And slowly, gently, warm began to grow

I staring, standing, hollow, lonesome there
Did start when chance I saw my lady fair
Then taking hands we two began to dance
With joyful smiles, spinning free of care

A wondrous night, a thrilling blithe romance
It felt so right it could not be by chance
Our hearts on fire that through our eyes did gleam
Locked on the other in happy tranquil trance

So caught was I, I clutched, was this a scheme
A foolish whim, a quaint delirious theme
But then I thought, "What matters why or how?"
"She's mine! I'd stay! I'd die within this dream
Interlocking Rubaiyat form
AmeriMav Jan 2019
You're like the sun's golden glow
The peace of soft rolling tides
The silver moonlight shadow
But worth so much more
Dodoitsu form
AmeriMav Jan 2019
Alarm rings, I wake
With more ease than recent past
My mind full of you

Screen full of your words
Reminds me of your morning
And how you miss me

Exciting moment
I shower for the day now
Thoughts of you cascade

Ticking away time
Like the thunder of spring storms
Bringing needed rain

Breathless pause I wait for you
"Call me" on the screen is "Read"
Haiku Sonnet
AmeriMav Mar 2019
Perhaps this poem is not bold
With no great sense of gall
The truth is more than can be told
Though you should hear it all
You're well acquainted with my mold
You lift me when I fall

The truth is more than can be told
Though you should hear it all
Your love's a wonder to behold
It never seems to stall
You're well acquainted with my mold
You lift me when I fall

Your love's a wonder to behold
It never seems to stall
In trial or pain you're my handhold
You'll answer when I call
You're well acquainted with my mold
You lift me when I fall

In trial or pain you're my handhold
You'll answer when I call
Your love for me shines bright as gold
No matter my shortfall
You're well acquainted with my mold
You lift me when I fall
Roundelay form
AmeriMav Feb 2019
What scale can measure happiness
And what weight is a smile worth
Can you count the size of bliss
And is there a number for mirth
Is the sum of joy here on earth
Ever it’s formula be found
I know my heart has found its birth
Your laughter my joy-sprouting ground
Huitain form
AmeriMav Jan 2019
Inspiration runs from heart to head
Into my hands and onto page
To express the power evoked
A heat that builds even now
At the smallest thought
My lovely one
Gives rise to
You're my
Muse
Nonet form
AmeriMav Dec 2018
When you sleep my dear
I wonder how deep the color
Your dreams might display
A Haiku. I wanted the title to be longer than the poem itself! lol
AmeriMav Oct 2018
Sweet
Supple
Elegant
Light of the stars
Your radiant glow
Is quite opalescent
Glorious shine sets ablaze
Heart and soul in a dizzy haze
Fine as porcelain your soft white skin
A masterpiece like a pearl prized by men
AmeriMav May 2019
Like apple blossoms
Entice bees to sweetly dance
So you call to me
Haiku form
AmeriMav May 2020
I yearn for your smile
With patient stirring delight
Like songbirds toward dawn
AmeriMav Feb 2019
Laying in the dark
Vision obscured in passion
Hands tremble to see
haiku
AmeriMav Mar 2019
She is a delicate mix, one part raw strength, other pure feel
Rose in form unbreakable, bent to the ground in the harsh wind
My longing to touch the petal, no matter how sharp the thorn
Sijo form
AmeriMav Nov 2018
Life is a mystery, a journey, a play
Sometimes rays of sun shine so bright
We run through the meadows, we climb to the heights
Many days the wind floats our kite

But since it’s a long road, with many a turn
Not all days are spent with a smile
Shadows creep in, and monsters come out
We don’t know what comes that next mile

So this is my pledge, the place muscles flex
You need a strong heart as your go
In sunshine or rain, in warmth or in cold
There is something I want you to know

No matter how dark or how stony the path
No matter what valleys you go through
My heart will embrace you, you won’t be alone
I’ll walk though the shadows with you
AmeriMav Oct 2018
It’s like a garden full of jasmine when the sun is going down
It’s like a rainbow, or a gentle rain, or an ocean’s rolling sound

It can’t be bought with precious jewels, or silver, or with gold
It can’t be stored, or bottled up, no strong man’s grip could hold

It can’t be forced, it must simply flow, it loses all value if faked
It shines, and dazzles, and wildly glows, especially for a loved one’s sake

It’s like a sunrise from a mountain top, or a relaxing tropic isle
It’s special, lovely, and unique, my darling, it’s your smile
AmeriMav Dec 2018
The moments with you
Whether hours or seconds
Are of countless worth
Haiku
AmeriMav Mar 2019
Quiet is soothing
And silence is deafening
Yet they sound the same
Haiku form
AmeriMav Oct 2018
Rainy days are full of clouds and many say they’re sad
I think rainy days are special, in fact, they make me glad
Maybe it’s the sound of rain, the pitter, pat-pat-pat
Maybe it’s the cooler tones that make me feel like that
It doesn’t seem to matter if it’s a sprinkle or a pour
All I know is when it stops, it leaves me wanting more
So bring me rain in the early morn, let me wake to it’s glorious sound
Bring me rain on tin rooftops, let it rush down the spouts to the ground
Wet the leaves of the forest and the blades of the meadow, make the ground soft for the flower
Wet the roads that I travel, fill the sidewalks with puddles, every moment an umbrella hour
Now I know there are things we can’t do outside when it’s all a big muddy mess
But what can I say, the clouds make me joyful
Rainy days are the best!
AmeriMav Mar 2019
I need you more now
Deep desire is building
With passing of time
Haiku form
AmeriMav Oct 2018
You’re shot right through with little sparks of fun
Our conversations few could match
Silly, serious, ****, and sweet
The change ups even fewer could catch

My heart shouts, “Lovely!”, races in my chest
At the perfection of your face
And the music of your accented voice
Makes me long for your sweet embrace

I behold the beauty of your soul
When you speak of your passions and fears
And I’m awed by your powerful emotions
When they erupt in laughter and tears

Your smile makes me dream in colors
My eyes have never seen before
Your body is a wonderful poem
Always reading, always wanting much more

I want you every waking minute
When you’re gone it’s forever to me
It’s hard to think I could love you more
Our love is so deep and free

When I sleep I’m chasing you to tomorrow
My eyes light every time that you’re found
I’ll take you where I find you in joy or in sorrow
You’re my thought, my sight, and my sound

You’re the first thing I think of when I rise
Like the sun, the bright morning star
And you’re the last thing on my heart when I close my eyes
I love you, no matter how near or far
AmeriMav Dec 2018
Light refracting gem
Dazzle me with your beauty
You color my life
Haiku
AmeriMav Dec 2018
Swiftly let my wind blow down
Untangle you from your rope
Bear you to a place unknown
Catch you in my hope
Lift you high above the clouds
Where sun and moon are bright
Never shadow, never fear
Only wondrous light

Swiftly let my river flow on
Wash away every blight
Bear you to a place unknown
Glistening brilliant and white
Take you through the twists and turns
Cool and brisk the stream
Til we find a tranquil pool
And float there in a dream  

Swiftly let my heart beat race
Can you hear it in my chest?
Bear you to a place unknown
As you lay your head to rest
Hold you safely in my arms
Drown your worry in my love
Run my fingers through your hair
Set you free on the wings of a dove
AmeriMav Feb 2019
I'm always rushing to find you
Whatever time, or place, or whim
In the cool of the morning dew
Shinning of day or moonlight dim

Before the sunrise, when I wake
I'm always rushing to find you
As I rise my heart starts to quake
The idea of your smile its cue

Then as sun turns the sky bright blue
You're the color that fills my day
I'm always rushing to find you
Your life-light's my every ray

And as the moonbeams softly glow
With candlelight's warm gentle hue
On my love-stream will ever flow
I'm always rushing to find you
Quatern form
AmeriMav May 2020
Endless spiral of deafening decay
Shadows stretching toward fragile heart and mind
Falling backward and losing sense of day
Stumbling, staggering, senses numb and blind

Madness closer with every gasping breath
Sinking deeper with every bitter choice
Screaming silence aching for my death
Stopped with trembling the beauty of your voice
AmeriMav Feb 2019
You shake your head in disbelief
Cause deep inside you can't embrace
Though stirred to flight like wind blown leaf
You still insist you're commonplace

Cause deep inside you can't embrace
The light I tell you that I see
You still insist you're commonplace
While burning bright and full of glee

The light I tell you that I see
You say it's fiction in my head
While burning bright and full of glee
My compliments you try to shred

You say it's fiction in my head
I wish you knew, the truth I know
My compliments you try to shred
These seeds I plant will one day grow

I wish you knew, the truth I know
Though stirred to flight like wind blown leaf
These seeds I plant will one day grow
You shake your head in disbelief
Pantoum form
AmeriMav Jan 2019
Some things in life can be quite difficult
Fraught with barriers and oft times unkind
Pressing ahead unsure of good result
You can feel steps so unstable and blind
But, my love, in this your strength is defined
You keep moving on, though pain is not brief
You are bold, fierce, not a weak shaking leaf
In the storm I hear you shouting back loud
Your beautiful spirit begs no relief
Of you, my dear, I will ever be proud
A dizain form
AmeriMav Mar 2019
On the rocky shore of a calm mountain lake
A small stone smooth and simple was cast in joy
Fast upon the serene waters did it break
Sending ripples fitting to the caster's ploy
What once was still with excitement now did quake
And though the scene was changed it did not annoy
But caused a wonder, "How many waves would make?"
Much like the pleasures love to hearts can deploy

Love has struck upon the face of our hushed hearts
Like guitar strings now impassioned souls vibrate
And caught up in sensation amusement darts
Not knowing how many trembles now await
All that can be known is when the movement starts
No person, though still they try, can bliss dictate
It, the lot that must be seen by all sweethearts
Enjoy the splendor and seize uncharted fate
Strambotto form
AmeriMav Nov 2018
Love me like the snowfall covers the winter ground
Fall upon me softly, light without a sound
Cover me with your beauty, over dirt, stone, and tree
So that when they look upon me, it's your flawless wonder they see
Soften me with the moisture of your passionate embrace
Melt into my soul, nourish my roots with your grace
Shower from the heavens, bring your reflective power low
Love me my sweet darling, love me like snow
AmeriMav Nov 2018
Snow falls to the ground
White and pure and wonderful
Reminds me of you
Your skin the beauty and glow
So soft as you cover me
This is my first Tanka poem
AmeriMav Apr 2019
Soothing strength
Superhero serenade
Waxing with whispered wavelength


Cascading
Calm to comfort pointed pain
Or placate fear pervading


Guardian
Singing to give gifts of grace
Your chant cheering champion
Treochair form

She says my singing is my super power
AmeriMav Feb 2019
Your wild stardust glow
Dazzling flash our fire dance
My soul ignited
Haiku form
AmeriMav Mar 2019
In day or in night
My ears will delight
Her sound
She's ever so bright
And to her soft light
I'm bound
To always excite
When captured in sight
She's found
Lai form
AmeriMav Apr 2019
In bluest day
Sunlight play bright
To slay shadows
Your smile glows like
Flame blows across
My heart dross skimmed
To gloss and shine
Than-bauk form
AmeriMav Apr 2019
Each day I see my lovely one
My heart ignites with stirring spark
Burst of eastern rising sun
A lighting storm in deepest dark
Intensity of Dante's fire
Whirlwind heat of my desire

My heart ignites with stirring spark
The moment that your eyes appear
Those windows of your soul so stark
That run me through like topaz spear
With golden glint, and glassy shine
They capture me, and state "You're mine!"

Burst of eastern rising sun
The way you move upon my scene
You shine o'er me til day is done
Without a single cloud between
The colors brighter in your blaze
Life is fuller in your rays

A lighting storm in deepest dark
Your brightness it inspires me
Honesty your soul's hallmark
Thoughts you share, they help me see
Acuity within you gleams
I love to hear your hopes and dreams

Intensity of Dante's fire
My blood heats up when you are near
And all my senses go haywire
When your accented voice I hear
It's possibly my favorite sound
I'm captivated and spellbound

Whirlwind heat of my desire
My treasure I have found in you
Without you life is a quagmire
Compass to my heart askew
My heart, and soul you fill with glee
You mean so very much to me
Trenta-Sei form
AmeriMav Jan 2019
When long my lover's gaze I have not seen
Her sweet aroma long has been astray
And gone the music of her mouth's sweet sound
The love within my heart like evergreen
Won't wane but strong will beat while she's away
Like roots of oaks within the fertile ground
And when my love returns like sunshine beams
My soul shall run to her without delay
And blossoming with flowers all around
Shall rest within her love as if in dreams
Spellbound
A Curtal Sonnet
AmeriMav Nov 2018
Men look to the stars to be awed
By the vastness and beauty of space
Through the darkness, and void, and icy cold
They watch the planets race


The light of explosions, and birth of stars
The swirl of cosmos inspires
The never ending infinite decor
Through the endless light-filled fires


Yet I have been lost in a place more deep
Than the host of these can know
A world of light and shadows dark
Full of wonder, wisdom, and woe


It is in this place that I wish to stay
For my heart and my soul realize
That a world of treasure, and sorrow, and life
It is found when I gaze in your eyes
AmeriMav May 2019
A steadfast stronghold
My heart for you unchanging
I’m your guardian
Haiku form
AmeriMav Apr 2019
Swirling in a soft dark affection
A foggy nocturne plays in tune
The dance is ever spinning
Dizzy with a blank stare
Thoughts refuse to stop
But words won’t come
All I want
Is your
Smile
Nonet form
AmeriMav Oct 2018
Fireworks
Can’t...catch my...breath
Thunderstorm inside my chest
Hurricane
Think fast...just can’t...find words
Like gazing from a golden shore
Starlight
Dreams can’t...colorful...outer space
Thoughts every time I see your face
AmeriMav Mar 2019
When I see your face
Sensations overwhelming
Thrill my pulsing heart
Haiku form
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