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Quinn Jan 2014
I want to live in the midnight rain
With my skin damp filled with starlight
As my soul swims in the moon bathed world
And I can sleep in the flourishing dawn
Sun brought spring creeps up my eyes
The world becoming a beautiful thing
But Beauty is a fickle
and revolting is a lovely gossamer thing of the soul
My ugly world unsheathed in the light
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:
Its lovliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing
A flowery band to bind us to the earth,
Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth
Of noble natures, of the gloomy days,
Of all the unhealthy and o'er-darkn'd ways
Made for our searching: yes, in spite of all,
Some shape of beauty moves away the pall
From our dark spirits. Such the sun, the moon,
Trees old and young, sprouting a shady boon
For simple sheep; and such are daffodils
With the green world they live in; and clear rills
That for themselves a cooling covert make
'Gainst the hot season; the mid-forest brake,
Rich with a sprinkling of fair musk-rose blooms:
And such too is the grandeur of the dooms
We have imagined for the mighty dead;
An endless fountain of immortal drink,
Pouring unto us from the heaven's brink.
S Smoothie May 2014
Beautiful days roll by
arms tangled warmly
heart beats dance together
white sheets veil peaks and valleys lightly
a sweet mingling of delicateness
a breath drawn, a breath shared
a beautiful animal contented and sated
rose buds fallen away
flushes of pink remain,
until the lull of resting seeps in
a breath drawn, a breath shared
as beautiful days roll by
arms tangled warmly
heart beats dance together,
white lies veil lightly,
a sweet mingling of delicateness
flushes of pink remain.
For my important poetic friend ;) hugs ADK
jeffrey robin Feb 2014
& he (with her) entwined bestrode
His
Great white horse
His pale white steed



This Image thus the castle fled
On
Sacred mission  no mere man
Might hope to "read"



In the City !
The Vile City!

The Filthy Stinking Black City!

!

Can you see the hang man' s noose !
The hungry child!
The spread legged hairy toothless *****!

Know ye not your mother pure ?
Your father proud in his piety?



Off they thunder cross blue hills
And skies of lavender
Streaked with red

He and she and the pale horse
The white horse well known as DOOM!



And he whispers in her ear
" I love you!
I love you!"



She around him full entwined
Body!
Heart!
Soul!
& Mind!

••

Gather round YE children who
Mighty Poets choose to be

Here are WE in sacred shape
On and on and on we ride!

Over the mystic countryside!

••

The City!
The Stinking City!

The Vile City!



Black with raging Humankind!



Entwined lovers
(Such Lovliness!)

Baring lofty words
And glistening *******!)



We leave our Safety

To save the rest!
jeffrey robin Jul 2013
Life

Not a mere prelude to

Death

--
Got that?

--

Good

_

Quit playin with death

--

Quit inventing new forms of misery

--

Try to be the lover

Not

The beloved

---

Moral strength is Sanity
Glynis Kearney Jun 2010
Flaming figure so alone
tattered dreamer left ungrown
quiet minstrel lost in song
tell me firefly
am I wrong?

Broken barriers left to rot
sickened sense of forget-me-not
clutching figments left to die
Is this not you
sweet firefly?

Seeking flames of darker shades
beliefs untorn with prayers you prayed
that safest flame is deep inside
you shine your brightest
yet still you hide?

Man child ~ I must confess
you weaken limbs with your lovliness
the scarlet tears that you expire
are nothing frozen
but made of fire!
© Glynis Kearney
I wrote this poem for a friend of mine who, at the time, was contemplating suicide.  He used to be nicknamed Firefly, and hence the various references to that in the poem.   Eventually, he chose life...and the world is richer!
jeffrey robin Dec 2010
we meet
at the football games

AND THE WARS GO ON

we see eachothers' lovliness

AS THE WARS GO ON

and the days become
a place to wait


our time to fight

AND THE WARS GO ON

and we appear
as old men

AS THE WARS GO ON

and on
and on

as the days contract
into

nothing at all

AND CHILDREN MEET

AT THE FOOTBALL GAMES
jeffrey robin Oct 2010
at last

we

at last

---

even dogs fornicate

--

children are dying

--

children dont die on teevee

teevee is where miners are rescued

--

at last

we

amid the simple songs
and our lovliness

at last
Brea Brea May 2013
Well, you'll pobablly be in another womans arms in the years to come
but that doesnt faze this thing
welling
that runs through the tunnels and the funnels of this heart
my love
because it gives me conviction when you are weak
it gives you the loving that you seek
and yours
like chemistry
it gives me the wish fullfillment, the dream I'd always wanted to meet
you are my sorrows dry
the tear drops from tears
separated from thier highest fate
transmuted from young coal to old gold
you bring something with you
with that pride welled up in your heart
ike a wise kind serpant
that only seeks to help
only seeks to pleasre it self
to helping me
and those who are comming
you have the ancients in those eyes
considerable, and powerful
they recognize the same power inside
me
I didnt need your acknowledgment for it to be here
but without it
I wouldnt be here
it would die whith te last morsels of my heart
to a kindly but devious part
Ive been called from the old story books, then
when the gods were our best of friends
but now I am here
in a world that is no longered catered to
because of fear
the children are blind and weak
and recognition, friendship wa all that I really ever seeked
with shoulder bones of gold
you reached into me
and saw something old
saw something untouched by the hardships that has the power to turn something beautiful
decreppid and old
not that Ib havet
havent felt the shiver of the cold
by my own small fraction of foolishness
because I listened to what this life had shown
but all the while I thought of you
even while others ran me through
this same kindness isnt wasted on you
it gives me great pleasure to do
all of this for you
because you dont look down on me
yu see yoursef in my glee
and I see a young god
with a youthful nourished body from the glitters its mind contains
like a wise stag, you've lived your ife as not to shame
the wisdoms and truth carried in your name
you make love to me
my wounds you clearly see
My lovliness dare not loosen themselves from me
my spirit is wise
and its beauty
its heart
its demise
but I am safe with you making love from behind my thighs
I am recognized for the creature I really am
not the kind to still be walking the land
but with your face in mine
my eyes flicker with a hope, completely consolidated

by your firm touch

your firm kiss

upon my soft halo

we are

the same creature
Serendipity Apr 2023
I fully believe in the butterfly effect.
Because when I see you,
I know somewhere else in the world,
the universe must balance out
your lovliness.

When you laugh,
I feel the breeze blow on a spring feild
and see a child
seeing the sunset for the first time.

When you smile,
Orange trees bloom
with white colored flowers
and a scent so sweet
the bees cannot resist it.

And when you look at me
with the face of an angel
and the emotion of a God,
I cannot help but see
your beauty
in everything.
jeffrey robin Jul 2010
the comatose day slanders the "preoccupied"
with its images

dying children mar the moonlight's release
(the awakening lovers that  we all want)

our culture ....is
a petrified forest!

producing but this!
villified psuedo-leaders!

but
i am the master here!
soon you'll be gone!

as
the vestigial hints of a
slandered humanity soon fade

the dying children
stream down from
the moonlight's lovliness

and undresses us of fearfulness
and places around us
aura's deep and true colors
and dreams

WE BELIEVE!
and live
WE BELIEVE!
and forgive
WE BELIEVE!
and rise

true again in our own eyes

and

true again in eachother's lives
Courier Pigeon Apr 2012
You promise I'll never be alone.
Never again.
You say you'll burn all of the pain away
With the heat of your kiss.
You'll take me somewhere
Far from this life
Of bruises and broken dreams.

I know that you mean every word.
But these are promises you can't keep and
I won't hold you to them.
No resentment in the end.
Time has this way of making liars out of all of us.
you're older than me,
But you're just a child.
Experience has taught me what your years haven't yet.
Life never works out the way that you plan,
And you can't rely on someone else for happiness.

So hold me tight,
While this night lasts
In all of its euphoric lovliness.
Don't think about the future.

It hasn't happened yet
I wrote this a few years ago. I found it at the bottom of my laundry basket. haha.
jeffrey robin Oct 2010
dark avenues

and yet the dawn too...

(....dark truths)

we know WAR is a comin in
and there aint a "thing to do"

and it will only get darker
and darker

--

dark avenues

and yet we are still
pure and perfect
in our lovliness

we remember

dawn, too

we remember eachother

and

love, too

as true

--

the WAR shall wear us down

but we shall not yield our soul

to hypocricy

no

we know

the dawn

is

always

"here"

and we, too

we, too
cheryl love Apr 2014
I had a job to put down the spoon
It was dripping with lovliness
Just dripping like wishes in a line
Creating a smile with happiness.

It shines like silk, it flows like magic
Chocoate, rich proper chocolate
You can slap me silly til the cows come home
I would not care if they were late.

The aroma of chocolate, expensive and rich
Plays on my tongue I yearn for more.
It is just the right time of the year too
Chocolate, chocolate, is what I most adore.
jeffrey robin Nov 2010
the winds of obscurity

sad love songs die

the winds of obscurity

destroy us all
(and the world)

----

we are destroyed

__


we sing our sad love songs

into the winds of obscurity

leaves fall from trees

we fall from grace

and die

-------

let a cool new note arise

a free song
finally

a heart beating
and a holy breath

a pure vision

and a lovliness

a you to be proud of

as

the epitome

of all humanity!

----

the winds of obscurity

cover our beauty

with hero worship

or a sense of shame

--

i love you

truly
i
love you truly
jeffrey robin Jul 2010
and in the manner
of a man

.........

in the semblance
of a saint

...........

so impressed
by your lovliness

.........

so angry at the death
all around
jeffrey robin Jul 2010
and in the manner
of a man

............

in the semblance
of a saint

......

so impressed
by your lovliness

.......

so angry
at the death
all around
kfaye Dec 2016
in my brows, your words are horse legs
  [i get caught between them]&
the wrinkles around your mouth
are a vague fantasy of being happier on a long opposite coast.

out in the indie paradise
the ferns get wet.

and all i can
ever only do is let myself stay  
dry

the fog rolls off (of) the pacific,

asking,   what
twang
brought me here


i am lying
and it is fine

she will ***** new
rings on the
coffee-
table in honor of me.

for
i am reeking like a moonbeam
i am hitting the dead grass.
through
a hole
in the boards

&
tucked up in a jacket sleeve is all my     lovliness.☆
my arms are less beautiful than yours so i pin them to the
outside,     hoping the wind will **** them.

i give them away

too many sleeves have become dear to me
it is
overwhelming.
i don't know how to be human-like




and big sur

has an appetite

that keeps
the flow steady and the combing, hot
amidst the dark of it all.


as a splash
as sea spittle
as fingers on furniture

you are are finding me

laying down
for life

knowing you.


like a patter
like chimes

she is here again,
in agony
jeffrey robin Nov 2014
))  O ((
•  •
///     \\
/\

Visions of bold warriors
In
The fields
Again

////

you had me worried there for awhile

Pretendin to be stupid high school kids !

:://::

We have seen

We DO know

We ARE free

//

We are BOLD WARRIORS !

And we

Are in the Purity

Of Love

And our Lovliness

In the Fields of Righteousness

NEVER to leave !

••

                                  ( inspired by the courageous poetry
                                      Of Jennifer Weiss )

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