A dazzling sun
Blazes through the trees
Etched in black
‘Gainst the taut white sheet
Of benign countenance
That is the afternoon sky
Casting a dappled light
Across the sprawling meadows
As they shimmer in the heat
Late in the day
While a sparkling river
Cuts a tranquil swathe
A’gleam and a’song
Through the enchanted realm
~ d.a.simpson ~
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Author: d.a.simpsonwriter
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“a golden sunset” #poem #poetry #verse
a golden sunset
gilds the treetops
far in the west
and spreads a sheen of gold
across the tranquil fields
while in another quarter altogether
the rhythm of an infinite firmament
turns the sky a deep lilac
and swathes the hills
in a haze of blue a shimmering
as it casts a delicate sheet
of pale lavender diaphanous
‘cross the sparkling waters
of the bejewelled lake
~ d.a.simpson ~
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“a myriad fountains” #poem #poetry #writing
a myriad fountains
of clear water a’sparkling
mightily do a’surge and a’burst
from deep within the very crust of the earth
onward do they rush into yon rivers distant
that across meadows and fields
do journey and meander serene
and down into valleys do flow
‘tween vast mountains
and rolling hills gentlesome
they hearken to the voice of the seas
that to their spirit does ever speak
for to guide and to lead
to’ard the waters unfathomable
of the mighty oceans a’roar
which swirl ‘neath the gilded star of day
and endlessly do swell and fall
at the hest of the opalescent orb of night
~ d.a.simpson ~
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“The ivory moon” #poem #poetry #writing
The ivory moon
Intoned lullabies most ardent
Rich in earnest endearments
For to serenade and enchant
The bejewelled lake
Whose placid expanse sparkled
Beneath a star studded sky
Of inimitable indigo blue
As the elegant monarch of night
Drew ever nearer
To the tranquil sapphire waters
Afore the night ebbed to nought
A tender adieu for to bide temporary
To its paramour beloved
And a prompt return for to vow
The lovers’ tryst assuredly to keep
Upon the very morrow
~ d.a.simpson ~
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“The muscular trees” #poem #poetry #writing
The muscular trees
Tall and silent did stand
In the cool fragrance of the night
That graced the vast forest
As it harkened in the dark
To the murmur enigmatic
Of voices ancestral
Which whispered in the mists
As they hovered in the shadows of night
And narrated a myriad tales
Of exploits by the heroes from ages past
Whose robust trunks
And sturdy boughs
Built the monuments of the world
The castles and palaces and temples of renown
Which housed the mighty and the great
Whose names forever shall be engraved
On the elegant marble walls
Of the hall of legends illustrious
~ d.a.simpson ~
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“A tangerine sun” #poem #poetry #verse
A tangerine sun
Came to rest awhile
Upon the tranquility of a placid sea
Where it sipped at the waters
A’shimmer in the crepuscular haze
As they lapped at the distant horizon
That drew a nebulous circle
For to skirt the expanse of molten bronze
As it freely coruscated
Beneath the empyrean vault
Which arched a lavish canopy
Of a myriad flames of burnt sienna
That raced like a celestial river of fire
Above a lofty wall of clifftops in terracotta
Stark ‘gainst the monumental skies
Of a spectacular titian firmament
That gloried in the opulence unbounded
Of an extravagant eventide
~ d.a.simpson ~
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“Upon merciless hearts” #poem #poetry #WritingCommunity
Upon merciless hearts
From pitiless granite hewn
The laws immutable of the cosmos entire
By a diamond stylus were etched
Their mark a scar
That defaced the ugly beauty
Of the hardened stone
For the people of the world
Since time began
Had learnt not
The wisdom of the ages
In holy books writ
By sages prophets and kings
Now all did flee
At the approach of the time of trial
Strewn like grains of sand in a desert
By a sandstorm beset
Forgotten sudden
Were their dreams and their boasts
As clay forgets the pot
When to the potter’s floor it does fall
And shatters upon the hardness below
~ d.a.simpson ~
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“A tranquil copse” #poem #poetry #verse #WritingCommunity
A tranquil copse
Cloaked in the beauty of isolation and fortitude
Veiled in the fresh dew of early morn
Graces the crown of a solitary hill
Begarbed in lush grass of emerald green
That glistened amid the cool mists of dawn
Which cloak a multitude of patchwork fields
Scattered across the realm
Arrayed in golds and greens
Divided by straggled hedgerows
Of beech and blackthorn
Blanketed by a morning fog
That lingers amid a sky of cerulean blue
Bereft of cloud
In a thin auroral light
Bestowed upon the nascent day
By an indifferent sun insubstantial
Pale of countenance
Beset by lethargy and indolence
High above a silent world
When all are yet supine and much aslumber
~ d.a.simpson ~
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“Orion’s belt” #poem #poetry #verse
Orion’s belt
Poised aloft in the night sky
Graced the heavens
Amid an embellishment of stars
By the illustrious plaeides escorted
A’glitter ‘gainst the dark blue sheet
Overlayed in a veil diaphanous of deep purple
That verily gleamed
In the effulgence of the placid orb of night
Which scattered a glow of light pearlescent
Across the firmament nocturnal
While a rush of meteorites
Sped through the great emptiness
And in its glorious wake
Sprinkled a myriad blandishments
In a shower of stardust
That gleamed gold in the nocturnal light
And slowly fell to’ard earth
The darkness therein for to dispel
~ d.a.simpson ~
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“A sun of vermillion” #poem #poetry #verse
A sun of vermillion
Burned the evening sky
As the star of day
Set ablaze the vastness of the firmament
And onto the skies unleashed
Fires unquenchable
From the cosmic conflagration
That scorched the empyreal realms
And flared in the void
Above a barren tree
Bereft of leaf and stark of bough
As it spread its silhouette of ebony black
‘Gainst the taut heavenly canvas
That mightily blazed unrestrained
As the colossal cauldron
Devoured what remained of day
With a ferocious incandescence
All consuming and unquenchable
Whose very fury was reflected
In the unutterable stillness of the placid lake below
As it turned the tranquil waters ruby red
Beneath the raging inferno
That consumed the hour of dusk
Akin to a fiery dragon celestial
A’roam about the ethereal heavens
In the twixt light of a fervid eventide
~ d.a.simpson ~
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