Sun-Drunk Cicada Song
The golden haze of summer, thick and slow,
Where time dissolves like honey in warm tea,
And fireflies ignite a gentle glow.
The air, a velvet cloak, starts to flow free,
Through sun warmed fields, a gentle choir,
Where time dissolves like honey in warm tea,
A drowsy heat, where colors grow like fire,
Like painted dreams, upon a canvas clear,
Through sun...
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Categories:
summer,
Form: Terzanelle
December Nights
O’er gentle sunrise, tender peace abides
Light risks striking shadows of darkest night
Moon and stars flow, cling to the sky as guides
Glowing on wings, beyond the clouds of white
Birds and angels sing as the silence cries
Light risks striking shadows of darkest night
His still voice from heaven stirs hearts so wise
For those who know His beauty lives...
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Categories:
appreciation, christian, december, god,
Form: Terzanelle
Twilight’s Still Breath
I hold three magic rocks, in my hand
Rolling them over and over and over
Leaving this reality behind, far behind
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Crafty moon sends her light, gently nuzzling
Rustling in the winds, songs of peace and praise
Endless dreams swaying, dancing, in full swing
Fairytale wishes fade as starlight prays
Where love sought her kiss, beneath angel’s wings
Rustling in the winds, songs...
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Categories:
beautiful, dream, fantasy, hope,
Form: Terzanelle
Love’s Choice
His light fell over the shadows
lifting the solemn spirit’s gloom
stirring precious people, He chose
revealing who rose from the tomb
making a way for believers
lifting the solemn spirit’s gloom
love for even low achievers
grace so alive it halts the skies
making a way for believers
the song that no voice can disguise
melodies rich with peace and love
grace so alive it...
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Categories:
christian, forgiveness, hope, inspirational,
Form: Terzanelle
Old Man, Winter
Winter’s chill is in the air, a frosty gasp
washing twilight in gentle, glistening songs
breathless dreams hesitate, rising from God’s grasp
hopeful hearts reach out, knowing their love belongs
wintery tongues tell their lies in glowing rhymes
washing twilight in gentle, glistening songs
each life is filled with blessings in pleasant times
I sincerely believe in His blazing fire
wintery tongues tell...
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Categories:
blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Terzanelle
Sinking To The BottomThe tide cannot go on dark on my feet—
in winter you move but 'specially move,
but from within its grave, your bracing cease,
this time of year where a fog I look through,
in the sea that passed your own footprints by—
in winter you move but 'specially move
with a current that to my living cries
like a wild channel,...
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Categories:
death, fate, goodbye, grave,
Form: Terzanelle
BulliesBullies
Unrestrained, belligerent bullies abound,
In schools, institutions, and in businesses
Who create ruckuses that serve no purpose,
But to show passionless feelings of meanness,
Filled with vindictiveness, jealousy, and spite,
In schools and institutions and in businesses.
Indifferent to others, they harass and fight
Irresponsible for the scars they impart
Through their vindictiveness, jealousy, and spite,
Employing words and actions to poison hearts
And disrupt...
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Categories:
anti bullying, bullying,
Form: Terzanelle
Clarity
When rainy skies are gray and sun shines through
Remember to look up for the rainbow
Colors bring clarity to what is true
When things are foggy and it's hard to know
A direction for your purpose to grow
Remember to look up for the rainbow
Give yourself comfort so that you can go
To places where your soul will be at...
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Categories:
growth, inspiration, life,
Form: Terzanelle
Dementia and ReflectionDementia and Reflection
Years hence beyond the glow of self-confidence
When age 'clipses youth and the body weakens
And pills prescribed are swallowed to prevent
Further, worsening of the brain’s cognizance
As the soul pleads relief from the crippling disease,
When age 'clipses youth and the body weakens
And palsy, skin-mottled hands feel ill at ease
As forgetfulness succumbs to hysteria
And the soul...
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Categories:
age, angst, depression,
Form: Terzanelle
Weeping Pages
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. - Dolly Parton
Weeping, like a willows graceful waft, pleasing
Even the heart will melt in the doubtful breeze,
Moving calmly through the night, gently teasing
Weeping, like the leaves who fall upon their knees,
Echoed by souls poised in resilient prayers,
Even the...
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Categories:
appreciation, hope, muse, nature,
Form: Terzanelle
Spring is born
Spring rolls into the valleys and hills
Leaving mountains with dots of white snow
The warm breeze chases away the chills
Robin bounce along to cawing crow
It's a wildlife dance to welcome spring
Leaving mountains with dots of white snow
The wind chimes sway in air as they sing
Anticipation, no wonder why
It's a wildlife dance to welcome spring
Puffy, white clouds...
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Categories:
nature, seasons, spring,
Form: Terzanelle
Love and happiness tourWisdom beauty style and class
ignites the white house Obama
block party I'm in awe an yet my
shyness overwhelmed me I'm
awakened by the Harold washington
library simply taken by the youth center
my dad worked 131 st altgeld garden
many days of street jazz and speakeasy
time passing our lady of the gardens...
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Categories:
allah,
Form: Terzanelle
In Death MIXED
1. If you could look into your future and choose one day to see what would happen, what day would that be and why...
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When death calls my name, as I walk my last mile,
Will the stars shine like they did the night afore?
Twinkling in still skies, glittering to beguile.
When the end comes will I know...
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Categories:
death, eulogy, memory,
Form: Terzanelle
Rambling
When time echoes the promise of a rambling soul, one who knows that the past never can be left, because it is there that solace leaves its caress, its breath ever rising in the presence of sorrow’s tangled web ~ quote by poet
She waits in silence, for the gentle winds,
Soft revelations of what might have...
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Categories:
age, confusion, dream, emotions,
Form: Terzanelle
Whispers of Light
"The love we give away is the only love we keep." — Elbert Hubbard.
In breathless dreams, my passions were growing,
fanciful feelings, wordlessly screaming,
when your eyes met mine, blessings were flowing.
sure that your smile would bring life’s redeeming
songs of soft light fall gentle on my soul,
fanciful feelings, wordlessly screaming.
life stirred with joy because my heart you...
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Categories:
appreciation, blessing, love, marriage,
Form: Terzanelle
Specific Types of Terzanelle Poems
Definition | What is Terzanelle in Poetry?