In bosom brightened

In bosom brightened
17 November 2025
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Yesterday
I looked into dark
Brittle spark
bade me sight
I compounded triple night
for Earth to repay

World harsh is
renews cycles’ pains
Within me
rainbow stains
I grow strong like the marshes
wading into sea

Water flows
within my blue veins
Gathering
my remains
I rebirth into myself
forsaking all help

I shine on
All sadness now gone
Within me
Purple tree
speaks of shadows united
in bosom brightened

Reading of the poem:
Wounds turned to Wings | Soulful rnb for Healing Hearts – Tiana Jade

The road to a brighter future

The road to a brighter future
26 December 2024
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The Grey reached into our mindscapes
revealing what lay under drapes
a reality one escapes
a minefield of degradation

They would treat us just like cattle
wayward tribe to push and rattle
our daily life turned a battle
to be, not survive, endless chore

Fortitude became my treasure
I gathered with utmost pleasure
more of heart than I could measure
its essence made me more aware

I ventured into dark alleys
brought the people into rallies
watched them go aboard the galleys
there seemed to be no end to it

A journey back into time past
brought me solace I hoped would last
though shadows on my soul it cast
some sensation from it lingered

This was a victory to take
a comfort for our race to make
a way to lift the burning ache
the road to a brighter future


Written in the context of Ronovan writes Ovi poetry challenge using the word “treasure” as inspiration. For the rules and more poems, follow this link https://ronovanwrites.com/2024/12/25/ovi-poetry-challenge-80-treasure-is-your-inspiration/

Reading of the poem:
Dhafer Youssef - Blending Souls & Shades

Some wage wars in pregnant deceit

Some wage wars in pregnant deceit
7 October 2024
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The drum rolls preceded the fight
sound of thunder within the night
fireworks infusing the dark light
ignition of dome that caves in

Two allies join in Middle Earth
ravaging lands unto the firth
seeking to establish new hearth
perhaps but violence is heard

Kill for kill is set on repeat
Some wage wars in pregnant deceit
neither faction accepts defeat
eye for eye and we all are blind

Alliances lead to new norms
society acquires other forms
new stances of people in swarms
freedom pierces through the black veils

Reading of the poem:
Written in the context of Ronovan Writes Ovi poetry challenge using the word “defeat” as inspiration. For information on the rules and to read more poems please visit this link
Azam Ali & Loga Ramin Torkian- BARAYE ft. Hamed Nikpay, Mamak Khadem, Arash Avin, Mahsa Ghassemi

Summer sails

Summer sails
31 August 2024
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With summer sails
I know you went
and summer days
I know you spent

Your breathing hours
that you fed much
my losing powers
my waning touch

The winds blew through
my inky blue
as I just stood
waiting for you

The summer sails
that you had kept
were summer days
that I had wept

Now summer’s gone
slipping through dirt
as sands are blown
over my hurt

The days went past
a million more
a love steadfast
in heart I bore

The summer sails
that you had kept
are just days
when I had wept

Singing of lyrics using a melody I invented for these lyrics:
ALL STARS DYING feat. Paulina Magus — The Storyteller

The ominous ice

The ominous ice
8 March 2024
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Sulphur glides
under earthen crust
Fire flies
within skies
Erupted volcano rides
blackened soil and dust

Lava flows
onto reddened Earth
Changed the stance,
lost the mirth,
they survey the starlit dance
as the twilight grows

Moon looming
overlooks Big Blue
rockets flung
Mars grooming
Pretext that turned so untrue
Just a trompe l’oeil hung

Time matters
As the clocks unwind
hide of blind
Blood splatters
over eyes that do not see
stark reality

Parched throats cry
symphony of dark
their chests sigh
while they flail
their bodies search the lost spark
one that told a tale

Angels start
the oncoming flight
they play part
through stark plight
Dominion’s auction set price
the ominous ice

Reading of the poem:
Stive Morgan - Ice and Fire

My sins are washed clean

My sins are washed clean
4 June 2023
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Hear now hark
My voice brings lustre
To gateways
Within Earth
Igniting throughout the dark
My body a spark

Surrender 
I am stark Angel 
Avenger
Rebel son
To the bright seat contender
Holy pretender

I may lean
Both sides admit me
I foster
Renegades
My wings are repelling blades
My sins are washed clean

Reading of the poem: 
Dimash - SOS | 2021

Integrating me

Integrating me
31 October 2021

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Shine on bright
shine on me your light
eyes witness
vibrations
they pulse through the throbbing mind
seeping out of lids

The pathways 
they twirl and spin on
through neurons
redesigned
in memory cells rewind
black of my matter

Conquering
the new dominions
the lashes
in flashes
set the ground for dilution
integrating me


Reading of the poem:
Shadows - Giovanni Marradi

Heads covered in fuzz

Heads covered in fuzz
18 September 2021

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The down on her lips
bristled at the sight of them
they coloured street lights

Her peach lips curled up
her face mask of amazement
her blushing cheeks taut

Her muscles strained locked
moving into position
her body knelt down

Every fiber lit
she tore through blooming flowers
fresh grass met her feet

She watched them fearful
her cheeks aflush from the run
her hair in cascades

They reached out to her
features glowing in the dark
heads covered in fuzz

Reading of the poem:


Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits
Written in the context of Ronovan writes weekly haiku challenge using the words “peach”, “fuzz” or their synonyms. More on the rules and other poets’ contribution here 
https://ronovanwrites.com/2021/09/13/ronovan-writes-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-375-peach-and-fuzz/ 

The light spilling fast

The light spilling fast
24 March 2021
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Cavernous
shadows sight my eyes
I follow 
dark inside
A dialog between us
overcomes cobwebs

Thought expressed
ringing through my head
the message
sits clumsy
an attempt to understand
meanings of half light

Piercing ray
resounding echo
burning through
retina
the stratosphere now reckons
the light spilling fast

Reading of the poem:
Stive Morgan - Melancholy

Eyes seeing unseen

Eyes seeing unseen

27 June 2020

Courtesy the Iranian

 

Whirring soft

the wheels in motion

gather moss

as they roll

They pick up speed, lose control

from the momentum

 

Target lost

Blind aim untoward

they gather

second stones

ready now to break the bones

intention resolved

 

The victim

hair flowing downward

pining teen

chained to Earth

all but chest above the floor

eyes seeing unseen

 

 

In some Muslim countries, the women guilty of adultery or even of having an affair without being married are buried in the ground and stoned with the obvious result being death in most cases. Sickeningly in some countries even the victims of rape may sometimes be sentenced in the same way as adulterers or women having an affair. This poem is written to raise awareness of the conditions under which even a young teenager who would have been free to love in other countries may incur the death penalty and be stoned to death for the “crime” of being caught with her lover in isolation. I chose to accompany this poem with a beautiful video showing elements from the cosmos to emphasize the gulf that separates some people from the vastness of the cosmos.

 

Reading of the poem:

Lisa Gerrard – Space Weaver

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkQt5pUa2K0