December 2006 IBPC Nominations, IBPC Nominations For January Comp Options

[AMETHYST]

Nimbus by Cleo_Serapis


Kismet cleanses the steps
of celestial forces
affixed in an undergrowth
of uncertainty.

Journeys of jocular
interludes of the
Great Harvest flourish.

Had that mire
found its cornucopia
where the sun surfaces
primal prosperity?

Had that lotus
found its wealth
where the river recedes
and shade of reeds soothe?

A Phoenix flew to
the garden of life,
expending its nourishment.

Pharaohs ascend,
giving and receiving
seasonal bounty.

As one luminary clock
calculates cycle's completion
nothing gold can stay,
for all good things
are bound.

Copyright © Lorraine M Kanter 26 Dec 2006

Original Robert Frost snippets (some revised):

to wash the steps;
bent in the undergrowth;
of the great harvest;
Had that flower;
the woods are lovely;
the shade of trees;
A small bird flew;
one luminary clock;
nothing gold can stay;
Some say the world



I would like to nominate this poem because it is has a fresh subject, the inner rhymes and alliteration is done well, and there are many original phrases that are strong and interesting.

Liz

[Eisa]

Hand to Mouth by Liz

Monthly statements remain
unsettled;
Electricity ceased,
icebox warm and bare.

Their love's only token
cries of hunger,
a break in silence, stealing
any whisper of reprieve.

On this night
of ghostly reminders,
a coffee cup
sits by the sink, with sips
he said he hadn't time
to finish...

She clings
a worn wool sweater,
insufflating faint scents
of Old Spice
which linger

like the sensation
of his last kiss;
warm lips against
her cheek, a breath's tickle
near her ear.

Her darkness,
disrupted by moonlight
seeping between the window
blinds, silhouettes
her sober face, shadowing
what his dying left behind.

She should have kissed
his silken lips, lured him
into their sacred nest
and savored time...

defying death's design.

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To me this poem holds a wonderful message.
Snow
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This post has been edited by AMETHYST: Dec 28 06, 10:32