POETIC OCEANS

Thank You -Mr Paul Brookes for The Ekphrastic Poetry Challenge~ 2024- at Wombwell Rainbows-Day-30

Artworks by Karen Pierce Gonzales, Sara Elizabeth Bell – Robert Frede Kenter Thank You All Artists and Writers for the profound creativity which enriched this amazing opportunity for expressing the poetic talents.

ages ago
when it was dark
man sought the light
in stones
and made use of bones, ages ago
when lights were around
man learned to speak
and made
use of sounds,
ages ago
when there was peace
man found the trees
and made use
of leaves, Ages ago-when there were herds
man found the words, and tried to fly
like birds–ages ago
when life was chaos
man wanted order and made
use of laws-ages ago
when life was tight man sought calm, and discovered paper-Now man is fed up-many years thence-must clear up the mess- to make some sense
he is making all the world-paperless!!!

Trees with foliage, Protect!
Pray Save the Forest! silent sat the Kinglet
Shivering offereing
scared obeisances.
Afraid in density
Afraid to move
Afraid to stir
lest the songs reveal
the hidden treasures;

the constant pecking
had a warning tone’
‘Let it be known
‘Let it be known’
‘peck while ye have time’
‘life is short, its still thine’
‘find the Truth of the pearls’
Collect The Good
before the gun shoots
and the bombs hurl
shattered glass, and
splinters ooze fresh blood,
Twittering songs grew louder
Dawn broke prouder
‘Oh Lord save us from
The Fall, Let it be known’
Pray with the bird
The Early Bird
There is a Third
Who comes, the Light
has shown-Let it
be known !

I looked up at the darkening sky and saw

a group of birds flying home towards the South
These birds know how to stay together
they do not fight and do not bother
All day they may stay far and away
but evening sees them all collect to gather

I felt happy
at seeing the black birds flight to the end
and I remembered the Nightingale, who sang
and I sang lightly too-somewhere I heard the tune
Happy Birthday To You-I was not alone
My birthday came and went-
Heaven its Greetings had sent.

Ekphrastic Poetry Challenge~ 2024-In Collaboration with Mr Paul Brooks of Wombwell Rainbows-Day-29

Artworks by Karen Pierce Gonzales, Sara Elizabeth Bell – Robert Frede Kenter

Blackbirds
not four nor twenty
in cup shaped nest,mud covered,
Eurasian Thrush.

Dragonflies Dance
accurate hunter
forward backward upside down,
Ruthless Predator.

Ekphrastic Poetry Challenge~ 2024-In Collaboration with Mr Paul Brooks of Wombwell Rainbows-Day-27

A Creative Poetry Challenge with
Artworks by Karen Pierce Gonzales, Sara Elizabeth Bell – Robert Frede Kenter

Red Dancer

What dancer is this?
what Roman or Ancient Red Indian Shaped
royal or classic or dancing on the range-
where the buffaloes run
where horses gallop rough,
and race the stagecoach strange;
where for miles no soul can be seen
where cries of YUHOO , Hiyaah
sound in the valley-
with tapping taps of castanets;
where shooters hide in the alley
but now it is silent,
still and cold, where is the bandman,
brave and bold, no orchestra
no cheering for the gains,
laid aside in red and white,
yet, its grandeur still abides-

‘Away Away, no music plays
No oil burns the lamp, bright-
I do see a group huddled n hooded
rubbing their hands,long boot footed,
What plans , what journeys, what rides
A mystery masks the dancer in red-
and so is the beauty of moves, dead.

Daylily

Native to Asia
not a Lily in a ditch
Perennial bulb.

Ekphrastic Poetry Challenge~ 2024-In Collaboration with Mr Paul Brooks of Wombwell Rainbows-Day-26

A Creative Poetry Challenge with
Artworks by Karen Pierce Gonzales, Sara Elizabeth Bell – Robert Frede Kenter

Rain water on Leaf
like pearly dew drops or tears
of deep grief-caught on the cheek
hanging a while, not dropping down
but slowly slipping by
who is alive ?who had to die?
time to go for some, time to cry-
this loss is temporary, final abode
is the same for all- destined to fall, like rain, dew drops, tears, all.

a sparkling Summer’s night

Truth is linked, Faith is strong,the day is long
It will not be long when the shadow will turn to
Light and the darkness will go,the heat will flow
to coolness,the night will have time more and slow-

Summer is welcome in half the world,while half
is cursing hating the bitterness of hail and snow
If it be desert go in the shadow of the mountain
it is dark cool and safe,the enemy will not know;

welcome cool drinks and lemonade,if its hot
remember the cold,if it is cold think of the heat
it is for a while the change appears,before we know
it is gone away same speed, we say fast,some say slow….

Yet when Summer is at its peak, it is the last streak
call it D-Day-6th or 21st it will not stay, soon,though
not before taking its toll of hundreds or thousands
deliberately sent to death or called by nature,
“Lets go’

Ekphrastic Poetry Challenge~ 2024-In Collaboration with Mr Paul Brooks of Wombwell Rainbows-Day-25

A Creative Poetry Challenge with
Artworks by Karen Pierce Gonzales, Sara Elizabeth Bell – Robert Frede Kenter

garden trellis
a wyrwood whisper
crafted from resilient wood,
aquamarine eyes.

bowl of pears

Hera’s sacred fruit
stewed with spice and honey
Golden deception.

Ekphrastic Poetry Challenge~ 2024-In Collaboration with Mr Paul Brooks of Wombwell Rainbows-Day-24

A Creative Poetry Challenge with
Artworks by Karen Pierce Gonzales, Sara Elizabeth Bell – Robert Frede Kenter

Puzzled
Sphinx’s riddle
thirteen hearts, a deck of cards
witch poison raven.

tree shares love

Nature gave us honey bees ….
Nature gave us milky cheese
Nature gave us so much ease
Nature gave us enriched Trees,
We grow up with them
play in up around them
sit share under the shade
fruit eaten, cut to burn them
can we really imagine the pain
we cause trees for our gains ?
‘T is a loss, for see, here is, what is
taken away and what remains -?
A tree always shares love–
stays in the ground –
shades all around
protects from above–

Ekphrastic Poetry Challenge~ 2024-In Collaboration with Mr Paul Brooks of Wombwell Rainbows-Day-23

A Creative Poetry Challenge with
Artworks by Karen Pierce Gonzales, Sara Elizabeth Bell – Robert Frede Kenter

French Lavender Head

Queen Beth’s tea flavour
Roman’s essential bathing oil
Olfactory gem.

Bridge Tree Big Ivy
Creepy evergreen
garments in umbel clusters
clothing for brick walls.

Ekphrastic Poetry Challenge~ 2024-In Collaboration with Mr Paul Brooks of Wombwell Rainbows-Day-21

A Creative Poetry Challenge with
Artworks by Karen Pierce Gonzales, Sara Elizabeth Bell – Robert Frede Kenter

Red White Blue Pine Cone

Cause of eviction
Loss of Eden Garden, all
Regeneration

Heart Tree
locating Mages
outcast, feared magician
sacred Yaggdrasil

Ekphrastic Poetry Challenge~ 2024-In Collaboration with Mr Paul Brooks of Wombwell Rainbows-Day-19

A Creative Poetry Challenge with
Artworks by Karen Pierce Gonzales, Sara Elizabeth Bell – Robert Frede Kenter

Eucalyptus Bark Flowers on Pine Bark Pond

Blue gum on holy tree
Blue gum leaves as herbal tea
Beauty Oil behind the bark.

Balm for the soul
Is there no balm in Egypt? Or is it
Carried to the market of Tyre?
Queen Sheba gifted it to King Solomon.
Exhibited in the streets of Rome by Pompey-
Tree graced the triumph of Vespasian-
A blend of balsam and oil is sacred,so
“who creates the oil of our land”-
Is it planted in the gardens of Jericho?
The journey traces back to Arab lands-
growing wild in the valley of Mecca
The holy plant is called Beshem.