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Typographic artwork featuring the Latin phrase, “Non est ad astra mollis e terris via”. Translation: There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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Her lovely smile has the power to compel poetry. At an age 17 years younger, she’s Mukti Masih – a published poetess, author and successful content writer from India. After a recent exchange, I wrote this poem as I drifted into a daydream…
Every time I see her smile Heaven shines a light on me Happy heart in sweet delight Chasing dreams of what could be On the rhythm of waves Rang a sound from her heart Where the waters of love Know no end, only start On a ship under sail Without map, simply stars And a warm summer breeze With acoustic guitars On a course to the east Currents carry and flow Is this only a dream? Perhaps, yes, I think so Were it not for many miles And the years, so far apart Both day and night - time to share Grand adventures of the heart
© 2022 Phil Perkins
PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com.
NOTE: this poem uses the Preformatted Block, which allows for indentation of text exactly as pasted. However, in so doing, a monospace font is used.
PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com.
A Distant Time
Before I go
I’ll skip a stone
Rings counted in the wake
Look back and smile
Before I go
Reflections on the lake
The time has come
Beyond the fields
My journey starts today
No wish to wait
The time has come
Forthwith and underway…
A house of clouds
Above the hill
Its door propped open wide
I say my prayers
Then cross my heart
Up stairs, to step inside
© 2021 Phil Perkins
PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com.
This simple graphic design with an optimistic message is available on a variety of gift & apparel items in my shop at Redbubble. Stop by sometime for a visit, and have a nice day!
With a love of hiking & the great outdoors, I was inspired by the beautiful words of a friend’s writing, “Trees Are The Poem The Earth Wrote To Heaven“, to create this poem:
Of roots and trunks and branches, too
And don’t forget each leaf
With bark that’s better than a bite
More sun is warm relief
Let’s not discount the rain
It’s most important, too
Each season brings real change
In sum, that’s how I grew
The sky above has quite a view
With colors close to ground
Each forest has so many trees
Go hike, and look around
© 2021 Phil Perkins
Photo: I took this photograph last autumn at the Fall Creek Falls State Park.
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