Having read “Let Me Sing You a Lullaby” by the talented and beautiful Californian poetess, Annabel – wherein she recounts an appreciation of kindness, love and guidance, as received through the song of an angel – I was inspired to write this poem…
Like a message in a bottle
Sealed with a kiss and set adrift
Words flow from your heart, so lovely
– poetic bliss, shared as a gift
© 2022 Phil Perkins
PHOTO CREDIT: modified photos from unsplash.com: one, two
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.
Retro five color graphic design with added noise, a shredded distortion effect and typographic overlay using the text: happiness, sharing, kindness, joy, care, peace, love, relationships, selflessness and commitment.
Available through my shops at Society 6, Redbubble and Pixels.
I have a friend who is a gifted & imaginative writer. She also is often a source of inspiration for me to write poetry, including the following…
She Writes From The Heart
Putting pen to paper she writes
Words flow from her creative mind
Imagination without limitation
Always, one of a kind.
From deep in her heart, filled with love
Her life experiences teach
With wisdom and inspiration
She shares advice but doesn’t preach.
A humble woman with courage
She’ll tell you to believe
She knows the best is yet to come
Her goals set to achieve.
I’m so grateful to call her friend
Yet sometimes my heart skips a beat
Her eyes and face, so beautiful
And precious soul, so sweet.
© 2021 Phil Perkins
Saying Goodbye To A Ghost
Simple themes on a canvas –
on the wind, a transient cloth
Like a dream or ghost in my heart.
A weight of emotional scale –
From equilibrium, light rises to dissipate
An apparition of appreciable bearing.
In likeness absent chamber –
A transcendent mirage, untimely and apart
Goodbye my beautiful little ghost.
© 2021 Phil Perkins
Modified photo from unsplash.com.
Do You Speak Portuguese? I don’t, but I have a friend from Portugal who is an aspiring writer with a Google Translate button in the sidebar – she is Carla Milho.
I encourage you to visit her site and follow her work! She’s an honest, truthful person who writes from the heart with sincerity and passion, following her dreams through engaging, life-experience discussions of ambition and goal-setting, an appeal to self-improvement, cautious tales of deleterious external influences, the value of family and friendships & other points of interest.
Note: the header design is a modified photo from unsplash.com
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, you’ll enjoy this grunge style three dimensional graphic design highlighting words associated with love. It’s available on many products in my shops at Zazzle and Pixels. Thanks for stopping by!
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