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A Poem is a Pearl


A poem is a pearl within the heart,
Painstakingly perfected, primed with tears,
Offering reflections which the years
Encapsulate within a world apart.
Mirrors in the mind seek ways to chart
Ideas which clarify while calming fears.
Suddenly the soul awakens, clears,
As worries are effaced, while hurt and smart,
Pacified, assuaged, dissolve, depart.
Expression of emotions thus appears
As ecstasy amidst Man’s pain.  Each hears
Relief and joy, as wellsprings sudden start
Like fountains in the desert buried deep,
Arise at magic touch, spring up from sleep.
 

 

  
A poem is a pearl which line by line
Presents an image musically aligned,
Opening the windows of the mind, -
Enchanting and instructive, half divine.
Mystery, where beauty must combine
Intuition, harmony, entwined
So as its mental message shall unwind
A sense of awe, emotions’ heady wine,
Prints pictures where once lonely soul would pine,

Estranged from inner happiness, near blind.
A poem is a pearl where one can find
Release, catharsis, an unsullied shrine.
Layers of filmy light infuse the soul,
Where war was, peace prevails, - all halt healed whole ...

 

 

 

 

 

Author notes

Double acrostic sonnet A POEM IS A PEARL


Contest Odyssey-of-Rosaline "hypergraphia" and "banana"

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Comments

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  • Breath taking!

    Congratulations, my socks have been set on fire! (I don't know why I put weird things like that in the contest description)

    I really like this one! You have great flow and I LOVE that you layed it out to spell the title of your poem. This is very eloquent and every line rings true!
    Great write and thanks for entering the contest! (and thanks for reading the rules)
    -Odyssey

  • SilverScent gold member
    July 20

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    Beautiful. Double well done for the use of complicated form and used of beautiful language throughout. Thanks for entering.

  • Anniepimm
    July 17

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    Brilliant

    I love the way the title is spelt out down the side a feat in its self "brilliant"
    I have never seen a poem written this way befor,
    I am new to this poem writing....
    I am dyslexic and force myself to write so i can learn....you are so lucky to be able to write like this,
    Annie

    . Rewarded 6


  • Anemone
    April 16
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    combining a sonnet with acrostic is a sure sign of talent!

  • ..... DAMN! This is amazing the best acrostic poem I have ever read. I really this portion: A poem is a pearl which line by line
    Presents an image musically aligned,
    Opening the windows of the mind, -
    Enchanting and instructive, half divine.
    Mystery, where beauty does combine
    Intuition, harmony, entwined.

    . Rewarded 6

  • Very prettily done. I enjoyed it very much. You did a good job on it I enjoyed the read. I like reading most of the ones yo write you have real talent. thank you for sharing with us
  • One word: Superb

  • AmyPixiDust
    April 10

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    this form is really cool, i have been getting a little more intrested in forms latley exspeically acrostics, and i have always been a rhymer, i love how this takes both of those togther and also says so much about a poem being a pearl of the heart, this is a really great write, keep up the good work, good luck in the contest also, -Amy

    . Rewarded 6

  • Brilliant!

    One of the most moving, most exquisite poems I've ever come across! I love using the phrase A Poem is a Pearl as the structure and weaving the theme throughout, beginning to end! So true, how painstaking poetry composition can be! Sell all that you have for the priceless pearl-release your emotions...the expressions are beyond compare!

    . Rewarded 6

  • Simply stunning. Refreshing,calming and mesmeric. Loved this piece it was real written and simply beautiful!

    . Rewarded 4


  • liduen
    March 15

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    I usually hate acrostic poems...but this is really well done. I really, really like this poem. Amazing job and good luck in the contest

  • LuzAradia gold member
    March 12

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    beautifully done. I think you shouldn't make the first letters a differen't color because in my opinion, acrostics have a much better effect when you REALISE it is an acrostic after you have read it with ease. Ofcourse that is just my opinion and I agree with sunrise on the wonderful word choices you have made.


  • Auburn Sunrise gold member
    October 24, 2007

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    OH MY GOD!

    So amazing! What a beautiful and intricate write! It's like looking at a delicate embroidery of an elaborate design in silvery thread - brilliant and captivating!
    I love your vocabulary and the way you placed these diamond words in the perfect places to make the lines roll off your tongue.
    I am ... stunned, humbled, fascinated...
    You get added to my favorites.
    Your poem goes straight to finalist list!
    Well done!


  • ebaby
    August 18, 2007

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    Double Acrostics are great oo, I also like the split acrostics that getsbetter created there fun, have you wrote any of the split acrostics yet?


  • suicidal-revenge
    July 14, 2007

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    wow very different and unique
    i really enjoyed reading it
    and i really like the title


    -suicidal revenge-

    . Rewarded 4


  • MoonsShadow gold member
    July 11, 2007

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    beautifully written

    very lovely/poem, I always comment on all of my entries Myself, along with my cohost,if I have one..
    this poem touched my heart as pearls are my birthstone,but to have this in my contest I am honored thank you and good luck,MM

    . Rewarded 4

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