Lauren M. Hancock Poetry and Prose

Tag: melbourne poetry

  • poem: mysterious way – 20/06/22

    poem: mysterious way – 20/06/22

    This was written for the prompt “Wings of wonder” from @writersaroundtheworld, hosted by @whitepurplezainu.

    — Mysterious Way —

    My eyes scan the skies

    wings of wonder carry me

    away from demise after demise

    the positives multiply

    enriched with courage

    dismissed is fear and fright.

    Impending light then streams

    source reaches forth to me

    a calming presence lights my face

    my complexion is alabaster

    glowing to be seen.

    With wings of wonder

    I can explore once-gloom

    now resplendent enlightenment

    fulfils my mental space

    my very own private room

    this is not to say that there is

    no worry, no suffering, nor any dismay

    but the pathways through these

    are carved and tamed in a

    method that suits me

    in my own mysterious way.

    @laurenm.hancock

    © 2022 Lauren M. Hancock Poetry and Prose.

    Artwork by 18796645 on Pixabay

  • poem: a sunrise of theories – 15/05/22

    poem: a sunrise of theories – 15/05/22

    a sunrise of theories
    I walk a path surrounded by foliage
    shrubbery lines the endless mileage
    and encounter do I some things grand and fantastic
    many questions now come from this querent
    bold and bombastic

    flowers filled with fragrance
    bow their heads to my queries
    I suddenly have, about life
    all these convoluted theories
    about what causes this
    or leads on from such and that
    these riddles take myself
    away from fiction versus facts

    my eyes search the skies
    scintillating and scarlet
    this sunrise or sunset
    whatever, whichever, which,
    I will choose to have it
    for before the beauty of the sun
    once dormant now exhilarating
    and so young
    I can settle my thoughts
    quietly, meditatively
    little need for thoughts to hesitate or run.
    @laurenm.hancock
    © Lauren M. Hancock Poetry and Prose. All rights reserved.
    Images from Pixabay

  • poem: universal aura – 24/03/22

    poem: universal aura – 24/03/22

    The universal white light surrounds me, an ethereal net, damp, floaty cloud so soft I bounce into, not against it… freeform, flow, billowy nature’s growth, it is like an extra being within the room, some giant, invisible, quietly huffing and puffing, he smiles as he cloaks my aura, now no longer a sunny yellow disposition, but made into a vagrant’s imposition…

    I am now unwelcome in this land, my journey blocked pathways, no obvious pillowed dreams.

    I silently make my wishes known, my love must be acknowledged, for the other, feelings owned, the waves within my mind and being speak of delicate imperfection. We wrangle in motion, arms flailing, tongues lashing, and I realise, without an understanding, what on earth has happened, I am seen only as a bother that must be cleanly slid away, beneath the rug, swept under, and this giant ghost of an aura which surrounds me now was employed by the best of them, a master in charge, something, someone from on high.

    I cannot determine his leader though, the degenerative nature still swims in his intent, and I know I must rid myself of this vagrant label before I become too spent. Enough of these games, I shrilly call to myself, and he, wherever his head and ears to register might be. A cloud of fluff is now not that exciting to see…

    © 2022 Lauren M. Hancock Poetry and Prose. All rights reserved.
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