Friend, Regis Auffray Just Posted New Poem - I Was Happy - Added Another To Share Two! A Gathering of One - Enjoy!

 

A Gathering of One

On a winter afternoon

Silver dusk comes early

He sits in front of the gas fireplace

He loves its insipid soothing hiss

He sips mellow red wine

From a glass that reflects the flames

The wine seems alive somehow

It warms his soul

Like a fond memory

He’s turned off the lights

So he can see the shadows dance

Upon the wall

So he is not alone

He greets his ghostly guests

One by one

It’s pleasantly distracting

To welcome each with rhyme

“Long time no see, Chelsea.

Love that machine, Nadine.

Is that leather, Heather?

Nice Lexus, Alexis.

How’s the divorce, Horace?

You’re looking dandy, Andy.

I need a lawyer, Sawyer.

I’m looking for a loan, Malone.

How’s Cassandra, Sandra?”

And on and on until

He grows weary of doing all the talking

Outside the darkness is complete

He bids his guests a good night

And as he dozes off

Before the friendly flames

He wonders why

The shadows yet dance upon the wall

After he thought his ghostly friends

Had bid him adieu for the night

And all is still

© Regis Auffray

I Was Happy

I was familiar

with joy

I was intimate

with happiness

when birds sang

flowers bloomed

sun shone and warmed

rain refreshed and cooled

children played with carefree abandon

I was one of them

moon rose and silver lined

the night

with love and light

skylarks soared

come the morn

wild creatures

went about their way

delightfully

the sea sighed

in sweet serenity

swishing the shore

of golden sand

in tune

with the lilt of the breeze

caressing our presence

the fullness of it all

enchanging us

All was well

when you were with me

It is still all fine

all well in the waiting

for that glowing ember of hope

to set our lives ablaze

with love unrestrained

@Regis Auffray

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Regis, thanks so much for being an ongoing contributor here at Book Readers Heaven!

Both of these are lovely!

Enjoy

Gabby

Guest Poet, Regis Auffray Shares Absence (Haiku String) And Abandoned: God You would Not believe it if I told you...

 

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Absence 

(Haiku String)

When the winter wind

Stirs through the dark barren trees

It whispers of you

I can barely breathe

When your picture comes upon

The screen of my mind

Unavoidably

When someone mentions your name

I lose a heartbeat

I can scarce believe

How empty my world appears

Without you in it

In another realm

In dreams when I speak with you

You give me purpose

Now in the darkness

It is easy to fathom

The light that you shined

In humility

I admit my lack of strength

Without your presence

It's hard not to fall

In the void you left behind

When you had to leave

There is not a time

When I do not think of you

Know this is the truth

My friend I miss you

There is emptiness within

Each passing moment

The absence of you

Is a constant throbbing ache

Deep within my soul

I shall not be healed

Until we can meet again

Our friendship confirmed

-- Regis Auffray ©

God... You would not believe it if I told you.

Abandoned

it’s all empty now

this house that used to be

a home

it stares at passers-by

dark eyes

from empty window frames

sometimes

shards of glass

in the grass

glisten like tears

in midday sunlight

midnight moonlight

sometimes

voices come from within

could be ghosts

or just the wind

moaning and hurting

yes there’s an aching

palpable

like a bruised

and battered heart

a broken soul

it’s all empty

those who know

know it’s all because

she went back

on her word

© 2007 Regis Auffray

Thanks for Visiting Regis!

Gabby

Guest Poet Regis Auffray Shares Thoughts for Easter - "Easter" and "Easter--Time For Peace"

 

Easter

Everlasting

Amity

Spiritual

Togetherness

Eternal

Rejoicing

© Copyright 2009 Regis Auffray

Easter - Time For Peace 

 (rhyming acrostic)

Early dawn and the stillness

Awakens within a brightness

Silence is deceptive

The Earth is receptive

Every soul yearns for healing

Reeling from eons of ill feeling

The time is now for peace

It is time for wars to cease

May we at last become as one

Every being become golden

For far too long the Earth has bled

Over millennia peace has fled

Reject old ways and pave the way

Put all your enmities away

Embrace the possibilities

Accept the bounty of beauties

Creation has so long offered

Eternity has now proffered

© Copyright 2010 Regis Auffray

Overview

Poetry, like other forms of creative arts such as painting, music, sculpture etc. is a way for the poet to share life experiences - feelings, emotions, images - and thus express his or her personality. Most human beings (Earthians) have a desire to be with others and one of the ways this is done is through communication by whatever means are available. Poetry is one way of expressing one's self.

The poems in this book offer glimpses into the poet's soul. They touch on a myriad of themes that are common to all who have undertaken the journey through this particular life in this place known as Earth.

It is the author's hope that the reader will be able to identify with, to understand and perhaps to empathize with the various situations, dilemmas, conflicts, miseries, euphoria etc. that are shared by means of his verses.

Glimpses is the author's first poetry collection of a non-limerick genre.

Regis is an ongoing contributor at

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Search in the right column for his name

to see more of his poetry...

God Bless

Gabby

Ongoing Contributor, Regis Auffray, Presents Poetic Words! Guitar Woman and the Moon - Also well know for his Limericks -Here's Two!

 

Guitar Woman and the Moon

she plays her guitar

to the stars, she is a star

her voice angelic

she strums and the moon

looks down and smiles approval

swept into her swoon

she elicits love

with her magical music

a gift of healing

© Regis Auffray

A Lady Named Rose

I once met a lady named Rose,

Who was nude from her nose to her toes;

So I took her downtown,

And bought her a gown,

Even though she despises clothes.

© Regis Auffray

Backpacking With Sigourney

When I was backpacking through Fernie,

I met a lady named Sigourney;

She is a swell gal,

She’s become my pal,

She has now joined me on my journey.

© Regis Auffray

Thanks so much for visiting today, Regis! When I was pulling up your pic to use, I discovered these two intriguing videos...The first is a narrated dance of leaves with poetic words. The last is a non-verbal video telling its own story... Finding words all around you, I am grateful to know you...

God Bless

Gabby

Ongoing Poetry Contributor, Regis Auffray, Shares "Oxeye Maids" and "Don't Be Sorry, Lauri" - Take a Break! Enjoy!

 

Oxeye Maids

A splash of daisies

A gift from the Creator

And Mother Nature

In behind my home

On the side of the mountain

A bevy of oxeyes

They appeared one day

Seemingly out of nowhere

Now grace the landscape

Such pretty daisies

She loves me she loves me not

Swaying in the breeze

© Regis Auffray

~~~

Don’t Be Sorry, Lauri...

Don’t be sorry, Lauri

Lauri, don’t you worry.

Read the message in the bottle,

I’m coming to you at full throttle.

Take the message from the pigeon,

On the stream, from the widgeon.

In the sky, behold the swallow,

In your sorrow, do not wallow.

I’m coming to you, Lauri;

Sailing in my dory.

I am sending you a dove,

As a symbol of my love.

The sea is a little wild,

A bit like an untrained child.

I can almost see our home,

Through the waves’ frothy sea foam.

Your candle shines a bright light,

In this dark and stormy night.

Never worry, Lauri;

We will live our story.

I will hold you in my arms,

Gladly succumb to your charms.

© Regis Auffray

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Thanks so much for sharing today, Regis... Hope you don't mind my adding two videos on a somewhat sad, but still quite interesting song about Lauri, and  subsequent video created for the old song... 

I always enjoy your poetic, thoughtful words! 

God Bless

Gabby

Regis Auffray Presents His Latest Thoughts and Poetry - Dandelions - Together Just for Fun - The Music Inspired by and Natural Experience of The Plant

 

A couple of haiku in honour of the dandelion.

The Dandelion

Every part is edible

And good for the health

Ubiquitous plant

A symbol of survival

The dandelion

~ Regis

The Dandelion

The dandelion is the only flower

representing the three celestial bodies,

the sun, the moon, and the stars.

The yellow flower resembles the sun,

the puff ball resembles the moon,

and the dispersing seeds resemble the stars.

The dandelion flower opens

to greet the morning and closes

in the evening to go to sleep.

Every part of the dandelion is useful:

root, leaves, flower.

It can be used for food, medicine,

and dye for coloring.

Up until the 1800s,

people would pull grass out of their lawns

to make room for dandelions and other useful “weeds” like chickweed, malva, and chamomile.

The name dandelion is taken from the French word “dent de lion” meaning lion’s tooth,

referring to the coarsely-toothed leaves.

Dandelions have one of the longest

flowering seasons of any plant.

Dandelion seeds are often

transported away by a gust of wind

as they travel like tiny parachutes.

Seeds are often carried

as many as five miles from their origin!

Birds, insects, and butterflies

consume nectar or seeds of dandelion.

Honey from bees

pollinating dandelions

is quite delicious.

Dandelion flowers

do not need to be pollinated

to form seeds.

The root of the dandelion

can be used as a substitute for coffee.

The dandelion is used

in folk medicine to treat

infections and liver disorders.

Tea made of dandelion

acts as a diuretic.

If you know dandelions,

they’ll grow shorter stalks to spite you.

Dandelions are quite possibly

the most successful plants that exist.

They are masters of survival worldwide.

--Regis Auffray

The Dandelion

Designed by God

Providing Much to All

~~~

Gabby

Happy New Year by Poet Extraordinaire Regis Auffray With Musical Accompaniment

 

Happy New Year!

A troublesome year

Two thousand and twenty-three

In so many ways 

In these troubled times

It is hard to concentrate

On the positive 

The white dove of peace

Chased by the eagle of war

Finds no place to land

Perhaps one can find

Through the portal of one’s soul

Some semblance of peace

When I was a child

The concepts of war and peace

Never crossed my mind 

It appears to me

The stairway to heaven is

In need of repairs

Throughout history

Precious peace has been on hold

While Man wages war

Another new year

Yet again peace eludes us

As conflict prevails

While most understand

The futility of war

The latter yet thrives

 It seems redundant

The same wishes every year

For peace and healing

Wishes from the heart

Expressed over millennia

Ever more needed

The new year is here

It seems only yesterday

I was doing this

Wishing friends and family

And every being on Earth

A Happy New Year

  © Regis Auffray

And From Book Readers Heaven, I add, for Hope, Truth, and Peace

For All!

God Bless

Gabby