New Classic Poems – Contemporary Verse That Rhymes

New Classic Poems
Everyday Pleasures
Sonnet No. 6
Tim DeMay
“So esoteric!” cried the dismayed child,
A student learning physics formulas.
The teacher turned with chalk in hand and smiled,
“I know you know who Albert Einstein was,
And Schrödinger, and vectors, force and mass,
But look again and give its grace a chance.
See standards, absolutes since eons past,
See stars and planets caught in cosmic dance,
And space is not a stage but moving cloth,
A fabric warped and twisted, stretched and spry,
Each warp concordant with known physics laws,
Each twist a wonder to the learnèd eye.”
The student left the class with flooded mind,
Stark beauty shown when once he stumbled blind.
Sonnet No. 1
Tim DeMay
My soul flies fast through marble azure skies
Outpouring love, compassion, lust for life,
Rejoining other hearts in sun-flamed eyes,
And passing over, through, amidst like minds.
My soul soars over oceanic hills,
Low swiftly swimming through the flowing grain,
My soul weaves softly up the rolling rills,
And rides the breaking Rocky Mountain waves.
My soul leans close to palpitating hearts,
And whispers lightly, “comfort” in thy ear,
Intently hearing all you would impart,
And driving off all grievances and fears.
My soul excites when wonders does it find,
That it, like all, is kindred with mankind.
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