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Dormant Decession


I'm an ashen dove, 
fading in zephyr 
of wine valleys, 
saturating in fog 
upon enchanting hills, 
draped in 
grape-green silk, 
where fantasies of forest, 
sprout cynthia moon 
of a bygone 
medieval saga, 
amidst heavenly 
eventides, 
and wailing weeds 
prick my shadow,  
infusing iced intentions 
of the puppet's paradise~
floating in islets 
of shackled bones. 

My wings are 
made of violet wool, 
fluffed with 
blueberry cotton 
and stitched 
with the fabric of 
amethyst satin, 
but as soon as 
my tiptoeing feet 
touch the 
seafoam grass, 
it stings my silent 
glacial flight, 
making me bleed 
in chloroform-
dipped letters. 

If love was a 
rosy matte comet, 
I would carve 
pastel orchid smiles 
amidst kismet-coated 
cherry blossoms, 
with frozen floral paints
and forgive 
beige betrayals 
of aqua sirens, 
to which the 
scents of evermore, 
sweetly succumbed. 

But maybe, 
jasper tinted 
jasmine petals, 
are sewn with 
poisoned thistles 
whilst being 
dispersed upon 
the chambers of 
midnight raindrops, 
and those
soulful stars 
in your eyes are 
a mere mirage, 
flourishing 
false silhouettes of 
a perfumed 
saudade in 
nocturnal negligence. 

So, pardon these 
bleeding metaphors 
that echo sombre 
sun's soliloquy in the
hazy kiss of gloom 
and follow me 
to the teal towers, 
where this 
fluorescent flesh 
slumbers in enfolded 
spruce leaves of 
sequoia sonnets. 
For, when the last petal
falls as poetry, 
my soul would be 
alive in wistful runes, 
mourning in a 
doleful decanter, 
whilst eyes 
would frown 
in fragile promises, 
wiping diplomatic 
dust of dolent delusions 
and knitting mists of 
manipulations, 
carelessly sinking~
to soil of feathered 
dandelions. 

Where nurtured seeds 
of jade reflections, 
still haven't ruptured
every pixie dust of hope, 
in their life's 
dormant decession, 
reminisce me 
as an ivory moonrise, 
fluttering beyond, 
dahlia chains of sunshine. 


Copyright © | Year Posted 2023




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Date: 12/5/2023 3:43:00 AM
Dear Hiya. Good Morning. I love titles thus I had to turn the page. For those who do not read they live in a dark world and I pray. This entry and your writing are extraordinary. You have a gift and you share it freely. We readers thank. Once again you give thought and attention to your creations and executions. May your heart and soul always see light grace and beauty. May your poetic pen be with you always as well. Peace and Blessings... (smile)
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Date: 9/25/2023 7:44:00 AM
Hiya, wow, this is a spectacular piece! I absolutely loved it and it's a fave for me. Striking imagery throughout! Heartiest congratulations on your top win in my contest!
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Date: 9/22/2023 4:07:00 PM
Back with big congratulations Hiya! :)
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Date: 9/21/2023 10:30:00 AM
"Dear, Hiya, congratulations on your win!
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Date: 9/20/2023 4:32:00 PM
I am in awe of your poems Hiya. So exquisitely charming! :)
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Date: 9/16/2023 8:22:00 AM
So wondrously deep and magically beautiful is this great new creation you have gifted us my good friend. Every verse perfectly inked and placed. Closing stanza places his into the stratosphere. This is indeed masterclass poetry. A definitive fav for me. God bless you.
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Date: 9/16/2023 5:55:00 AM
Brilliant and lovely poetry, Hiya. Your colorful way of expressing your thoughts are truly remarkable. Excellent write! Charlie
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Date: 9/15/2023 8:32:00 AM
Oh my gosh, Hiya, how did I ever miss this divine writing of yours? - I just want to bathe in this over and over. It's warm and silky joy in words. Where does "My soul would be alive in wistful runes, mourning in a doleful decanter.." come from? Pure genius.. please write more :)
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Date: 9/14/2023 5:59:00 PM
Beautiful imagery. Love it.
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Date: 9/14/2023 9:16:00 AM
Your poetry, dear Hiya, is truly extraordinary and will surely be celebrated and acknowledged. This particular poem is abundant with captivating wordplay and imaginative comparisons, setting your work apart on a superior plane that few of us can even dream of reaching. I humbly express my heartfelt appreciation for the honor of experiencing your profound and evocative literary journeys. This is a fave for me as well.
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Date: 9/14/2023 6:07:00 AM
This is such a stunning write. All your poems are so fertile with alliterations and metaphors, as far as I have read. You seem to be a wise scholar and you could weave words so eloquently. I see a heartbreak in the third stanza... "if love was a rosy matte... " and your ink bleeds.. "chloroform dipped letters" for the lost love that is like "poison thistled jasmine petals"..and you ended it in a gleaming hopeful note. ~ Ani
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Anitha Jayasankar
Date: 9/14/2023 6:09:00 AM
"sombre sun's soliloquy"... sombre sun seems to be an oxymoron used. Best wishes in the contest, sure to be placed high. Hugs... ~ Ani
Date: 9/14/2023 6:05:00 AM
Aw dear little angelic poetic soul, please don't feel bad if I am a little late to read your inspiring poems and if I am not able to find time to comment as meticulously and eloquently as you do to poems of mine and others...as it kills me when I am not able to return a comment...I'll be seen on and off here..
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Date: 9/14/2023 5:31:00 AM
Your poetry is sublime, Hiya, definitely one to be remembered and recognized:)
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Date: 9/13/2023 11:19:00 PM
I can only endorse the comment made by our poet friend Gershon. I am unable to decipher the full meaning you have intended, but am sure your poems stand apart at a higher level most of us cannot aspire to ascend ! Continue your journey to excellence and greater excellence, dear Hiya!
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Date: 9/13/2023 8:37:00 PM
Unique among the poets on Poetry Soup, you deserve celebration, awards, a monument -- but all I can offer is simple, unembellished gratitude for the privilege of reading your odysseys of poetic flight. Thank you with all my heart, Hiya. Bravo, Gershon
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Date: 9/13/2023 4:31:00 PM
Your poetry is amazing, Hiya. I'm overwhelmed by the way you can describe the nouns in every line. Your imagery is exquisite, my friend. This is very deep and thought-provoking poetry. A FAV for me! Smiles ~ Blessings Bill
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Date: 9/13/2023 3:00:00 PM
I'm all in for teal towers O ashen dove. Lead the way ... I don't promise to be able to decipher all the metaphors but it reads pleasantly.
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Date: 9/13/2023 2:30:00 PM
"And wailing weeds prick my shadow, infusing iced intentions of puppet paradise in the islets of bitter bones." -- Wow! Extraordinary verse. "So, pardon these bleeding metaphors that echo sombre sun's soliloquy" -- Magnificent! Great, inspiring poetry. Thank you for posting.
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Date: 9/13/2023 8:31:00 AM
Expressive and metaphorically draped work with lines of emotion. Thanks for sharing and for dropping by my page. Sara
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Hiya Sharma
Date: 9/14/2023 7:48:00 AM
Thank you so much for visiting my page and giving such a lovely feedback for my poem.. I'm truly grateful, sending love - :)
Date: 9/13/2023 8:14:00 AM
So, pardon these bleeding metaphors that echo somber sun's soliloquy in the hazy kiss of gloom and follow me to the teal towers where this fluorescent flesh slumbers in enfolded spruce leaves of sequoia sonnets---how charming a description! Splendidly done, as always, Hiya.
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Hiya Sharma
Date: 9/14/2023 7:29:00 AM
Thank you so much for your beautiful and honouring words.. I'm so happy to know that you enjoyed reading this write of mine. I'm always beyond grateful for your heartwarming support, truly appreciate it! Regards- :)
Date: 9/13/2023 7:30:00 AM
Your bleeding metaphors deserve all the accolades. So profound and artistic how you weave emotions in such poetic eloquence. I love the flow and the imagery as always and how youve paired words like “ puppet paradise” who would have thought of such words. Really! So good! I am loving those alliterations. And you’ve really improved so much as a poet, by being able to deliver metaphors coherently in a way that many can feel and comprehend! “ if love was a rosy matte comet” wow! That line! So
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Hiya Sharma
Date: 9/14/2023 7:28:00 AM
Oh my dear Ink Empress, you're really the sweetest soul for always leaving such fairy-dusts of beautiful feedbacks on my poems.. I'm beyond grateful to you for this angelic comment and so thrilled that you enjoyed reading my poem, I'm very delighted :)
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Ink Empress
Date: 9/13/2023 7:31:00 AM
Good and the depth of this write truly EI will appreciate and definitely is a top winner! I cant help but read this captivating and evocative poem over and over again. Goodluck for the contest

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