Lemon Drop Licks

Suspended like a lemon drop
 on the tongue of night
the moon melts 
on the clarinets keys

Haze, ever present,
 on this humid September eve,
blurs the edges of reality
calling forth images 
	of sweet beginning
the howls of wolf..
as the sax soars
and the warmth of blood.


A firecracker night
sparks
	spinning in lamplight
basking in blue velvet
humming with the whir 
of cicada's
with the brushes
on top hats.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012


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Date: 9/4/2012 5:36:00 AM
See this is hitting on ALL my senses--most especially the taste buds! You masterfully painted an alluring night sky!! Muchos enjoyed this one! gwendolen
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Date: 9/2/2012 12:06:00 PM
I like the ryhme and yes it does have meter. Well writ! Cindy~
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Date: 9/2/2012 3:49:00 AM
Wonderful expressions and imaginations you have weaved in this lovely write my friend. Thanks for your kind words on my Poem Rains Magic. Love and best wishes always...Ravindra...Debbie Guzzi
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Date: 9/1/2012 10:41:00 PM
Now Debbie, you say lick and right away I start to think something else, ahem...any way a rich write as always. One love. Joy Wells
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Date: 9/1/2012 9:26:00 PM
Oh, I love this! I once read a book on how to write poetry and it said something to the effect of "when you feel the need to write cicada, DON'T" LOL. But I think it is lovely here! My fave line is spinning in lamplight, but my fave image is the first verse. I am off to bed... my cold is back or a new one has begun... Hugs, Dee PS I did go out today with my girl to an independent bookstore she loves and I bought the Koran. I am going to try to read it, slowly, from now to Dec. I want to know...
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Date: 9/1/2012 8:12:00 PM
Read sgain...scneikie....best o' soup!
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Date: 9/1/2012 8:10:00 PM
Brings to mind james marshall hendrix....goes to my faves! Every line immersible....will print and hang on my corkboard of cool poetry...jimbo
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Date: 9/1/2012 7:59:00 PM
Debbie, I like lemons,,,, but not when thrown on me... however, your poem is lovely, in a morbid way... enjoyed...pd
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