Acrid Poems

Glorious mud

...A simple recipe of water, silt, soil and clay
Nature's potion; so powerful, so useful, so dangerous
Uncontrollable and untethered is this egalitarian mixture
Loved and loathed by human and animal
...

Citrus Note

...And I loved him at that
March midnight, the one when spring was
late. They say she was caught up
in a reminiscent movie
—even love was black and white back then

What I wouldn’t give
for those...

strumenti seosiali

...
The warmth of the sun on a wintery day alarmed my my natural senses
it made way for me to to prepare in need to gather and prepare or make
ready might the storms of near spring shall find us. Sag...

If I were to,

...Lock ruby ridden doors for roach ridden floors bleed without grace 
Roused rounded wounds throughout nightly escapes
And gaping fields of endless escapades
And gaping seas my moses blade has wrenc...

Grief

...I remember the grief in Samuel
when Saul failed,
like the grief in Nile
when blood crept into it —
just like it creeps into the bones of
this earth.

The rage in grief is distant but distinct,...

Will-o’-the-wisp Reignites the Flame

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The Will-o’-the-Wisp never stays still.
It ignites a dare, 
tempting the watchers to chase its glow.
Its tongues of flame don’t just flicker—
they sear deep into the minds of those, 
who dare ...

BY THE STREET LAMP

...BY THE STREETLAMP
Poem written for SENSE OF TASTE POETRY CONTEST, Nette Onclaud, Sponsor July 28, 2025
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she hunkers by the streetlam...

Information

...From sunrise, when the breath of the new-born day
Kisses my eyes, information startles me.
Waves of my sleep leave the froth from my mouth,
Youthful and earnestly fresh with the harassment of
Bot...

Fire - Joseph Wright of Derby - 1395

...
The fire was an obvious choice of landscape art for the painter to accentuate the effect between moonlight and smoke filled sky so dark.
A canvas illuminating the power of vivid red hot to stark.
...

Row by Row the Nettles Grow

...Row by row the nettles grow
And circles do surround 
Hairy stems the prison wires
And jagged leaves their barbs.

Cry out, forsaken sinner
Your voice shall not be heard
We listen to the wind s...

Cryptic Cipher in the Crypt

...(Begin: There is no beginning.)

(O' my--not again--you should not have started.)

 The quill burrows. No--splinters. No--fractures. No--was nev...

California Exodus

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                      ~California Exodus~



No, I do not seek your agreement!
After living in California, I find a predicament.
It feels like I have a brain filled with acrid cement!

...

Accepting My Fate-Breathless

...Quote "Dont play with fire - It doesn't play fair" 
This has been attributed to a song by the Rolling Stones.

It started with burning embers, Prometheus, the fire god casts an evil spell. 
Then ...

She Smoked

...
She smoked

She smoked, 
my mother did, a LOT!
I never liked it.
To me she looked like
of those “molls” in 
detective magazines,
later on television, 
cigarette dangling 
from the corner ...

Kitchen Spices - Aromatic Grief

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Written: March 22, 2025, for contest sponsored by Craig Cornish

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In the heart of my kitchen    spices exude their aromatic allure  
a harmonic blend of ...

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