Best Apogee Poems

hibernating pain 
     awakes from slumber
         a long rusty nail
plunging deeper and deeper,
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No longer ...
          Are my eyes my own.
     My ribs thrum with...

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you ...
are my moon
(whisper me, coolly)
wan and pale as porcelain
milky moll - `china doll ...
dancing the sky like a Ginza geisha
stars tickling your toes
prettily petulant,...

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Last Love Letter

Adrift upon a sea of dreams
like paper boats on downhill streams;
my swirling heart is like debris
forever drifting endlessly
while weathered by your wily schemes.

And...

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ages ...

years flow between us
      as two oceans of the world we spin upon
      ...

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I had my first glimpse of her from the sandy beach,
her silhouette painted on the sky's canvas of peach
The regal double-mast brigantine, sailing out to...

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That slow and spectacular gait of a bride
Brimming as she is with nuptial pride
With grace and beauty each regal stride
as invitees whisper, 'here comes the...

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In his heart a man plans his course but 
               ...

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A wretched, willful man was I--
So smugly proud of things I'd done.
Reckless me, I flew too high--
Like Icarus, too near the sun.

I placed my trust...

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Vanishing vestige of dank cavernous lobes
   My lonesome forsaken heart adrift
      Under the most alluring midnight crescent moon...

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Poetry is a mystic, sensuous mathematics of fire
smokestacks, waffles, pansies, people,
and purple sunsets.

            ...

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NOT WRITTEN FOR A CONTEST

I often write about the ocean's secrets,
of its crashing waves that roar in apogee
and the treasures it washes upon the shore.
I've...

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The sweet smell of a budding rose
Gently kissed by the morning dew
Waits to spread her velvet petals
Until the suns love is in view

Peeking out from...

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OCTOBER TRANSIENCE
Bipolar month again unsettled ever changing
Summer’s mellow imitation defies winter’s grasp
Days of transient golden treasure to be cherished
Light and dark competing now in passing...

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Born so meek, far out at sea
She gathers strength, espies the shore
White caps atop her apogee

Escaping ocean's grip, the wave is free
Foam and spray rise...

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