Best Attracting Poems
Flowers, grass, bushes, trees, attracted me in garden
In centre, a tree stump seemed to have complain
Stump was sobbing, none was caring
Moved by tears, I moved closer to stump
Stump bit in solace, narrated nostalgia bit by bit
“ Was once gardens fame tree, grew lovers favorite flowers,
Lovers plucked flowers, friends wish came true for sure
On Valentine day, seeking wish fulfilling flower
Lovers thronged, broke stem as they hysterically lunged,
Lovers got flowers, their love life flowered
A child could not get flower, wept on failure
Queried, you are a child, flowers are for lovers
Child wept louder said he too was a lover
Flower he wanted to present it to his Mother
Tears kept trickling , as if stump it was watering
Since then, every day child devotedly kept watering
Waiting for flower, be first one to pluck fresh flower
And present it to his dear Mother "
Deeply moved by childs love for stump,
I felt ashamed for mad urge of plucking flower
Flowers, thereafter, never plucked, left on tree to adore
Not wanting to be sinned for depriving any child's present for mother
Now all stumps attracting me first and more than flowers
( Entry for Members Contest - I fell in love with a Tree stump by Matt Caliri )
Attracting Opposites
Drowning death in summers night
Saddened sorrows of sheer delight
Toxic tears of cascading falls
Abandoned Angels in satin shawls
Disenchanted dreams in the waking morn
Hurting hearts of Love's first born
Crucified cries of joyful tears
Decadent decisions of youthful years
Manic madness of a beautiful brain
Barytic blood of the sweet sugarcane
Schizoid shadows against the white washed walls
Angered appetites in the money making malls
Withered wills of the sound of mind
Demon dwelling in the kindred kind
Warring words in a “peace” of pie
Dubious denial in the ultimate high.
Dec.30.2016
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more than attraction,
more than chemistry.
more than force of action,
beyond ecstasy;
pullin even opposites,
first look that attracts.
a more meaningful togetherness,
a genuine bonding:
a new age for interthuaning,
more than physical,
totally more than emotional.
there we are,
enrossed in our affair.
creating sparks,
uniting hearts.
totally spontaneous,
lost in the embodiment of your charming attention.
“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts.” William Shakespeare
high fashion climbs the ladder of
artifice, advertising, allure
unrestrained composition by
designer, model, photographer
create an image with power
to heal, change, inspire
bright lights, illumination
flare, freedom, flair, fun
set the consumer's eye
for imagination, industry, impulse
high fashion also climbs a ladder of
disassociation, defiance, desire
appealing to a variety of audiences
In America
we don’t know how
to take out the trash
The mess piling up
around us
a national rash
Our country deeply
infested
with rats and ptomaine
And from Eden
to a landfill
— our legacy chained
(The New Room: January, 2024)