Best Coquettish Poems

PORTRAIT OF SUSAN C.

If you glance at Susan
Three days in a row
        same pose
    ...

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Limericks VI - Religion

Pell-Mell for Hell Mel
by Michael R. Burch

There once was a Baptist named Mel
who condemned all non-Christians to hell.
When he stood before God
he...

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"Strawberry Kisses"



temptation 
covert operatives

brush contact 99
coquettish Smart near misses 

flirtatious crispness
in the velvet time sliding

softly persuasive
dead dropping 

hungry ghosting gumshoes hubristic
dangling dripping words delicious

on tongue...

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>                 Exotically pirouetting in the scented summer breeze
 ...

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I forgive you dear Emily,
For you are more than fair;
Your flirty eyes give promise,
Your pouty lips don't care.
From the tilt of your head,
My heart it...

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Midnight envelops the pillow
where her head rests sleeping
as each shaft of moon light glows,
umber and ocher traces,
through the satin nimbus of her hair,
gently caressing her...

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What cherubim or spirits shall entreat
To preach the litany of thy beauty?
If rhyme and meter be the judge,  
Then let my odes of bygone...

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this poet’s page suddenly turns black
stars appear

am i standing on the earth?

the sky like the palladium
of the phantom of the opera

a masquerade of candleshine

i wouldn’t...

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Limericks VII - Naughty, Bawdy, Risque, Absurd

There continue to be modern sequels of the famous "Nantucket" limericks, including this bawdy one of mine:

There was a...

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...from the movie, 'American Beauty'


A plastic bag, a windy day,
darting, dancing high and low,
coquettish in her flight of fancy,
all in all, a one-bag show;
a street...

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I whewed unto myself
I whewed unto who cares to listen
I screeched unto them
I warbled unto all

She is a beauty to behold
But beyond beauty
My dear country...

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Life can turn on simple decisions;
I, myself, am proof that life can even be given a start based on the same.

My father rode into Germany...

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a flick of the hair    head tilt-
a little coquetish smile          a teasing question
all...

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EVE NELL
BY

JOHN M. ARRIBAS

EVA NELL WAS A BEAUTIFUL BABY,  LATER A TEEN
A GORGEOUS WOMAN,  AS HAS EVER BEEN SEEN
COQUETTISH, CHARMING, WITH  INVITING...

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Mr. Spider is an ugly looking creature. He has a hairy face and arms. However, the hairs on the top of his head are somewhat...

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