Best Hesitancy Poems

I’ve oft noted on this forum, a hesitancy
To comment on poems acclaimed 
Methinks the cause is our ego
Which is as yet untamed 

Perhaps we seek an echo
Or makings of a virtual bond
But why not appreciate fragrance
That uplifts our soul with its magic wand

28-May-2023...

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I saw all life fade ... merely pass away
of all that I knew hath spun around me
past brace presence death, carpe mortem day

Night hung in shame, weighed aim, promised Word--stay
I spun confused, afterlife, mine this be?
I saw all life fade ... merely pass away

Dark woke...

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We had—almost—an affair.
You almost ran your fingers through my hair.
I almost kissed the almonds of your toes.
We almost loved,
                        that’s always how...

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Poppyseed Princess with poppyseed lips, 
Fragrant yellow piston, and beautiful hips. 
In the wind, savoring her relationships, 
Never knowing of my dream for her companionship.

I am a simply ugly marigold, gnarly and quite plain. 
Recognizing beautiful, but my tongue I dare refrain. 
If she knew...

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