Best Lingers Poems

I meander past a rippling stream,
     my hair blowing in the wild wind;
was that my name being called, softly.

did it sigh in the tangled trees above,
     I twirl and swirl to only bird songs;
my name is but...

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"From deep within my heart
I always catch the scent
of my Beloved. How can I
help but follow that fragrance?"  
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a smile lingers in the shadows
memory has found a refuge
in darkened corners
at the end of long hallways
where remembrances have long fled
it has become an attic dedicated
to the betrayals of a life
once filled with promise
sitting in the park with a new hand
we are watching the Trumpeter...

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Deep in the forest he lingers
Not a fire, not a light to be seen
No relief for his icy-cold fingers
No bed for his back, tall and lean

Not a fire, not a light to be seen
Yet he sits there as the crickets sing
No bed for his back,...

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obsessive love is hard to shake,
of love n hurt no distance makes,
better still the embers rake,
yes love must have its fill,
past lingers with the sweetest thrill,
but i still hesitate...

Don...

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the spring air is damp
the sun false in its brightness
spring is a mirage
as winter's coldness lingers
I look at the sun and dream...

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It’s good to know there’s still a few 
Deep thinkers, roundabout; 
Those who are unafraid to speak their minds
Of certainty or doubt.  
To disagree with you and me 
About religion, politics and war;
It’s good to know there’s still a few 
Deep thinkers at the...

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Coming back from a college class, feeling tired
I crawl on top on my bed for a midday nap and slip into a blissful sleep. Aroused from slumber, my bed shaking violently and turning , I expect to see a human, recognizable and known to me....

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A
single
rose adored
from a bouquet
of many that chime 
One, exciting  pleasure  
Yawn early dawn arousing  
Erect scents and beauty  lingers 
Chest engraved by your biting prickles    
Surrendering to just one single rose


10/15/2016...

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Tears smudged face
Sparkles in my eyes
Fears the spanks the cane paced 
The treasures she offered whole
When I was small

Shared laughter, fears and dreams
She hardly rest but beside my sick bed?
Holds herself like a sandalwood  tree
A pillar, a tower which my arms could spread
When my...

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Even when we are apart, I feel you, deep inside of me

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The emotions you stir are deep within.
Emotions so risque surely they're a sin. 
Please close your eyes and feel me near.
I want to hold you my precious dear. 
Laying next to you as you go to sleep. 
This pleasant dream is yours to keep.
I am...

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I’d like to be what lingers
while you sleep:
the smell of jasmine

and the drops of rain
that cling
to trembling leaves.

I’d like to stay with you,
when you are far away
on private journeys....

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It hasn’t been so long, you know.
Since I saw, your eyes aglow.
. . . They smiled a little smile for me.

You had your joy, you had your fun.
You had fifteen seasons in the sun.
. . . I didn’t know that you would leave me.

The backyard...

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Peaches plumb perfection
Put peeled pickled and pleasing
Fruit fresh for freezing
Icecream in innocent
Hands has hundreds of hugs
Peaches perfection
Love light and lasting
Eternal ecstasy everlasting
Taste tongue to tummy totally tantalizing!
Smell the scent, senses soaring
Fragrantly frolicking face to face
Final fun frozen forever
Luscious love lingers!


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