Best Loiters Poems

Memories of autumn linger still
The pale sun loiters on the hill;
A prodigal year now grown old
Is gathering all her days of gold.
Flocks of birds now eager to go
We share the dream with footsteps slow;
We meet beneath the apple tree
Join hands in silent company.
We will not...

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The man on the porch looks out
over his property and towards his daughter.
Nervousness seeps through her plum-dark flesh.
Each eye contact signposts a wicked meditation.
Women are voiceless in those days, yielding to
males and manipulated Bible verses.
Poverty and childbirth loiters the screen.
White men protect segregation and Black...

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Savage whims of winter
          that bring freezing rain
          unrestrained
          in a sky re-grouping
     ...

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love doesn’t dash, it loiters
with repeated movements like music
and beautifully crude endearments

love doesn’t dash, it lingers
with rhythms like dance?
and boastfully rude aphorisms

So dally with me my love
lollygag, lounge and in a while
we'll share breaths and mess about...

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Never in secluded pools they dwell,
I speak of ornate  waterfalls,
they rise and fall majestically,
near docks, wharves and piers,
sparkle, gleam, smooth flow trickle,
eye balm whirl fantastic perk on tap,
stickybeak on podium rapids,
instigator signage when our trek seems dull,
but reflection is a gem warp cataract,
kinetic rebound...

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A little ways north of Mill Creek
the beach runs round
to a single wide arcing swath

Where the tide stems landward in shattered segments
fast against the open mouth
of sea and sand and barnacle

There is also a cliff near the free stone rising
above the under-base of a million...

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SPRINGTIME MEMORIES



Mountain sentinels
By ancient town;
Clear waters cascade


Cobblestone streets
Winding pavements;
Trade offerings buzz


Fertile plains
Crystal clear waters;
Shady trees guard


Treasure-hunting stroll...
Through Lijiang Old Town;
Curiosity detours


So many things to see
Pleasant fare tempting;
Buying spree bargains


Artisans at work
Township flings open trade;
Silver metal everywhere


Older than 800 years:
Lijiang Town welcomes journeys,
Far beyond old silk...

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Just for a while
Wear a foolish smile;
Why? 

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Words on a page
Now tells on you;
Silly poet

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Cryptic ideas veil
Disrupt the easy;
Confront conflict

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Memory goes back
Loiters on old borders;
Ancient artifacts

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Sad news really
Death at doorstep;
Pit stop grief

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Evening wind chokes
Hazy air smoky;
Faraway peat fires

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Touch of morning
Miniature dog walking;
Owner on a leash

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By...

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Aroma lingers
within the encasing bastion,
aisle upon aisle haunts the ancient catacomb
that is home to the decisive many.

User friendly ecstasy
depending on Fahrenheit fifty two,
this golden age to cherish?
Hypothermia guaranteed, with anything less.

Inward the soul is searched,
waves of thoughts woven by the juggler,
the body a vast kingdom...

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Prime precious play
Live lovely lore
Apply array
Yes yielding yore


Please primal pace
Love lines linger
Arrange apt ace
Yarns yield yonder


Prompt plunder points
Loss loiters less
Ask aims appoint
Yield yester yes


Prey purpose pure 
Lustre lays low
Attempt allure
Young yore yellow


Pressure prime pay
Loose lines lumber
Appeal allay
Yield yarns younger


Leon Enriquez
04 May 2014
Singapore...

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In bridled hovel on denuded strand
Tanned damsel loiters on barter stand
Waiting for purloined fealty her title to brand
Festooned in ritual garb, decked with lavish garland
As noble peacock, her fecund colors are fanned
Waiting eligible suitors her utility, virility to scan
Her father a lofty price doth rightly...

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Feel the sad strains that echo here,
A hurting pain that stabs so clear.


See the harsh grief that loiters now,
A lifetime brief that's gone somehow.


Feel the sad rhymes in broken lines,
Loss in sure time wrecks all things fine.


See the sad hues in weeping rain,
Sorrow now cues...

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Mind maze moves mime
Ask apt align
Charm cocoons chimes


Live lovely lift
Address appease
Attend adrift


Meet mystic mess
Zeal zone zooms zest
Etch each express


Take time to tell
Signs speak sure sell
Faith funds foretell


Loss loiters lines
Appeal assigns
Echoes entwine


Thrill tensile toss
Movement minds moss
Lift lousy loss


Odd one only
Niche noise naughty
Ends etch easy


Kind keeper's kin
Indulge...

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Bamboo vines swaying
Sunlit hours casting shadows;
Darkness swallows light

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Eyelids fluttering
Fatigue closes window blinds;
Dreamy landscapes call

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Haiku moment blooms
One transcendental fragment;
Frozen time reveals

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Raindrops streaking lines
Lightning camera flashing;
Still life photo shot

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Marathon runner
Forty-two kilometres;
Adrenaline rush

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Fruit shop vendor styles
Pink watermelon smiles curl;
Ear to ear aglow

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Old granddad neighbour
Knee surgery aftermath;
Pain loiters limping

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Starbucks...

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Night market stalls
So much to see;
Feel happy daze


Curious eyes feast
Seek a fond buy;
Pretty things shout


Street food vendor
Pleasant fare delights;
Long queue waiting


Crowded street
Hawker offerings;
Brisk buy and sell


Waylaid by stuff
Hordes descend here;
Night bazaar tempts


Just for a while
Try buying happiness;
Walk the bazaar route


Street side beggar
Ragged marionette;
Selling tissue packs


Feeble...

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