Best Lure Poems

Out at sea, serene and soothing,
on a sheet of lapis lazuli,
a graceful forward motion,
kissing the coast line,
sailing at high speed,
skimming over the salty waters,
the breeze caressing my face,
filling the taut sails with power.

A short distance away
sunlit vistas, rugged rocks,
and white washed villas.
Afar a dolphin jumps...

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As I stand alone 
     in reverie
A lavender sky 
     envelopes me.
Trees whisper in calls 
     with quiet breath
To mark the time 
     of indigo's death.

The crisp scent of...

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The streets of yesterday, comforting
   The landscape of tomorrow, forbidding  

Familiar foods rouse fond memories
   Tampering with tradition, disapproval

My well-worn armchair's form-fitted to me
   That new recliner, stiff as a bad knee

Your scent, your aura, ingratiating
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A striking splash of iridescent light
The inspiring moon the splendour of night,
So many minds that scan you from afar
Making wishes beneath your shooting star,
My telescope focused I see your face
Oh! Alluring Venus the lure of space.

© Harry J Horsman  2012...

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The tingling sound of the moon does lift me
I float towards the heavens where I'm free
I reach to the light that emanates there
Beauty is like none that I can compare

Swirling right near my head are the dark clouds
It looks like this night sky has some...

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It's a dreadful land,
And it's long been banned,
     By the one's that fought it's snow.
But, it's full of gold
In the stories told,
     And I knew I had to go.

I sold everything, 
And the diamond ring,
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A creature lurks with a formidable eye
using bright color as a disguise
the sting of the fire breathing mastadon
seals the fate of a life gone wrong

Demonic pleasures to be obtained
through taboo-stricken means
and the real scheme being
there's such pleasure to be gained

Larger doses surrender you faster
numb and...

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Fill my craving with your zesty rind
In the mist of my longing, come splashing
Ingest my inn with your piquant smiles

Will you rain like dew for my pipe is parched?
Drizzle my windows with decorative light and
Melt your pot in that multihued bend

Be my condiment in this...

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Each night he stares up at the moon and watches as it peeks.
Through many wispy, floating clouds as both play hide and seek.
His human heart tormented by the demon in his soul.
A part of him fights to break free, the other to be whole.

Soon the...

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If you have never felt the lure of the desert, 
you cannot understand why people like me
prefer to be surrounded by sandy dunes.
An inexplicable lure, that acts like a drug.....
Until I was kidnapped by four senile Bedouins.
There was nothing senile about their guns.
Courteously I was...

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Cloaking misty hills and many a deep valley floor: 
The empty Moor presents an outlook, stoical and dour.
Seemingly barren, this mute guardian of history,
Emits an air of arcane intrigue and darkest mystery.

Stunted Jack Pines, seen clustered on a distant knoll,
Stolidly defy Nature, though she exacts...

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Detailed perfection
Seafoam created beauty
Aphrodite's lure
Ageless, eternal temptress
Birthed by oceanic surge....

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Is this love real?
Or is it just a sin?
Is this agony just for me?
Why do i see that ghastly grin?

You cast a spell on me,
I await to make it real,
You tear my skin abruptly,
And have it as a meal...

Lure me, would you?
'cause I'm tied in...

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The art of cooking never changes,
it's lure to us debates
taste vs. smell,
then it all rises up in memory like a colorful dream,
one of art that has been raided by veterans of the old country.....
My grandmothers never ceased to feed us,
"eat!" they would scream, 
and their...

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He always knew
when he got that return call from you:
The deal was done,
the negotiation was won

Sometimes winning meant a compromise
But the reason he was considered 
one of the wireless best;
he never used the bait-and-switch,
he never had to cold call sell phony lies
His marquee marketing style...

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