Best Minarets Poems

Beneath the sea-mist moon, surfing in sage ~ 
as minarets of chartreuse stars rise, 
singing citrus cityscape chords 
I feel my footprints waltzing 
away from willow waves... 
whistling a chorus 
of heartbeats which
once whirled in 
your scent. 
Hear 
me 
as I 
fade in sighs, 
twinkling...

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My narrow hands made minarets
Of castles in the sky
The phantom figures that I traced
Were but for just my eyes

I did not draw upon the sand
For fear the rising tide
Would devastate the effort
And then – what left – have I?

I did not sketch in quarters
The public...

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9:00pm on the dot
And I materialize on the spot:
A Benson ‘n’ Hedges spot
I would at it stop
On a fairly spent night
To enact a scene not right;
Raven-Black for stupid actions
The Pitch-Black unwise options;
Christ, I’m sure in the sky
No flesh to ask me “why?”
Many Million True Miles...

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