Best Orate Poems

Mama held me close to her bosom
wouldn't let me go astray
she shook the cradle of civilization
and to her wayward offspring 
she paid attention.
 
She added...

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The delegation arrives in a procession of handsome, barbaric lineage
rugged in animal accoutrements and subdued in the presence of the future's skin,
the women, fine in...

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Frail boundaries pushed until they pop 
I fall off the fence of protection
Shocked as my readers, but not surprised
With permanent loss of connection!

"Karma's a *****",...

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hello ! i utter holding fone to the ear
a sigh apprise me some one was there
not saying a word kept inhaling air
who could it be...

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hello ! i utter holding fone to the ear
a sigh apprise me some one was there
not saying a word kept inhaling air
who could it be...

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Oh death, 
You are ugly!
Get away from me!
Each time you laugh
Your guttural laugh,
Like a Python,
I know you have devoured
Another poor soul
I know because evil forest
Lives...

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NOT A ***** QUEERY 

Must I beg half of my life to read my tome
The sensuous one with whom I share my home
She claims to...

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We all boast of the golden past, 
And delight dining upon its flavors, 
But, have no faith in our very SELF, 
Though often boast of...

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NOT A ***** QUEERY 

Must I beg half of my life to read my tome
The sensuous one with whom I share my home
She claims to...

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Statues orate
snow white odes
Lilies loquate
lavender soliloquies
Alyssum applauds
with purple passion
in summer's soft breeze 
Aquamarine asps
slither
on a swimming pool
beside bougainvillea
reaching
over ivory urns
to toss
fuchsia coins.


2nd Place
Mid June Premier...

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hello ! i utter holding fone to the ear
a sigh apprise me some one was there
not saying a word kept inhaling air
who could it be...

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Ah, to love again, rekindle lustless flame
too long allowed to fade in embered chill
renew within my heart forever's name
empty the space that only she can...

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Green and blue and yellow
radiates around my shell.
Cool warmth radiates from my skin.
Goodness and gentleness and kindness
orate from the tubes.

All is calm and well
yet within...

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A circle of monotomy is not to be confused with a whirlpòol of jeopardy because the amount of times a jester jumps creates a tale...

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A freight of this weight on my life’s plate I need to ablate with faith/
The fate I taste today I didn’t anticipate/
I’ll leave it to...

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