Best Paloma Poems

The splayed light of an obliging red sunset
lays upon the darkening meadow
of windswept grass
Slow-moving fingers in a visible dance 
wrap in quiet space
when moonlight silhouettes our hands as they bond

A falling star etches the night sky
burning its canvas like a struck match
vanishing as quickly as...

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Erstrahlend im Licht
Das zarte Grün der Akazie
Und der Ruf der Taube




Shining in the light
The tender green of the acacia
And the call of the pigeon




Brilliando en la luz 
El delicado verde de la acacia 
Y el grito de la Paloma...

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The splayed light of an obliging red sunset
lays upon the darkening meadow
of windswept grass

Slow-moving fingers in a visible dance
wrap in quiet space
when moonlight, silhouettes our hands
as they bond

A falling star etches the night sky
burning its canvas like a struck match
vanishing as quickly as it came

The...

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read her while sipping my morning cuppa
'tween news bytes and clock chimes-
I found myself in her words and wept
as I imagined honey dripping from her
lips whilst she read aloud each cherished verse
bringing back to my mind a song I once knew
singing my life with her...

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Bleeding Paloma

He sees her in the tree, high up
Hidden among the mango leaves
Her egg-shell coloring peer through
The dark green.  He scatters the 
Seeds upon the earth and waits 
Until she flitters down, at first
Untrusting the paloma walks.
She notices him as she feeds, 
But she...

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