Best Syncopates Poems

A night in Venice (in sotto voce)


Moonlight shimmers over the Adriatic sea
Stars dancing on the waves in perfect symmetry
We talk of ancient adventure and gallantry

Masquerading dancers begin to fill the street
Smiling as they parade by, shuffling their feet
Unconsciously, we both are swaying to the beat

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As the ground forms a sheet of mist
The wind blows the trees
Naked limbs, crunching their
Autumns dress as they
Scurry across the ground
Beneath pacing feet
A chill lingers in the night’s breath
Running its finger tips through
Hair and down backs
The lightest touch, meant for human skin
The moons glowing affection
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STARS

Observed
 Lilliputian illuminations
Buttonholes
In God's heart
Expose fire: 
Love's emanations.


Darkness revealing
Astral profusion 
Golden lucent abundance 
Daylight syncopates 
Into sun. 

© Faye Lanham Gibson, June 18, 2014...

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The squawk of seagulls punctuates
The quiet by the beach,
Yet the lack of other noises 
Makes relaxing within reach.

The wail of sirens doesn’t let 
The city quiet stay,
For even in the early morn
The noisiness holds sway.

The chirp of crickets syncopates
The rhythm of the night,
So the quiet...

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