Best Tauntingly Poems

Peering at the radiating faces of happy families
So much joy emanates from well-to-do children’s sparkling eyes
Wish I could replace the grief, put smiles on the...

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Meet the mother - old Miss Jenny
She gave birth to chicks aplenty
(Never dreamed she’d have so many)

But sly Wiley, a hungry fox
Was more threatening than...

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Reverberations

Moist, heavy air settled upon my skin
tauntingly teasing undulating hair.
Reaching out I clutch at the mocking wind
as its fading coolness flees into cloud

my tongue tasting...

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Mischievous Moon

The moon was in a mischievous mood
This morning before the twilight
Peeking through clouds it had tried to elude
In order to flaunt its golden light.

Full...

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Kitty, kitty in my chair,
Sitting there so debonair.

Black cat with shiny eyes,
To cross your path could be unwise.

Playful feline pounces fast,
Jump on people walking past.

Tabby...

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Your hair smells of lavender and lilac;
seductive scents designed to arouse me.
Like a tease, you tauntingly hold me back
pinning me down in a playful attack,
laughingly...

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Come the dark, come sleep:
music box tunes commence as commanded
by Father Time to prance tauntingly in years gone by 
and the daunting hours inevitably to...

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I feel Spring hesitantly, delicately, leaving subtle
telltale fingerprints on dripping icicles.
Releasing sweet scents on the wings of a breeze
Her breath fills my lungs with fresh...

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There are days like these when life patently doesn't come easy
like peas and carrots, tea and biscuits, moonshine & sun's resign,
more so resembling ill-assorted poked...

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Your kiss is so hot
Instantly scorching my lips
And tauntingly fiery 


Dawn Kilby 
Copyright ©2008  Dawn Kilby...

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Yepper-doddle, today I’ll use my own noddle.         
My prized antique frame sustained a despised bust.  ...

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I am a mongrel.

Roaming the countryside.

Feeding on fast food trash thrown from a car window and various types of carrion that has not been stripped...

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Vowels stir in the back of your mind,
yet consonants can't form a foundation.
And the page taunts with its virgin white,
changing doldrums into frustration.

Ideas trip over...

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She was dancing alone in the moonlight
with a pair of arms wrapped around her tight
she was dancing alone, with nothing in sight
as the pair of...

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A clatter in the backyard
quickly got my attention.
Curious to see what was happening
I rushed to look out my patio door
and saw a scurry of noisy...

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