Best Threatens Poems

There is a greasy odor in the air

At the window
across the room

the diaphanous wings of a fly

peal off accompaniment,
--a staccato--contradictory notes

to the stretched rays of a dying afternoon sun

falling  on the face of my otherwise muse

And in her countenance
all I can see
is the potential...

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Promote my Charles to the next class.
I know The Idiot did not pass.
Yet, I’d tell ears you have to,
Whether to it or not prone to…

Hundred percent sure you need it,
No need digging collective pit:
Your school from head to toe Private;
Rather few of your staff Graduate
Among...

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She threatens demons
   with her imposing chocolate eyes
   puffy rose lips
   a dance of her hand
She commands shadows to turn to pearl
   her honey hair long and rich
   flecks of light
Tames imaginations
   dwelling...

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Pay attention to your inner voice, fight or flight will be your choice!...

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Haiku of this storm

(2/10/21, for Jim)

 February ice fear
forecasts no motion —
a tear starts its fall


pup’s eyes plead
with her legs splayed — 
deck wood freezes worst


wintry front
pushing through outside
my winter body lullaby


poems come
invading sleep
my tongue forgets how to speak


snow clouds break
deafening silence 
my sighs echo

all...

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