Best Xeric Poems

Stiff, stifling, arid air: snakes, lizards, sand,
and cactus. Scorched red rocks and baking skin.
My canteen empty in a barren land -
my romance landscape till first love walked in.
One summer evening under moon's cool beam,
the desert's xeric heat no longer cursed.
Lazing with friends. A pool... in...

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Allow altruistic artistry among ailing american adversaries.
Bartering begins before begging beasts break brothers.
Capture calamity controlling catastrophe calming castration.
Dedicate decisions directed down dreary deaf disillusionment.
Eradicate equality earning efficient energetic epiphany.
Follow fallen foreigners forgetting faithful flight from fluid folly.
Gasping greatness growing grapes given golden goodness.
Halt hollow hearts...

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A pple pies, that's what I want to bite.
B egging my mom: "Mommy please, please..", as I
C ome closer to her..
D ancing a little to the left and right;
E very move a way to tempt my mom
F or that sweet delicious pie..
G iving her a...

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A diverse array of flora and fauna reign majestic 
in vivid tawny imagery of shifting sand dunes 
and barren rocks-- sixteen miles
from the golden rays of western tomorrow.

Time is played out in crucial moments of emptiness
lying in solitude and intimate loneliness.
Sun-kissed miles of unshaded secrets
seeping...

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All is calm; all is
Bright on this lovely 
Christmas Eve night.
Do you see how
Easily the smiles come?
Feel the warmth that envelops you and
Glows in loved ones' eyes.
Hear the fervent joy
In celebrants' voices as they
Jubilantly sing of the infant
King who lay in a manger so
Long ago,...

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Anacreontic verse


Bacchus rose
joy purging
xeric throats
choking upon
libations
conflicted aims
dancing naked
fearlessly awash
escaping
inhibition’s
tyranny
loosing anger’s soul 
through merriment
releasing
wingless spirits
thoughtless thoughts
unfettered
voices mumbling
wine soaked praise
to numbing’s god.


10/26/2015

submitted to – Anacreontic Verse 1 – Poetry Contest
sponsor – Edward Ebbs...

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The Zweiback Warrior


Zweiback cookies – teething biscuits
Yucky, gnawed upon, gummed delights
Xeric surface absorbing wanton drool
Wielded, by the toothless cherub, in
Valiant fencing stance encumbered by
Unsteady footwork of diapered distress. 
Tongue licking the blunted sword tip
Short sticky fingers grasping the hilt 
Reeling under the self’s relentless
Quest to...

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Aghast! 

Bulimia causes dizziness, 

Eating fullfils gluttony,

Having induced jutting,

Kindly leaves me no option

Pertaining questions

Relating sickness to 

Untold visions.

Wickedly xeric,

Yearning zinc.

 
Afterwards

Battling courageous,

Downing each fill,  

Gastroenteritis has identified 

justifications kindly

Leaving meals 

No other person questions,

Relishing salads  than unusual varieties. 

Waiting  x-rated 

yummy zakuska's....

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My (bleeding) heart is filled to overflowing, 
To see any growing glad(iolus), garden glowing;
Each sun peached, (petunia) petaled delight,
Is frozen in precious moments of pure delight,
From bursting buds, to the spicy boom of blooms,
Nature is most generous with their heady fumes!
So, somewhat fluent in the...

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Antisocial anacondas don't associate in numbers;
Bears and beavers don't become the best of friends.
Civet cats catch rats, so is it any wonder
On doleful dingoes dire dilemmas do descend?
Effete elephants eschew jumping, it's ungraceful;
"Frenching" frogs will never fetch nor wart nor prince.
Beware lest grim gaboons give...

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To hell harbinger, niggling winsome words,
has grasped the devil's share, for menhir size
Has pencilled in his own and crossing swords-
It errant's change which seeks the high rewards.

As such they'd yammer the athiest priest
Prepare to skewer faith that's what we've done
With raffish grin, the template from...

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African art:
Beautiful beads,
Creative crowns,
Deep dances,
Eternal expressions,
Fashions… fictions,
Gorgeous gowns,
Hearty huts,
Inspiring instructions,
Justifiable jewels,
Kudos… knocks,
Lovely languages,
Melodious music,
Noble nomads,
Oaks… oasis,
Peculiar pictures,
Quiet queens;
Religion, romance;
Spirits…songs,
Terrific throngs,
Undiluted unbriddled,
Virtuous villagers,
Wisdom… words;
Xeric Xenopus,
Yoicks… yokes,
Zealous Zulus....

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Any
Big
Cat
Deserves
Everything
Fine
Going
Home
Into
Jungle
Kelp
Losing
Motion
Near
Ocean
Piers
Quietly
Running
South
Toward
Underwater
Valley’s
White
Xeric
Young
Zebras...

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Every day moves differently.
Quietly ebbing and flowing,
Under the guidance of time,
Invigorating growth even when
Neutral systems dictate cell death.
Only to show greater maturity, whether
Xeric or soggy – grow!...

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Afterglow, the way you shine, awakening delicate as early morning dew

Beautiful, always the memory of our first time

Charming, the way you blushed as I stroked your cheek

Divine, the tatse of your lips upon mine

Elegant, your style, your passion

First and always, I will remember your trembling...

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