Bitters Poems

Symbols for the Ancients and Us

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        Shecht and eat the Paschal lamb
        Destroy the ‘no-gods’ of Canaan and Ham
    
        Break the middle matzo, hide half away
        Harbinger of a now-hidden day

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Love Drifts

...Brackish nerves languish and latch 
like seashells clinging to the shore—
something in the water pulls them in…
some fervor from something 
Familiar and Ancient.

I’ve seen your eyes before… 
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Smile Awhile

...smile 
exhale bitters and vile
bile...

Stations

...STATIONS

Hark! Oh, Angels, where art Thou?!
'Tis here that thou art needest now!
Before Him does the burden lie
To bear the Cross to Calvary!

While crowds all gather, He is not alone
Though...

Brawny Ale

...A frothy crown, pale as the whites 
Of eyes widened with fascination,
Perched on a robust body, deep as molasses.
Brooding; concealing a warm rapport.
But still so condescending, its stout postur...

Small sips sound sane

...Best bitters; black bar beer,
Brewed brown but ~
bottled blue.

Drunk dirty; delays drag,
During dark ~
dreadful days.

Though taken through tough times,
Thoughts turn to ~
tingling taste.
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My Special Poet

...Ambition in its prime dwells within over time —poet

My special poet…
is one who gets their point across
without agendas or alliterations of a bitter boss
No need for perfect literates ...

The Word of God: In Mom's Desk Top Drawer

...Ark of laughter far from sea amid earth
Hair be it long or short power still stays
Mite of two, widows, others measure worth
Bitters Holiness Hunger forty days

We are born to this l...

Sweet Bitters

...Burnt tangerines create sweet bitters;
Current temperature? I’m coasting;
Sunburnt skin eventually heals,
weren’t you flabbergasted I’m thriving!

Resilience starts within your spirit,
persever...

SPHINX STONE

... 
I am Sphinx Stone, Sun stationed statue
silent sculptured synoptic, not marble or 
granite nor black tourmaline or crystal 
timelines cutting cross my magnetic 
magenta miracle to...

Cookies and Cream

...I love you better 
than Cookies and Cream,
my lifelong favorite

more than seas playing footsies
with shore clams
in cuddly tropical sands

The warmth of enticing Caribbean 
soothing waters
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Cadets Dress Ship

...The tweet on the pipe called the muster fall-in
The cadets all fell in with nary a din
For now they’d be grouped for “Hands to Cleanship”
To dress up the ship afore the Old Man's pip-pip

Well-t...

Dublin Night

...It’s 1:30am and we were at a cute little dance club in Dublin called “The Sugar Club.” It’s a converted movie theater with tables in stadium seating rows. That night was Salsa themed, and the regular...

G L Trestrail and Co Ltd

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A rising sun in the east does appear
  from St. Augustine to St. Clair,
to loose me from sleep’s tranquil hold
  and dreams of serendipities of old -
to rise again the boy I was long ago
 ...

A New Mythology

...There is a new mythology emerging, 
Howling from the hind end of the pack, 
Scorching the composted leavings 
Of established orthodoxy as a pillar of flame 
Showing the way for true rock & roller...

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