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Bon Vivant Poems - Poems about Bon Vivant

Premium Member Scorpion Sybarite
... Dark angel baring broken wing, you’re the crier at night, days scorpion’s sting Sybarite bon vivant emersed in ri......

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Categories: bon vivant, angel, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
BON VIVANT FANTASTIC TOUR
... In those streets of buildings by Frank Lloyd and Corbusier I dreamed of my dry landscape... In those temples of sumptuous mystery, I dreamed of the ......

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Categories: bon vivant, allusion, analogy, creation, fantasy,
Form: Free verse



Harriet Harris nee Kuritsky
...Harriet Harris née Kuritsky... Despite being a nineteen year old bride she wed Boyce Brandon Harris half a decade her senior, (where I ranked less than a twinkle in their eyes) during the mont......

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Categories: bon vivant, america, anniversary, celebration, death,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Beetlejuice Past Your Eyes
... "The Beetlejuice Past Your Eyes" “Well, where would you suggest I commence? Should we begin with the concept of pasteurize?” This said to the earnest listener, who views the prot......

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Categories: bon vivant, dark, light, muse,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Rapture
...Candid and fully exposed as the theatre’s light dims She stands poised, dauntless disciplined and statuesque A stance both stalwart and defiant yet supple are her limbs Mango hued flower, sh......

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Categories: bon vivant, romantic,
Form: Quatrain



Harriet Harris nee Kuritsky circa November 13th
...Harriet Harris née Kuritsky circa November 13th, 1935 - ~ May 4th, 2005 (untimely death sentence ordained ~ early February 1935) I trot out a poem acknowledging birthday of dear ole mom, who s......

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Categories: bon vivant, absence, age, america, anniversary,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Survival
...Lisa and I finally tested covid-free! When we saw our results, we began an impromptu dance that felt like levitation. Although my covid case seemed much milder, Lisa’s been nothing but supportive.......

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Categories: bon vivant, celebration, emotions, freedom, friendship,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Overflow Infliction
... Unswallowed lumps of lobster immodest Crustacean returns to pincers persimmon Waitress whisk indiscernible clears linen Custom of one equates her eight hour day H......

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Categories: bon vivant, bullying, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Thirty Years Hence
...When she gave birth to you, your mom lay resting in her bed and wondered what you would be like three decades up ahead. She thought you might decide to be a monk withdrawn from life. You'd p......

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Categories: bon vivant, birth, birthday, career, destiny,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Tale of Dark Angels
... Expectations high did not pan out Knight in shining armor not what you thought ......

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Categories: bon vivant, angel, anger, angst, character,
Form: Metrical Tale
Harriet Harris Circa November 13th, 1935 - May 4th, 2005
...Harriet Harris circa November 13th, 1935 - ~ May 4th, 2005 untimely death sentence ordained approximately six months prior to mother dearest celebrating her seventieth birthday, though the ......

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Categories: bon vivant, absence, age, anniversary, birthday,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Vincent and Paul
...It’s fall of 1888, the south of France, In the verdant fields of Arles, Two artists shared a single dream, And so began their quarrel. Vincent paved the way for Paul With bold sunflower sprays. ......

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Categories: bon vivant, allegory, art,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member Should the Levee Ever Break, Act 1, Scene 3, Part 4
...Steve: This sounds like the traditional Hindu caste system. I get it; all that Kama Sutra stuff. John: You mean Kama Sutra IPA? It’s a local brew. Not bad. Steve: Douche bag say wha? John: W......

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Categories: bon vivant, allegory, society,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Left Him In Germany
...Benny was a high living’ bon vivant Who ran around with his crazy old aunt They traveled many countries afar Playing Spanish flamenco guitar Until she married a man named Ben Brandt written Se......

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Categories: bon vivant, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Resignation
...Little did I realise when I swung Into the car park at Calder Glen That by the end of that week in August 2009 My days of teaching would be over. It all began so well Meeting an old colleague ......

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Categories: bon vivant, age, analogy, confidence, farewell,
Form: Free verse

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