Lost Charm Poems

Written: June 26, 2023
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You, lovely! How you have matured!
A vision of grace, so enchanting and so manured
But alas, Pretty moved out and vanished from sight.
And...

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Frosty Nights, Warm Hearts: The Allure of Four Cafes in the North

The night was frigid and desolate as I stood by the window of my...

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A leprechaun lost his charm
Which set off a big alarm
So, he tried to fix
His shillelagh stick
And hopes it brings him no harm...

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I’m going  to send you 
back to charm school;
Apparently you lost your manners;  
Here, then in a flash you’re gone;
   ...

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I used to see you in the mirror of sky,
       Where's the Luna and twinkling stars moves at night.

...

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Somenoe's Charm Bracelet
Carelessly tossed into auction box 
Gathered by one who gathers ideas from all places 

Once owned by someone who selected each piece carefully
Who...

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LOST IN TRANSLATION


‘May you live in interesting times,’
You might find it strange, could it mean crimes?

Does it make sense, that this is a curse,
How awful,...

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second time a charm
   and a while between visits —
      i was her out-of-towner grand.

sweet Grandma, even
 ...

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I hear them play our song
As I hear it I want to sing along
The melody so easy to defend
The words a familiar friend

The time was...

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across my bed
I drape
a vintage
handmade quilt
sewn with precision
and loving care
it keeps me warm
it keeps me safe
as if
at night
still in the arms
of my sweet grand-mother
as if
at...

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Mistress Lana thinks she is
my Central Committee guru
sends her greetings to the downtrodden masses
she's downtrod a bit of real estate in her day
ground under her...

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the footing on the flanks of the Hill of Beans
was worse than he had sussed
that drizzling pale morning
when the Sun was lowest
but beans be damned
and...

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your first observation must be
I seem to be persisting LOL
it is easy to be dangerous these days
but deeper still is less a guess
than it was...

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part 25

there is enough pretense to deal with
when the future delivers
disappointment after disappointment
and the roles you play become stale
and you cling to the trend in...

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12/12/16


Another day and night, involving the moon and sun

Crimes committed where the perpetrator(s) did or didn't use some gloves

In places where there is either room...

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