Nostalgia Color Poems

Some Mimosa trees are still bare,
such a deep sadness they declare;
lethargy is another form of bitter sobriety...
when sorrow looms amid spectacular beauty!

Luke after school assumes...

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It burns its way out of wood
resembling a fiery rose, 
and penetrates the gloom 
with gleams and bloom.

It murmurs ceaselessly, 
its breath an autumnal aroma,
with...

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Catastrophe, no I'm not bitter
                The wind caresses my margins...

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“As long as autumn lasts, I shall not have hands, canvas and colors enough to paint the beautiful things I see.” — Vincent van Gogh

Colorful...

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My flag is not black n white with a blue streak 
My flag is not a field of white stars n scars of machine guns
My...

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even her dungeon was painted amethyst
     her husband, his unforgiving jail cell he missed...

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Steal James Dean's car
Paint it
Marlboro Red
Marina Blue
Cocaine White
Slip down and cruise the coast
Skip town on the drop of a dime
1955 Porsche 550 Spyder in the...

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As I paint a keepsake rock with my brush-style permanent markers,
I think of how the marks soon enough wash away off of my skin,
Just as...

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Chink! One quarter in the machine ...
Crank! Crank! Crank!
Gumballs tumble ...
Plunk! ... I got one! ... Open the door.
Why was it always ...
Never the color...

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intimate season abode
snow gateway
towel
sands at sundown
veranda
keep an eye out
in the roadways

I bore a portrait
because it ne'er was

keep it veiled
in the cloud
from my musings
only this
Wandering verdict
echo
unused...

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Autumnal equinox 2022 - 
Thursday, September 22
in Northern Hemisphere 9:03 PM
Eastern Daylight Time

Empyrean découpage citadel
betokens (bespeaks) autumnal arrival
nine oh three post meridian
chariot of fire emblazons...

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From silver-white to heavenly-black,
Trace her edges, her skin. 
Stroke the boundaries of the heaven she contains within. 
And if in every of your mark and...

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Cream freshly whipped up
Lime zest rests on tabletops
Sunlight streaming in...

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Now that Winter has finally passed,
let us celebrate the birth of Spring.
And laugh as butterflies ride the wind,
signaling songbirds to sweetly sing.

Spring is Nature's favorite...

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summer's golden hot
auntie's made cool lemonade
front porch nostalgia

flowers all the day
in mauve orange and yellow
playing in the yard

lemon meringue pie
and sunflowers are nodding
gilded memories...

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