Neigh say being corralled and cult shod
...Neigh say being corralled & cult shod
"Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis"
translation = thus always I
bring death to tyrants.”
Above the fray of twittering,
squabbling, and madding crowd...
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Categories:
demitasse, 12th grade, age, allusion,
Form: Free verse
She Believes In Lavender Moons
...Introduction: one of the nice aspects of having an oeuvre as a poet is the ability to see where you have changed over the years. this is such a poem where i can see the step from the eristic with a q...
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Categories:
demitasse, faith, growth, myth,
Form: Free verse
Brewed Concoctions
...aromatic and deep mahogany
decoction swirled with steam
a cupped nectar of rebirth
morning glimpses of heaven
first sip a remembrance
nuanced tincture
delicate demitasse
mmm...Mine...
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Categories:
demitasse, drink, morning,
Form: Free verse
Memories of My Mother
...My Mothers' Hutch
Finely polished, of carved wood it still stands,
With a glass gleaming door and crossed, copper bands
Inside, items treasured and truly lovely.
T...
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Categories:
demitasse, beautiful, imagery, memory, mother,
Form: List
The Nap Master
...The Nap Master
HAIL the astral world of utterance,
one befalls to eavesdrop whisperings of their sweet nothings,
breathlessly whisking up a spell of...
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Categories:
demitasse, poetry,
Form: Narrative
Nap Time
...Nap Time
In the astral world of utterance, one overhears the whispering of sweet nothings, breathlessly whisking up a spell of portioned scents that nay, nearly spilt the teacup...
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Categories:
demitasse, analogy, angel, dream, imagination,
Form: Narrative
Coffee
...Whispers at eve marry wisps of steam over red eye
And beneath the table my feet finds yours for a footsie
Where we hope God's seven eyes will not see,
No wide-eyed moon, nor the barista to pry.
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Categories:
demitasse, addiction, beauty, color, desire,
Form: Quatrain
Bonnie Belle
...Bonnie Belle was a dear charming lass
Drove a pink corvette made from fiberglass
Lived in a tiny little house next to an overpass
Precisely with a pair of scissors trimmed her grass
Figure chis...
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Categories:
demitasse, class, longing, silly, word
Form: Monorhyme
Private Drive
...Moonshine drapes
laundered white
wetting two
raw appetites
Petite niblets
morsels of feast
captured by
rocking beast
Flash of light
off window pane
Motherhood tattoo
nary a s...
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Categories:
demitasse, desire, good night, moon,
Form: Rhyme
Cold Coffee's Back In Ireland
...Cold Coffee they call him
and only a few people know
his real name, this odd fellow
who raises pigs off the coast
of Ireland and comes to town
bouncing in his horse and wagon
to buy suppli...
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Categories:
demitasse, ireland,
Form: Blank verse
Remembering
...Remembering has always been easier for me than trying to forget something that l am ashamed of.I love to remember all those lavish southern meals you laid out for everyone across the years.The holid...
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Categories:
demitasse, love,
Form: Blank verse
Free Cee Again and Never Again
...AGAIN AND NEVER AGAIN
Never again in the quite same way
That is all I choose to say
Never again in quite the same manner and means
Not with as bright a blue or such glowing greens
Never agai...
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Categories:
demitasse, angst,
Form: Monorhyme
An Afternoon With Katherine
...She said that this man, my grandfather,
held her head under the black pool water,
while up above, a German man leaned
out of his window, against the moss and brick
to scream violently: "Don't hur...
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Categories:
demitasse, family, nostalgia, people, places,
Form: Free verse