Son Desire Poems

Fukuda Chiyo-ni Haiku

Fukuda Chiyo-ni (1703-1775) was a celebrated Japanese poet and painter of the Edo period, also known as Kaga no Chiyo.

CHIYO-NI POEMS ABOUT WOMEN...

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Preposterous Eros
by Michael R. Burch

“Preposterous Eros” – Patricia Falanga

Preposterous Eros shot me in
the buttocks, with a Devilish grin,
spent all my money in a rush
then left...

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The greatest thing she gave to me
Was a hug
I'm I so love her
Her best quality is the God in her
She bested my heart
Her sweet is...

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A mother lulls her son to peace
to loose his fist
and calm his arm
and sleep his chest

To make lion of his throat
turn roar his nose
and bow...

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There is an unfortunate sadness surrounding the Christmas season. 
You see a lot of anger and frustration, but remember this season has a reason.

Let us...

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Son, you’ll be 27 today
     I just wish the miles
   would go away, so I could say

  ...

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These are my modern English translations/interpretations of ancient Greek poems by the immortal Sappho of Lesbos…

With my two small arms, how can I
think to encircle...

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In the realm of learning,where wisdom finds it's way
There lies a spirit untamed,not bound by years' array
For age is but a number a label cast...

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Wants And Needs

Your heart is a porch with a barbed wire fence
Armed guards and hounds drawing lines of defense
Used to sit there with you and...

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One week passed before Polly
Called. Molly and Dolly agreed 
To change the meeting 
Location. "We'll meet at the 
Small Park near by where we 
Used...

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Tony, a cherished blessing,
Born from paper's embrace.
You are the poetry,
In my artistic space.

In the union of pen and page,
You emerged, a miracle divine.
A symphony of...

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In a place where hearts don’t mend
There were dreams that faded, never waiting
For the light to fall across their night, there bold, black
Fear, the apprehension...

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The ambulance ride only lasted
For 10 minutes.
Delilah was in Labor now
Experiencing strange labor
Sensations. They were orgasms
Dolly didn't want to admit that.
Most of both families swept...

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Are you out of your goddamn mind?
What even is a TOS at this point anyway?
Copper meets gray matter in a stellar show!
Self-inflicted; this is what...

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This sinner here --Michelle--
learned at St. Peter Chanel
there's no point to rebel
Life without God is Hell

Not just a state of mind
also an afterlife confined
to weep,...

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