You
are my
dark, smooth and
richly flavored
double-espresso.
You’re the deliciousness
in my cup that always I’ll
wish to drink up. You also are
a double scoop of yummy ice cream.
So luscious are you – my chocolate dream.
You greet me with such delight you are like
a double door – the passageway for
me is is open wide, filled with light.
Your generous heart is a
double bed that gives me
my space! You could be
double trouble;
that would be
fine by
me.
Stark
Small spark.
Flames ignite.
Fire now burns bright.
Smoke choking the air.
Breeze fans blaze, everywhere.
Soaring temperatures pall.
Crackling as branches snap and fall.
Animals whimper, they watch it grow.
Smoke billows, acrid smell, this inferno.
Blinding smoke, darkened sky, see it billow.
Crimson hot flames reach skyward, they glow.
Conditions, make it hard to breathe.
Blazing trees will wilt and seethe.
Moving flames on the run.
They’re blocking the sun.
Fear on the road
All hopes slowed.
Tears flow.
Woe.
Trust No One
The doors of their house are always open
Loved ones are welcome to enjoy their
Hospitality and comfort
Some looted their golden hearts
Swiped off their large assets
Shock lingered for years
Vanquished by own
Strength and smiles
Revived
But
TRUST
No one
They befriend
Their grip is tight
No more tug of wars
Their tender hands are scorched
Cannot hold the glass of love
To the traffickers entering
Their mended walls as they are not fools
Now the doors of their heart can't be broken
October 7, 2015
Contest: Lessons Learnt In Life -Double Etheree
Sponsor: Silent One
^_^
Light,
laughter
they mingle
with wit and charm...
A beautiful soul
who wields a gifted pen,
touching each heart with her words
written with a warrior's spirit,
taking on any challenge with grace
She is Andrea, Word Warrior, my friend
There is never a dull moment with her
each visit to the Soup, a delight
Her comments always make me smile,
inspiring me to write gems
She's a kindred spirit
Someone I can trust
Sweet, caring, true
Andrea
my friend:
HUGS
^_^
***July 2, 2010 I consider Andrea Dietrich
to be one of my Diamonds found here at the Soup :)
inspired by Adeleke's praise your Poetry Soup Pal :)
Thank you dearest Andrea for being such a wonderful Friend :D
THREE CORNERED HAT (double Ethereee)
This
Being
A human
All the contrast?
From Saint to Devil?
I fight it every day
Think about it in my sleep
Awake to such good intentions
Before noon I have changed my colors
I must go along with the middle ground
Wavering wavering between Love and________
I dare not think the alternative
Yet in consciousness it does rest
Listen to the Still Small Voice
Always urging guiding
“LOVE – the only TRUTH”
Seek inner peace”
OH! BE STILL!
LIVE NOW!
LIFE!
AFTERNOON WHISPERINGS (double Etheree)
Woods
Deep dark
But just see
An open spot
A verdant clearing
Where I spread my blanket
Run my hands through wild clover
Settle down my head in the clouds
Billowing but sparse and distant
A rustle in the forest brings me round
Sun
Through trees
Warm drifting
Just sniff the air
Sense the tiny flakes
Particles are unseen
Except in afternoon sun
That thing of mind goes whispering
Breathing summer secrets in my ear
“You are never alone
never alone”
Miss N.Y.C.
Double Etheree
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
-----No
-romance,
-----promoting
her deep longing,
--------------sexuality.
-----------Only casually.
--Occasionally, my creep.
------I am her vanilla creamer,
blended well with her cappuccino
-----influence, sweet, stirred by my ********!
------------Mayor of my world, sole candidate
---in this election. Love injected.
--------Definition of perfection.
her body recites a verse,
softly singing to me.
-----Lovely poetry,
------stimulating
---- melody.
romance?
NO!!!!
Jared Pickett
10/5/09
Asavvy1
There's
Something
About our
drinking and our
shower water in this country of ours
And that is that it just plainly and does
Really suck all
The frigging
Fracking
Time {LOL}
Time For Better H20
In this country
A
Brilliance
Is not all
About the grades
Of A, B, C, D
Given, by school masters
From the many, many years
Of burning ones thick eyelids, but
It’s being weighed, on how one sees life
The beauty…...the reason…....his existence
Those who look back is not fit, for the throne
Renewing one’s life, is the best thing
To be considered as brilliant;
For it is an achievement,
Worthy, of weighing it;
It’s the Father’s will,
Not only, by
Getting a
Triple
A
Life
fading
cascading
each breath I take
closer steps I make
into the lonely grave
my eternal haunting cave
punished, being the devil's slave
only the good die young and ascend
so therefore I shall be bad to the end
thinking of the crazy times I have had
painful reflections that leave me sad
too late to contemplate a change
learnt behavior seems so strange
past generations taught
the wisdom I sought
but did not heed
now I need
new breath
death....
sweet
precious
melodies
from her fingers
dancing across keys
of black, white ivory
oblivious to the crowd
and their continued applauding
long after the concert has ended
sadness, for her nightmares return again
music is the addiction of her choice
a sense of peace and tranquility
resonate from within each key
flowing emotions suppress
raging rivers inside
as her fingers glide
across the keys
playing life
a song
hers
The poetry form, Etheree, consists of 10 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
syllables. Etheree can
also be reversed and written 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
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