Dozes Poems

MURKY NIGHT

...It's the slumber and sleep where men go so far
Carrying the bravery of walking through fire 
On burning feet never to surrender:
Insomnia stares at me in the dark 
With black steamy eyes that sca...

Sea of Roses

...
We walked through the sea-glass garden of roses,
where the sleeping flame of a celestial beast dozes.
We need not run, nor hide in fear,
even though we knew he was near.

We’ve known h...

Royal Ocelot Island

...

    Raft branch buoyed in canopy crossroad 
    Ocelot pillow paws rail rainforest rotunda 
    Yataghan claws trail trunk, track cathode
    Assailant arouse pounces, stiff tail rudder
    L...

A Golden Kiss

...I Form - Imagism 9-18-24 6-20 lines
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A Golden Kiss

Summer bows out and leaves a golden kiss
 Maize dozes in mellow aster afternoons
 Orange glow...

What the Mind's Eye Sees

...Letters congeal, to words.
Words anneal to sentences,
which tell a story,
painted as images,
imagined in the mind's eye,
trying to emulate what
the eye sees briefly,
on the see-saw.

A glint...

Hearts

...Hearts are shaped in kitten noses,
strawberries, and sunny dozes.
There’s heart and soul in smiling, too,
so celebrate the sweetest you!
...

Dicing with Death

...“Death, life’s old nemesis, comes unbidden.”
                                            ~ Quote by poet


It was a soft knock barely discernible 
                                      ...

Champagne Magic

...There are those who
Are after red roses 
that’s what appeals to their noses
Though violets are blue
 they just will not do 
Give her champagne 
and she dozes
Because candy is dandy
 flowers t...

Forest Worms

...See them crawling out of the mound walking in a straight line, one set is going to East, the other to the West, carrying little particles of food in their mouth and moving  with rapid speed.  

The...

In the Later Winter

...night and wine
in the glass

near the evening
heart beats fast
head moves slowly
body dozes moderately

five windows
comes closer
each other

snowing building scattering
winds in the for...

Spring Beauty and the Beast

...Spring Beauty and the Beast 

Tenderly Spring sends harbingers of beauty,
Knights errant of crocus and snowdrops,
To warm winter’s shopworn heart
And soothe his brittle bones of barren boughs
W...

Almost a Short Walk

...If I were not so fat
I could squirm under the wire fence,
and resting for a moment
while leaning on the parked silver Mercedes
which is always there and never seems to move
I proceed.

Further...

Being a Man

...I'm learning to be a man from my brother
Since I'm flying under his wing
As he shows me how to flap my own
Before I can go solo from here on 

I see how forgetful he gets at times
It's cause he...

Autumn Eventide

...autumn eventide

drowsy autumn yawns
 early darkness stunts her days ~
  twilight mellow haze

cool evening dozes
 autumn savors frost in dusk ~
  scarlet afterglow

fading eventide
 croon...

Autumn Yawns

...Autumn Yawns

Autumn yawns – early darkness stunts her days
Eventide wrapped in golden umber tones
Bands of autumn hues swaddle mellow haze
Sunset sundrops sweet serenades intone.

Twilight do...

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