Wild Hair Poems

Olivia offered oatmeal to her obstinate dragon Oscar Lee.
He stared at her, wondering “is she trying to kill me?”
“Do not want it,” he told her....

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FICTIONAL BIO:

The missus asked me
(hitherto known as her bozo)
just mere moments ago
to craft humorous poem to glow
nsync with the shiny nose of Rudolph
keeping syncopated metrical...

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She tosses her hair into the wind with wild abandon and hope.
Her ways wise and wonderful, power tree is as pure as Ivory soap.
I stand...

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How lucky can one man be
To have the love and friendship
Of so many sweet adorable people
Here on the Soup... male and female
It's like a love-in...

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Slick it down with wax
     It fits a crook

  Tho' it could also be 
     a...

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Every Spring there’s a battle cry 
from deep within the South;
It raises the hair of millions for miles;
Tempers rise and just continue to climb 
brushes...

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Your fingers are in my hair,
while whispering softly.
Wild, latent passion flows from a glass of wine.
*
Hands are on the body;
I tremble at your touch.
A bite...

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I once had that Afro hair you now rock, oh yes i once had it.   
Not in the 40s, not in the 50s...

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My hair has always 
had a mind of its own
Stays doing whatever
it wants whenever 
it pleases
Just never bothers to do 
any of it, at my...

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I sat in front of his mirror - 
my long locks looking askew.
It brought me significant anguish.
Atrocious means horrible in my book
and my book spelled...

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Your hair,

Wild lavender dancing in the wind,
Throwing Scents of heaven into our life,

Your Eyes,
Streams of running water,

Tears that flow across the landscape,
and across our hearts,

Your...

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I see you walkin’ in 
long hair tied up 
lookin’ like you own it 
Honey, just leave your hair down

It’s like your hiding the light...

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Homeward Bound


Land of mango and avocado 
Sweet , mild and refreshing 
Cassava bread with tea, coffee and hot cocoa 

Fresh meaty young coconut 
It’s water...

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pink
whimsical
fearless on the loose

bold
flamboyant
putting it out there

wild
free throwing 
caution to the wind



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on June 11, 2019...

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My Love

Thought tells me you are no more fair
than sunlight seen through dappled leaves,
your walk bears no more startling grace
than fawns at play in morning...

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