Girlfriend Innocence Poems

Poetry is my mistress 
I write everything in her name. 
If you’ve not heard from me in a while 
It is poetry to whom you...

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In the winter of my years, stands my barren tree
Its leaves stripped by autumnal winds
Against hope, it had one life left to give
I blew a...

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A cute girl fell for me named 'Cookie'
Who asked me to play this game, 'Nookie'
  She nuzzled up to me
  Which caused me...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Sappho, fragment 155
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

A short transparent frock?
It's just my luck
your lips were made to mock!

NOTE: This is a translation/interpretation of an...

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The Heart
 
The mushy, soft heart
Clings to the spell of charm, why?
It sees not truth, lies 



Marckincia Jean
Senryu 
10/01/19...

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Weighty is the charm in its fulsome
Irresistibly well and wholesome
Never short of radiance so fearsome
Soft, sweet and gentle, all is her sum
Of this rare beauty,...

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An Old Timer's Advice To Rash Young Lads

When youthful ardor flows like raging flood,
temptation's ills are waiting in the blood.
Even with painful lessons in the...

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I’m just a boy, yes, I’m a free boy
Thinking of a lovely girl today…
Walking down the road with joy
The road of no-shame my way

The sun...

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From nine hours on call
In a day to
Waiting for a single reply
I learned to survive alone

I still remember how it all started
I still remember that...

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Note to Readers of Previous Versions:
There are so many new vignettes scattered throughout the poem that I hope you will reread the whole thing! There...

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Dinna of Denmark
 you were my darling
Walking in your well worn sandals
Down the dirty Via Dolorosa

Clutching your stuffed Lion Toy
Swinging your bag
 brimful
 with secrets...

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The first time you loved a girl, 
her hair was the gold rosary from your Polish grandmother. 
Her blue eyes were reflected in the stained...

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I sat there staring at the screen, dimly lit.
I read the words you sent and started feeling sick.
I was doubling over in pain and disgust,
And...

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Her Peerless Immaculate Incandescent Eyes


I stare endlessly into her peerless immaculate incandescent eyes,
That caught me by surprise,
That set my heart
Very far apart,
I become phased, when...

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