Intoxicant Poems

Premium MemberHe’s Smooth-I’m Breathless

...And it’s just like the ocean under the moon
Oh, it’s the same as the emotion I get from you
You’ve got the kind of lov’n that can be so smooth, yeah
—Itaal Shur, Robert Thomas

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Categories: intoxicant, nostalgia, sexy, song,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberIntoxicant - Apr 12

...Love sends a signal (so intangible)
through time removed and space—more faraway
than high heavens, sun, spark of moody day
when Night her might has made immoveable. 

The bold heart beats, but s...
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Categories: intoxicant, break up, deep, loss,
Form: Italian Sonnet


Premium MemberColonisation

...Bombarded by myriads of daily data without cease,
I suggest a forthright discourse on this topic,
carousel of trend and sound adherence  merely looming?
some unwitting sentiment  an aspirational d...
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Categories: intoxicant, august, courage, deep, freedom,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberBuddha Meets Santa

...Santa sailed upon his sleigh
and came upon Buddha one day,
greeting him with a cry.

Saying, I'm bringing toys
to good girls and boys,
as on this toboggan I fly.

Yep, I'm a plump, jolly fair...
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Categories: intoxicant, christmas, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberWrap your Cerebrum around this One

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     Is Proximate to Intoxicant ~ as Protestant is to Contestant 
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Categories: intoxicant, fun, word play,
Form: I do not know?


My Epitaph Writ Large

...My epitaph writ large...
courtesy third person singular.

Mise en scène pour décès
pardon his feeble attempt at French,
a unilingual English language
quibbling, and scribbling mensch
strongly ...
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Categories: intoxicant, absence, adventure, bereavement, blessing,
Form: Rhyme

Kiss From Rose

...She gave me a heartfelt glance.
I melted at the sight of her.
An antidote to my calm
Anxiety flowed through
As sweat oozes from my skin

Like an addiction, I kept wanting more.
Lost in thought...
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Categories: intoxicant, love,
Form: Free verse

Beautiful Woman

...beautiful woman 
is a full course meal
an appetizer
a cupcake encasing a bullet
sweet course pie with a deadly desert
served on a golden platter 

she is an intoxicant
a red fine wine
spiky ...
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Categories: intoxicant, beautiful,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberInfinite

...Faith in a world infinite,
Where no one alive has ever set foot,
Whether real or illusory,
Makes death less scary,
And leaves life not dreary.

It is like a leap into the unknown,
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Categories: intoxicant, heaven, inspiration, mystery,
Form: Free verse

The Perhaps Pursuit

...Excuse me ,,,,,,,yes,
green-eyes and uninterested.
I saw you again last night,
this time shmoozing with gallery clic trendies.
We have met many places,
the places I haunt.
I've witnessed you am...
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Categories: intoxicant, angst, longing,
Form: Free verse

Revelation

...The veil left unsuspended,
Leaving the shiny brights suppressed,
Mockery filled the ones molested, 
Any attempt will be streisanded

More, I need more! MORE!

A hole left unblocked,
Beneath m...
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Categories: intoxicant, addiction, corruption, depression, discrimination,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberIntoxicant, You

...satiation ...
you melt, caramel
slip down my throat like honey
i swallow the taste, you
wait my sugar rush
imbibe again

drown
in poison...
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Categories: intoxicant, appreciation, love, metaphor, passion,
Form: Free verse

A Disciple's Desire

...A Disciple’s Desire

Sight is one way of knowing.
Let me see,
and I shall be a seer.

Hearing is one way of knowing.
Let me hear,
and I shall be deaf no longer.

Taste is one way of knowing...
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Categories: intoxicant, longing, love,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberSpring Flowers

...Gifts of love grace Spring cabins' still-shivering mantle

   Intoxicant scents wafted into every corner -- covenantal

Luscious colors allure tempt Hope in dreamer's hearts

   ~ 'Till faded p...
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Categories: intoxicant, beauty, flower, hope,
Form: Rubai

Premium MemberTurning Into

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The wheels are turning
But I don't know what I'm turning into

Every dream I have
Is a dream of a dream of another dream

I paint philosophy
Over golden radiant skies

I erect pristine...
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Categories: intoxicant, change, confidence, growth, hope,
Form: Free verse

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