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Yours truly embarks on wild goose chase after elusive pot of gold

...Yours truly embarks on wild goose chase after elusive pot of gold

alternately titled: incorrigible lottery dreamer
big plans to relocate self and spouse
to some tropical island paradise
by the ...

Categories: lagniappe, adventure, angel, appreciation, blessing,
Form: Rhyme

Lagniappe Of Expression

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Evocative lines bring tears to the eyes.
Plethora of metaphors makes men think.
Emollient words soothe someone in his cries.
Furtive reading lets not mind quit and blink.
As the brain broods ...

Categories: lagniappe, confidence, happiness, poems,
Form: Ottava rima

Beatitude

...Written: October 22, 2023 For Dilly Dally Tritina Contest
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Blooms swell akin to cynosure elixir
Emollient radiance scatteri...

Categories: lagniappe, analogy, appreciation, beauty, wisdom,
Form: Tritina

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Lagniappe

...Written B:  D. Collins 7/25/23



When it comes down to it, I like Lagniappe with mine.
A little something extra as hot as...

Categories: lagniappe, romance,
Form: Crown of Sonnets

Lovelorn

...Could it be the state of tranquility 
Despite the times they are being loquacious
Or this event of serendipity
For meeting this person quite so gracious

Is it his presence is a sweet lagniappe
...

Categories: lagniappe, best friend, emotions, feelings,
Form: Rhyme

Lagniappe

...Lagniappe 
 
Wide plantation shutters open 
  With the laziness of 
 	Summered streams 
To blink against the shimmering reflections 
 Of brilliant midday 
   Dancing on the cobblestones, 
  	...

Categories: lagniappe, french, friendship, relationship, sister,
Form: Free verse

This Poor Manz Pipe Dream

...This Poor Man's Pipe Dream

no..no...no...DONT GET CLOSE
cuz, yea...yea...
     yea...I suppose
emailing would be
     the safest lagniappe bet,
     where nill expose
sure would moost
     ...

Categories: lagniappe, adventure, dream, fate, happiness,
Form: Imagism

Reporters Who Risk Life and Limb

......To Save Strays Deserve Lagniappe

Ruff lee, e'er since
     aye waz za lil whippersnapper
     watt wit dis awful temper, yet
     obedient to a pooch loving Aleut
til present moment, Asian ...

Categories: lagniappe, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse

Romance Beyond the Seas

...Lagniappe was received
As proof of incipient
Love that conflates with 
The azure offing as the
Cynosure of sea romance











3-13-2016...

Categories: lagniappe, love,
Form: Tanka

Ode To the Rainbow

...Like after a dalliance,
my heart bleeds when
your ephemeral stay
comes to an end.
You are the cynosure
of all eyes.
Your multi-colours as soothing
as an embro...

Categories: lagniappe, art, beautiful,
Form: Ode

Puttering In the Mind

...Today I thought of thought itself,
of all its joys and failings
to be sure, but mostly of the
wonder that they take me to,
the countless things that open
to my sight in ways that I had
never se...

Categories: lagniappe, allusion,
Form: Free verse

Lagniappe

...In a corner of the town, stands a building of antiques.
Not an ordinary building but one that percepts the imagination;
sense datum begins and a scene takes place.

I am transpose to my great grandmo...

Categories: lagniappe, character, child, city, friendship,
Form: Free verse

Haricot From Baton Rouge

...(Aieee! We Gon’ Pass A Good Time Yeah Cher …Enjoy et Laisez les bons temps rouler)


Haricot was tall and quite lean
In English they would call him String Bean
Haricot would often travel down th...

Categories: lagniappe, family, food, friendship, happiness,
Form: Free verse