Long Bedeck Poems

The sun dappled patio 
     irresistibly beckoned 
     pillowed pad to bedeck 
     cement spongsbob
     square pant sized couch...

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seagulls surf the wind
my escorts home
across the waves

                  streamlined gannets
        ...

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The golden hues scatter, they age, stepping softly into the twilight,
Velvet angels of summer falling, amid leaves seeking the calm of the earth,
Gardens of grapes, unripened purple gems, with sweet blood untouched by sun,
And I,...

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In my nightly tryst upon my bed
in dreams cupids arrow takes its flight
with the chilling visions in my head
memories long ago with in the night
 
Of nights where I dwell in marbled halls
and ancient ornate...

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Once you sailed upon the dawn 
to grace the eaves of Pomona's verdant lawn,
but now in splendor you have drooped;
no longer shall you unleash torrents from your tongue.

Oh, white-hot zephyr of the morning,
How I wish...

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What kind of heaven do you shadow
there beyond your gathering cloud of mist and haze?
Just how do you define a paradise of yesterday
(and dare I toy with it and say)
when luxury begins to seem passê,
and...

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colour
attracts a
bee here and there-
but fragrance stops it in 
its tracks

over
the stubble
carrion crows-
the game-keeper heads home
for tea

August
shaded gold
becomes monsoon-
berries rot beneath the
bramble.

a drop
of water
upon  the ground-
forever lost,without
a sound

inspired by 2 sam 14:14

Kisses
and cuddles
with whispered...

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When do you want to rebel?
At dawn when the thoughts are gathering
At broad daylight when the thoughts are hiding
At dusk when they are opening the buttons of their charade
Or at night when they have forgotten...

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Rubies, sapphires, and emeralds, gems of such great worth 
Gems beyond price and beauty from the bowels of the earth
Sought for and dreamed of, fought over and even died for
When all said and done just...

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To one who’s name is written in the faint perfume upon my neck
Your hands gently tend my landscape with their caress
Each and every flower, you gracefully bedeck
In the richest warmth of your undress

You move your...

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How do I smile briefly, and turn my head,
Answer questions, make it light
When every mention fills limbs with dread
But I can’t descend to expose the fight

I’ve created a hardened, coarsened outer shell
That moved on quickly,...

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Miasma  Ripening
                by Odin Roark

The chaff of greed
Feeds the consumer-compost,
While urban disquietude
Marches in lockstep.

Decomposition rages…

Choked roads of sunbaked gridlock,
Spider...

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Christmas time
For many of us here
it's Christmas time once more
With tinsel and mistletoe
And sprigs of holly around the door
Brightly coloured fairy lights
Bedeck the Christmas tree
It makes it very special
To folk like you and me
But for...

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The Devil's Maid

The fragrant roses dare not dwell
around the fetid portal of hell
nor do gently and brightly twine
the scarlet leaves of columbine.

Gone is the beauty time betrayed
that once adorned the Devil's maid.
Dim is the fire...

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Her Eyes, Pools Of Promise Under Bright Stars

Her pillars of flame,mounds of firm delight
naked her beauty,wonderment at night
she a goddess,mankind truly desires
radiant heat,pleasures scorching fires
maiden of youth,true princess to behold
dreams of sweet memories,when one is...

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In the chapel wherein he laid
His final moments here on earth,
Mirrored image of one’s boyhood
Stands he to claim his scabbard blade,
The chance to prove his manhood.
His mother chides him of his birth
Begs her the need...

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I am jealous 
Of your waiting calls 
Is it that you now have fellas  
It seems of me, you not zealous 
Despite the recalls

Once upon a time
I am the precious jewel on thy neck
You...

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Take a leisurely stroll in the pine grove.
The time of rejuvenation has begun.
A light drizzle will do, as will a shady cove.
The whole area is revitalized by the sun.

As a string of pearls around a...

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Autumn’s palette filled with colors,
Nature puts her brush to paint.
Her one hundred box Crayolas, yellow,
Browns, reds, and oranges satiate.

Leaves and needles bedeck the trees;
They wear their finest autumn dress
Though the flowers may sadden the bees;
Not...

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FOUR SEASONS  (lanterne sequence)
May
breezes
in the trees

High summer
lightens
long

Fall
tints red
Autumn's stall

Asleep,winter
acts as
dead

QUATERNION   (free verse)

Ah, Spring come again, the
warmth, the rain, yellows and
green.Grass, winds, blossom
bright,showers of life aloud in
the sky

Then Summer, her
beauty displays.
All nature in
flower,...

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When fairy ring is formed
Fairies we just swarm
Under these colorful umbrellas
We gleefully dance with our fellas

Hopping over the wet wood 
We play hide and seek with dudes
Soaring high in the air
We roam everywhere

Katydids with crickets...

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Hallowed Eve's, shuttering fright fest
Stealthy alias proffer lest
Ghoulish mavens chicanery manifest
Dupery, duplicity your mettle to test

Your makeup, clothes carefully screen
Bedeck your mask with orange and black sheen
Your collar coif, your black hair thoughtfully preen
Flowing cape...

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Dead, dying, devoid of life, in deathbed of stones*
The trees roots twisted around each pebble and are they
groaning with the want of water, to re-incarnate living.
This forest of a tree* stands tall against life.

Yet nearby...

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NATURE’S CHAIN

a thick mist blankets the winter dawn---
                       necklaced jewels bedeck the hedge,...

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