Long Belladonna Poems

"The Call of the Grimoire" 


when Exalibur was retrieved 

from the rock, then foolishly 
and irretrievably lost 
in that dreadful battle most worthless

the imps encouraged 
the once good Poesie folk 
to jeer and throw pebbles

the...

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foisted upon her was the merry go round crystal chandelier

it stuck in her beautiful mind like a beacon of flaming desire

of clouds fried by a cuckoo with an indestructible socket

her eyes wide upon pupils dilated...

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“In the time when the heart beat slows” 

In the time when 
the heart beat slows
I close my eyes 
and meet you there
that place of aether
the either or,
the conversation 
takes a turn,
all the trees holding
creatures...

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Regretting Cake Takes Two

Rachael looked sheepishly like a hawk in disguise claws clenched meticulous sharpened
yet hidden her sullen face pressing wrinkled no motion frosted lips the icing on the cake
It had meant to be such...

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She's a rhapsodic tale of might
beyond falu dynamics sailing
through heartbreak's stormy
strikes and Lupus fight. 
In an exchange of blows with 
darkness, she steams in granite, 
kindness gleams in a tempo of battles.

A legend true, her...

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My faithful quill recumbent
Motionless
Stark against the virgin parchment posed upon my desk
The peeping moon breaks through grimy windows
Mocking me as the mantel clock chimes the cheerless Midnight
Another day laid to waste
The poet’s canvas unblemished
Harmonizing with...

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sweet fragrance of perfume

          pheromones on satin sheets

                  ...

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Moon flower

You lay on white cotton sheets with the hospital logo imprinted
on the cloth and on the fabric of your life talcum powder for
your bed sores anorexic washed out gastric spittle dribbling
from ulcerous mouth facing...

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Her Cheekbones, smooth as  pebbles 
Grasped tightly in his sexed up hand, sweating indelicately
Resembling that night the thoughts between the sheets were conceived
Weighing like soaked white carpets
Beneath flea market stands
She Is Beautiful, she is...

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I'm standing in the dark 
I've gotten use to not being seen 
I wonder if you hear me screaming your name 
Or if you notice that I'm slowly disappearing 
When it comes to you I...

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12/17/20
"Prima Nocta"

No matter how hard I think
Still can't find the missing link

All night long I drink
I'm on the brink

No, I don't need a shrink
Or to consume more zinc
Trying to stay awake but continuing to blink

It...

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grandma had always been a magical offspring of nature

collected herbs images mushrooms psychedelic support

tattoo in her mind rebellion independence and freedom

mescal beans at stakes looking like witches’ broomsticks

cultivated night shade a belladonna of sorts in...

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“Chameleons”

Chameleons
many shades 
of blue 

pretty beautiful
things given time
change their colours

not so 
delphinium
belladonna blue

Blue sky 
hypnotises
blooms 

face to the sun 
smiling to
wave Apollo in 

subtle fragrance 
the wanting need 
to get closer

around their 
feet, circling geckos
5...

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Hey Miss Stranger... May I sit next to you? 
I wonder what time is it. But I don't mind getting late. Just to be with you. 
Do I smell bad? Am I weird... My face...

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How much pain of seasons in purgatory 
  will I continue to abide? 
emotive in limbo, static preserve 
  in cyclones of black formaldehyde. 
Frozen stiff in warping rifts of time, 
 ...

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Lily bloom
   opening wide eyed and colorful collide
        in the sun of mid afternoon.
Bouquet blends abound 
   and hues relayed in the colors found;
...

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recklessly chaotic surrender
 midway untrained assimilating
thought patterns struck by twilit
    idiosyncratic contractions'
 irrational heart dotted i's 
   of contradictory falsities, 

pushing past buttoned loops
 orchestrating emotional surges
  coasting sideways...

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grandma bare bosomed and barely covered by frayed crocheted pants
looked like a mixture of parakeet and paragon in a fairy tale’s garment
under cover of darkness she would bare her wickedness and emotions
a mocking bird with...

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Beauty bows and surrenders at her bare feet,
The gold glitters jealous of her glowing skin,
Her bright eyes light embers of passion within,
             ...

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There’s trouble in the forest
Where the wolf pups play

In between the trees
Down in the holes with the predator’s prey

Brews mischief mixed with magic
Brewing for days

Vindictive little fluffs hiding in their holes
Biding their time while pups...

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Blood
crimson
not called by
any other 
name

Bud 
perfect 
crown petal
Donald's girlfriend
bold 

Gold
sun rise
Mary's joy
orange sun sets
red

Moth
and queen
corsages
colorful blooms
large

She
naked
lilies kin
belladonna
pink 

Blue
purple
red and white
sun worshipers
pig

Quaint 
fancy 
velvet tufts
ostensible 
face

Liz
easy
popular
multicolored
shade

Dull
deadly 
poisonous
insipid bush 
fruit 

Snap
charming
all colors 
incandescent 
spikes

Dawn
fragrant
vine climbing
red, blue, purple
tall

Wax...

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Were you offered an adventure 
past the gateway to the lake 
for a share of golden treasure? 
What decision did you make? 

Were you captured by some hungry Trolls 
while spying all alone? 
Did the...

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As the blushing embers
of loves' magma begins
to flow.
The tenderness of each 
petal of rose
elicits passions
within us, that grow. . . 
like gaian gardens on Mars. . .
a silhouette crimson,
of falling stars.

As dew-lit morning glories emit
the...

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Good night, old friend.
Hush and sleep.
I’m here as long as we can pretend.
Even after you leave.

If pain is a gateway to the soul,
then my dreams deem your words the key to such a portal
I just...

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