Long Confectionary Poems

_____Daddy Saved These______

It has been many moons since my 
Father passed.
Then came that day, I unearthed 
these lovely treasures Daddy had 
saved.

My very first pair of knitted
pink and white booties.
Add a first pair of soft,white
high...

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"Baroque Spring"


Viewed externally
I am the Winter House
Internally I am too too much 
I am eternal Baroque Spring

He watches his 
mirror twin 
and assigns fatal love
to the mind swing

pushing away feelings
logic surely is the burning
answer to...

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When I was called little brother, 
I smiled.
It meant I have an elder sibling.
One from whom I could learn,
To discern,
Between Light and Dark.

What about the Grey?

Only a few would about the grey; 
Enquire.
Even fewer, 
Perhaps...

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I was very young when, I first tasted it;
that sweet, milky nectar of the Gods.

One Easter morning it appeared in a basket, 
on our piano bench and it was wrapped in shiny foil; 
all colors...

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Today I walked under the canopy
of an old Maple tree,
wise in the ways of nature,
free in her advice 
to all who listen.
Politely I observed
this behemoth of wisdom,
some eighty feet in stature,
as Nature’s symphony in faint...

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Starry skies over Damascus

Like a star chart for the
bomber pilots eating
Milky Ways and lives
Chocolate in the desert
for desert in consumption

The poem could stop here
its pretty clear not pretty

Petty lives perambulating
hiding hobbling around
on what was their...

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I have reviewed my spots and inklings 
measuring each.
solidified my moment inside breach 
of cosmic tare

said farewell to sanity and all the hosts I fare
given lives I’ve liven for the ghosts 
of my regret
and yet

please...

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Curiosity concerning Careen’s covert chocolate and candy cache
causes children’s cartoon crusader Charlie a calamity!

Careen’s childminding cousin Charlie and carelessly closes her candy cupboard ...
curious Charlie’s no cherub, and can’t curb his constant candy craving

Charlie champs...

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I felt his little wrinkled nose pressing through the snow, just when I thought I was all alone, under this lovely quilt so bright. I’m tougher than I look; I can be broken. Let the...

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Well, aren’t you a sight for sore EYES 
Off the top of my HEAD its been nearly two years

Yes ,I have been keeping busy
A FINGER in every pie that’s me
It has been a bit of...

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Dance tonightl at the all girls Catholic high school.
Come on join us tonight, we are all looking cool,

New leather saddle shoes, bright, white ankle socks.
Hair high in a pony tails with satin ribbons, we were...

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She flees the marriage bed so many nights
to satisfy base urges while he sleeps.
Apparently, he doesn't know she fights
voracious appetites and often keeps
a rendezvous with kitchen's sweet delights.

Tonight her giant slab of mocha cake
is covered...

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In my dreams I'd like to journey back
To that little town of our youth,
To see if my sweet memories
Are founded on the truth.

If it's true skies were ever blue
And honeyed days forever bright.
The moon was...

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It’s true, the afternoon is young;
I’ll make a bet:
Before the sun has set,
Strawberries will have sprung
From underneath your tongue.

Delectable, yes, tres delish
You won’t forget: 
Exceeded, not just met,
Beyond your wildest wish,
A creamy berry dish.

The finest,...

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I must confess


I love to watch myself dance in the mirror
The curves melt into the shadows
In the mood Talib Kweli’s Eardrum piercing
Glen Miller big band trumpets, 
Bangles jingling against my satin smooth velvet
Golden skin That...

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WIFE’S DAY

Will guys still be flocking
down to the supermarket
with gloved hands and a mask
hair astrew, wild eyes
the surprise that it’s wife’s day
I mean mother’s day today

Will he shake the box of Russel Stovers
longing to pinch
each...

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*A Confectionary Daughter*

Slice by slice
Gesture by gesture
Passing out sweetness in the halls of her school

Sending out love telegrams in the way of her confectionary love
She is a rare kind of daughter
She never goes hungry
Nor does...

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Writing beautifully is a unique art,
It requires a powerful imagination.
You can write with tender delicacy or,
You can write with an exclamation.

You can be descriptive, exploratory, and persuasive, 
Or a narrative fictional poet.
And you can write...

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Aerial dribs and drabs, a sidewalk canvas
As a toddler chases bubbles her mother blows
       from confectionary soap,
Fluttering fluidity in spring air

Child's laugh, a mosaic of innocence, discovery and glee
Her...

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When all this world in fear and darkness walks, 
I turn off TV or radio and will not by negativity be stalked.
I control what flows into my soul and mind.
And abhor the cruelness I hear,...

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1 cups of strawberries
1 cup of raspberries
1 packet of cherry Kool-Aid
5 Tablespoons of Amaretto
1/2 cup of sugar
mix well and set aside.....

1 cup of soft goat cheese (milk)
1 cup of cream cheese
1/2 cup of toasted almonds
1/2...

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Ralph is the most creative quintessential wizard in Jackson County.
A born alchemist, he spins gold out of a variety of fur and bounty.
His laboratory is not open to the public, but he is related to...

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THEY RECONFIGURED THE FORMULA
BY MAKING IT MORE FOR A TARGETED AUDEINCE.
TARTNESS AND SWEETNESS GO HAND AND HAND.
SOME PEOLE LIKE THEIR SWEETS THAT WAY.

1/2 CUP OF STRAWBERRY LIQUER
1 AND ONE HALF CUPS OF SUGAR
/3 CUP OF...

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Three Wise Monkeys
                   
Many years ago when I was a child, I remember my
Brother going to the...

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Lollipop Day (July 20, 2015)
There is a day for everything; 
	there’s little that gets by. 
We keep a month for breakfast prunes; 
	a day for pumpkin pie. 

Homemade soup can have its day
	and pickles get...

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