Long Cosset Poems

Two and twenty springs
thick boughs and fragile twigs
hued in foilage's deep green
amidst the blossomed serene

pods burst,floated in wind,our seeds
and thousands and more leaves
drunk in life we poured in
danced to the breeze's tunes

Remember?
one fine early spring
sprout'd...

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You lay in the wooden cot,
a broken sparrow,
Crushed. Bony. Frail.
Hair once plumed gold,
greyed to clumped feathers
like ragged  trampled wings,
strawed out on the dank pillow.
Face once blushed pink plump,
Jolly kind of soft with life,
Sucked to...

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Eighty-Six Thousand Four Hundred

Iye! Another day
And from the blink of sleep
From the cosset of sheets
The incessant alarm pulls my feet
Iye! Another day
And the sun has conveyed splintered shadows through the trees
To dapple my wits with...

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All The Time


The pale dusted blue
Washes sunlight prances
Falls in its edges of heat and pristine shade
Shadows
And I need you

Couples old and young
Hand in hand 
Arm in arm
Families pass on pavements baked by the sun
They smile
Like...

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Later Than Usual 
 
Stars are out tonight
wheeling sky across blue bright satellites
glancing up
distance shading trees to silhouette 
pinpoints lighting leaves 
echoing in wavering branch
 
Fluid mist forms breath into bark
ahead trees float in orange...

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I rue chances missed and days spent
Prevaricating whether to break the ice
Hold back, keep a low profile with my back bent
In a vow to sprinkle no more spice

In moves and grooves meant to cosset pride
Keeping...

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Psyches on the edge
Psyches going wild
Wild child oh so daring 
Wild one hellish bold 
Bold and downright brazen
Bold though fiercely blind
Blind to subtle logic 
Blind eyed scourge 
Scourge imposed on others  
Scourge the plague...

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I lay there immersed in the cosset wrap
skin smoothed into endless
the liquid thoughts on languish endless
a stretch of bone in muscle seeking comfort
finding peace for a moment
peace from the ceaseless jackhammers
leave me be
alone in the...

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Am no longer hollow
Look through my mind, silently listen to my thoughts
Do they still whisper pessimism?
Knock at my grit, does it resound with resilience
Do you feel ambers of penultimate ambience?  
If you see shallow...

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Warm blooded creatures, yet as the heat of the day retreats, we crave warmth to cosset our souls. 
While the moon controls the tides, human flesh being mostly water, becomes ensnared in the heavenly body’s...

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I can’t just ignore how tight it hugs me
How it caresses through my soul
How it exposes pretence of innocence overhaul
A touch of it sending goose bumps all over me
I can’t hide anymore, from beautified macabre
Coz...

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Heat, in the shade, with a drink and a parade - of graduates, blue and gold. An army sent out to take on the world. Proud. Politics takes over as the principal wields the pulpit....

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It seemed that out of the battle I escaped
I found someone profound and ingenious
Though kryptonite poison had ruined
Yet I heard melodious rhythm groaned.
Too fast in thought, or bliss to be cajoled.
But It's I want them...

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Betimes in the noiseless, scary night;
Whenne the Moon and the Stars winkle not as bright'.
Thy child, O My Lord! Recline beneath thy Firmaments
Whenne the greed to surpass beseech Divine for armaments.

Bless me- Almighty! A drop...

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IN YOUR HANDS
Collaboration poem by Jason Williams and Darren White

You say it will cleanse
Not my sins, I am not religious
My only religion is you
In your hands I am clean

In your hands the water will
Calm my...

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BIRDS WITHOUT CAGES

Jubilation of an early morning Spring choir

Free birds perched upon budding branches
Clothed in the creator’s best feathers
Preparing nests to cosset their eggs

Tree roots are deep and strong
Choice finches, robins, and jays in synch
Confident...

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ENDLESS LOVE
Tell me
What burns with a
Great flame that an
Inferno, yet benign
And consumes not?
Tell me
What shines with a
Dazzling brightness than
The glare of the sun
Yet as tender as
The moon and
Divulges no flaw?
Tell me
What shelters more from
The beset...

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The foggy tenderness a balmy buffer,
  smiling oblivion decomposes anguish
    and pain...
In frost a cloak to keep you protected:
  cosset without bruise.

I greet you, wheel through space,
  after initial...

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come comfort me caress me
city frightens me like never before
close in hold me tight embrace
circling vultures dont let me sleep

i couldnt sleep last night thinking of you
how much i love you and long for you
n...

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