Long Cotillion Poems

A thought arose...

In Hegel's great dialectic cotillion,
Time transcends as the Absolute emerges,
From deep submersion.
Veritably idealistic path to verity.
It is all about History!

While Schopenhauer's Will, By mere chance,
Drives life in concentric circles spinning,
But not winning
Human solicitations...

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Earth         was a perfumed garden
residing in a single                   ...

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Unbeknownst to me, WoodenMan enjoyed quite a cotillion of female admirers. With 
his rosewood
dimples barely lifted in permanent bemusement, women found him adorable, though 
decidedly eunuch.

 It all began the night I visited the local...

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Written 24, 2023, For Robert James Liguori Politics Contest
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Politics is what triggers nations...

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Sophia's ABC Masquerade Ball

A masquerade ball of wisdom’s wisdom in a wink and a smile
Blessings in disguise –uncovered - not hidden in plain sight
Costume ball for aha moments comfortable in their own skin
Dancing discernments so...

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Scrumptious sight of prairies and grass
       Ardent beaming of flower buds and buzzing bees
         Leafless coils, branches of trees become alive
...

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We used to share dreams;
thoughts, my sister and me.
I occupied the top bunk, she the lower
in the cold, dank bedroom
we once inhabited from dusk to dawn.

Not prophetic dreams, the future;
we had no perception, illusions.
No exchanging,...

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	Carol Brown
Contest Name
	Bunny Rabbits 

Bunnys down here are a winning,
lissa virus, keeps a killing ,
man made by the blest,
to kill off this pest,
free food in the great depression,   

old soldiers lived on bunny,
but...

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Bright and blue the dainty butterfly was
Kissing each flower “hello” as she passed
Gently landing on their blooms without pause
She scurried carefree, till enough nectar she’d amassed

Raised in captivity in Georgia’s butterfly pavilion
This sapphire wonder had...

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Fully Autumn
——————————
 A fine, clear creek
Trickling water 
Flows long on by,
As Earth presents 
Such a festive
Winding valley’s show.
Sun’s rays sigh.
Sprinkling lights shift nigh.
So sooner do feelings rise
To gift
Such a landscape with its due awe;
To sing...

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Q: Who is the current Chief of Staff?
A: The resident President.

Q: What is an old, lame, deaf, half-blind Sherlock Holmes?
A: A defective detective.

Q: Who is the magician who ate all the pasta when no one...

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Ah, at a magnificent place 'twas
this ball held!
With gorgeous jam debutantes,
arriving one by one.
Sorry you were not there!
To behold the debutantes and
their escorts gliding down the 
winding stairs
Such beautiful faces,and all 
superbly trained in fine...

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Dressed to the nines, but with a lethal twist,
her cover blown, enacts her exit plan.
Those lips, a deep vermillion, never missed;
cotillion entrance stops hearts for a span.
A needle in the bracelet at her wrist…

With subterfuge...

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The Last Spike

Helios orb peers cautiously
 with guarded optimism
 through cracker-slatted clouds
as Thor's divine implement
 shatters the morning stillness with the clap of a sonic boom

Mere mortals assigned Herculean tasks
 trill a gospel cadence,
 their...

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You,

Veiled in the mysteries of light
black cutting off the white
unmasked in the cotillion 

of life

no debutanted call
you said left, I was right
patience holding close
an eerie songless night

but the melody played for hours
in the breeze, the...

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Debutantes with secret lives of crimson
could drink and smoke much more than anyone,
dressed in ivory postbellum fashion
sable coats, charcoal tuxes by the ton.

In and out of shadows obsidian
debs and escorts waltzed like porcelain toys,
social ceremony...

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Their fluttering starts in moonlight
When Luna reaches zenith height
She croons as butterflies take flight
Magical night         Magical night

I was in awe without askance
Mesmerized as if in a trance
A...

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A beautiful fan of many a hue,
Feathers adorn it when opened, so
gently cooling the air with a graceful swoop,
When your subtle wrist moves to and fro.

Was Mamgu’s fan when she was young,
When to a ball...

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LIGHT FROM DARKNESS


                       ~ Pansies ~
:::::::::::::
Magenta
     ::::::::::::::::
  ...

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my school colors 
brooks brothers navy blue 
and establishment gold 
were God-awful choices 
for Catholic girls 
being educated beyond 
their parents' means. 

seventeen, out of high school 
ready for life 
without restrictions 
I was prime...

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Bent glass danced light from windows over looking vacant playgrounds,
as Mr. Ingersall taught refraction and dispersion.

Rainbows tap-danced walls to chalkboard, brushing equations,
while impish hues soft-shoed solutions chased previously with tears.

From a lackluster world of rummy...

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DANCES ARE SQUARE

There are some dances where different people meet
Exchanging partners enhances the social opportunity
When one glances at another, it makes it all complete

Whether old-fashioned such as the cotillion or quadrille
There’s only one in a...

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The Moon awakes
With the sleepless Stars
As the Earth settles to rest.

Venus keeps company
With rose-tinted Mars,
The Hunter saunters toward west.

The Bear wanders
And ambles around
While the Queen sits regally by.

The Earth turns 
Without a sound
As they all...

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