Long Disrobing Poems

1. Ripples in warm sunbeams dwell.
From a sandy cocoon I wake and stir.
A floater in the blue does knell,
A dot, a stain, a blackened blur.
Am I the only one who sees?
No, the beach is afoot...

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Do you ever write….just to write
Just to let your heart explode
Into a kaleidoscope of word colors
Embellishing the page of someone's life?

Does everything have to be a contest?
Guided by a theme
You forget the dream
Of your own...

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"Super Hero"



Krypto Knighted
Disrobed Le Penseur 
contemplates strength
a royal monk disrobing within
Rodin begins to think
new dreams dialled in
naked vulnerability begins
hiding behind dark angel wings
pinned between the box-cadged 
dimensions of a glass onion
black crows waiting along the...

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Tonight the understaffed was overloaded with impatient calls n' flashing buttons buzzing the central core
I marathoned from room to room in frantic answer 
My vision rang from Rocky Horror, the Ringling Brothers to your flesh...

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She holds her Lover's hand this night
Walks companionably
His eyes look very blue and bright
Talking excitedly

He really likes these kids' movies
And in truth she does too
All talking animals and songs
And friendship through and through

They walk the...

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REALLY

I ------JGL-------------- do solemnly swear
to tell you of all that I see and I hear,
invite you inside that dark space in my mind
allow you ten minutes to see what you find.

The errors of learning, childhood...

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Last night's Wim Wenders film Wings of Desire, not starring Adam
      Sandler,
great in the great tradition of Metropolis, Fellini, Children of Paradise,
      Ikiru, Open City.
This...

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I wave my hand and the misery that cramp the space in my vision melts into pastels. The 
sky twinkles with morning stars and the clouds that dot across the horizon seem reachable. 
With a...

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Garden sentinel, carrion he’s stripping 
Woolf tail wagging white fangs ripping 
Stream-of-consciousness telling, spewing
Dog’s breakfast masticating, chewing

Mourning doves cooing, woo-OO-ing
Backyard cricket legs rubbing, chirping
Hot summer night simmering, squalling
Beginnings long day ending, waning

Winged silhouette floating, rising
Sleepy...

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Manipulation remains a popular tool today.
Misinformation seeps into susceptible sway.
Hated concepts and causes gain followers.
Fearful and bewildered as to those wallowers.

An extremely direct approach to criticism.
Implies visible disrobing flaws in cynicism.
This is still widely practiced...

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The jaded moss morning slips in
  as kiwi colored dew settles down upon pear sage grass.
Dampened fern pine evergreen leaves
  are held stationary by some unseen glue.
Soft blows the wind, gray boned white...

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My suit of self-loathing no longer fits
The mirror of compassion tells me so
Years of bad-intentions held back growth 
After a time, the length of my sleeves bind
I didn’t realize I’ve become over-sized

These angry pants are...

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emotions roil ~
royal red, head
of humanity,
the second Adam —
painting of El Greco.
women at Jesus feet,
crowd of crowds
presses in.
the King of kings
prepared to be disrobed ~
a season of sin,
captured by a mind,
a talent inherent ~
redeeming all,
who...

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The autumn sun is mellow
Grey rain clouds have long passed by,
I whiff primroses yellow
As they heave a perfumed sigh;

Blue skies have looked not deeper
Bird-song now honey sweet,
Rich harvest for the reaper
As he eyes his field...

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Soul,


"Even the mind fades with time . There’s no escaping it. One has to make the most of it (the mind) while they still have time  and some youth left. What stays beautiful is...

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It is the solemn evening song that drifts,
into the valley cup, from the saucer of the moon,
and spreads in wings of darkness, nightshade breath;
arising as molecules of black oil, up from the pithead mouth,
following to...

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Blountville, Tenn - Police Report

A woman from Blountville’s East High
Accused of what she did deny
She said “search me- you can
Here, I’ll give you a hand”
The policeman said “Go on comply”
She quickly stepped out of her...

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The sangria is made and the hot tub is bubbling
No need with a swimsuit for you to be troubling
Just pour some refreshment in your wine glass
And join us in the tub with your shining bare...

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We took a vacation way up North in the dead of winter
“You’re going the wrong way”, all would say thinking our minds must have splintered.
It was hard to find a room to rent within the...

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The brook babbles. Journeying off to its destination with little care for the world about it.  White beards form over its banks like a thousand wise men coming to watch it's voyage. There, in...

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Take me deep into the night
Give your soul felt feelings sight
Comfort me, make my heart light
As I embrace your vocal plight

Sitting alone in my bedroom chair
Forgetting all of my worldly cares
Close my eyes, you're standing...

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Breaking through her reserve
She undresses the longing in her eyes
A promise of surrender

She is aware her message has been received 
By the knowing smile on his lips
His eyes already claiming her
Disrobing her
Caressing her

Suddenly shy, she...

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Dry winds now ease towards the south
Their pathways strewn with autumn leaves,
Brown, orange and an amber gold
Lo watched by sparrows on the eaves.

The sun wakes up a trifle late
Thus lets the mist spread out it...

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Shorn from arbor crowns by sharp northern breeze
Aging maple leaves curl like rumpled rugs,
Falling as stars amidst disrobing trees
Shivering in the face of hoar frost hugs.

A wee mouse sniffs wind which wakens his needs.
Snuffling with...

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He gently looks at me with dusky sighs
Although he’s bared my soul a hundred times
Those deepened eyes unfold to memorize
All captive thrills releasing moans , sublime.

His eyes are twilight’s song in waves of haze
Exploring hunger’s...

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