Long Organdy Poems

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     You stare silently squinting
 through  your stained glass panes

Pulling aside sapphire drapes
 of somber samite and organdy
  
Lo, gazing mesmerized
a quixotic moon--
blithely blows kisses,
wryly winks
and coyly smiles--


 Yea,...

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A Memory
By Sy Roth


It didn’t come in like an invading horde of Mongols astride their horses.
It came like a Siren whispering a sweet song, blowing soft winds in my ear.

The old woman sat on her...

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Angela, Andy, Amber, angels, ambience, attitudes, altitude, all-purpose flour.
Beds, breakfast, brightness, brevity, butter pecan ice cream, bald eagles. 
Cali, Carolyn, Chelsea, creativity, compassion, craftiness, cleverness. 
Dick, Daisy, Dwight, Deborah, dare devils, delightful deeds, designs.
Emily, Elise,...

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The scent of Tube Roses
Is so overpowering 
From the bouquet 
That is on the casket
Allergeric nasal passages swelling 

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I remember organdy curtains swaying
Over our old double bed, 
Made up with sheets fresh from the line,
Full of the perfumes of fresh air and ivory.

I remember the puff pillows, a wedding present, 
White with cases...

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Mysterious Breezes and Winds

Consider the breezes and how they blow
Organdy curtains across a lover’s bed;
The brush of air conditioning on a working head;
A chiffon dress fluttering with the breeze of ballroom dancers,
The whispering kind keeping...

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Breezes

Consider little breezes and how they blow;
Organdy curtains cross a spring night bed;
The brush from an air conditioning vent
On a heated working head.

Chiffon dresses flutter their way,
With the stir of ballroom dancers;
Whispering kind keeping insects...

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