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Premium Member Romance That Was

"When tomorrow comes and I'm again with you,
I'll stand on your feet while we dance forever." 
Quote _ by poet


Yesterday seasons waved goodbye
as we listened to sounds of joy.

Spacious skies ever made anew
from sincere blue to jealous green.

Crosswise threads wind and hours drew nights
penciled footsteps patterns drew faint.

A wanderer of aged mirth, glean
quintessence love set forever.

Underneath sun amorous view
sweet golden years, not a goodbye.

You and I, unfinished garden
of poetic dreams and romance.

My love, my being still feels your
touch and hear your whispers of love.



3/28/2022

Form L - Lay - New Poetry Contest  2. Romance
Sponsored by: Constance La France
© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Lay


Premium Member Kiss Me

“Kiss Me”

Purple is the color of 
My true love’s hair
She tied it in a knot             
And bound it with a yellow bow.
Said kiss me if you want.

Orange is the color of 
My true love’s nails
She put a diamond on each one,
Said kiss me if you want.

Green is the color of
My true love’s eyes
She grew her lashes long
Penciled in her brows
Much to my surprise,
Said kiss me if you want.

Gold is the color
Of that jewel on her tongue 
She put it there forever 
Never to come out,
Said kiss me if you want.

Black is the color
Of an eagle on her back
She bought it in Saint Louie
From a man named Tim Dewey, 
Said kiss it if you want.

So naïve am I
I kissed her everywhere
And still dream of eagle feathers 
Way down there.

Hospice

He blinks in and out in a wingchair,
overhears what visitors say
when patients
can be talked about
as if not there.

People speak well of the dying,
even of dying strangers,
to him their words
prematurely shovel earth.

The terminally sick
must be accommodated,
penciled into time slots,
eased gently into oblivion.

He listens as he slips downstream
on a raft of morphine.
These last trips are scenes taken
from childhood books.

His own life story has become
absurd, it is almost as if
he is a character in someone else's life,
a Huckleberry Finn
whistling through Dantes Inferno.

What he really wants
is a rocking horse and ice-cream.
A nurse brings him ice-cream,
but it's the wrong flavor.

He wonders if anyone can see
the horse he rides upon,
his ten-gallon hat is as white
as a flying nun's Cornette.

The occasional visitors
watch the dying in dreadful relief.
Hypnotic minds drone like trapped bee's.

Frank Sinatra jets in from wonderland,
hands him a coloring book.
If only he had crayons
to fill in the blanks.

Premium Member Chasing the Sun

Rushing through each day, as if I had not a care,
head long toward the sun screaming, "catch me if you dare."
Dripping drabs of liquid sunshine burn my deft eye.

While seeking answers to the question, why, why! Why?
Into the sun I run, my skin so hot and dry,
as the dusky penciled pastels of twilight smear.

Through tight clinched lids the sun glares, blind I'll be I fear,
always grasping for truth, but my head just can't clear
my thoughts on the tautly stretched canvas of my mind.

Race and run and fill my lungs, still I fall behind
playing catch with the sun, and all I seem to find,
I'm racing toward the horizon of tomorrow.

Please, one more chance, for a moment I can borrow,
but blithe sun denies me, leaving me in sorrow,
while in the distance the light slowly fades to dark.

Truth or naught, who can say, the end is cold and stark
the meaning is lost in life's fading rainbow arc,
enveloping me in my sadness and despair.

Dripping drabs of liquid sunshine burn my deft eye
as the dusky penciled pastels of twilight smear
my thoughts on the tautly stretched canvas of my mind.
I'm racing toward the horizon of tomorrow
while in the distance the light slowly fades to dark
enveloping me in my sadness and despair.

07/29/16
Form: Couplet

Premium Member A Thunderous Message

Angry clouds were above
Displaying hatred not love 
With an angry growl 
Came a heavenly howl 
There are energy impulses 
Crackling lights dished out in doses 
Joined the powerful teaming downpour  
Angels sending a message about this star gazing tour 
Two men scheduled to be shot in the air 
No return date set for the galactic dare 
It took a little time 
But the sun came out to shine 
A natural cosmic luring test 
Challenging earthlings wanted to leave their nest 
Launch countdown never stopped 
Plan continued from the pad lot 
After placing the pair in seated positions 
Patiently waiting for the ‘go’ decision 
Commanding lift starting the space station mission 
Clock under twenty 
Big business experimenting investing their money 
Word came to abort 
Due to the weather who was the true judicial court 
Safety concerns were the reasons 
Canceling the spectacle during Florida’s rainy season 
Temporary relieving the responsibilities for the dragon crew 
Delaying a dream ready to come true 
Mother Nature commanding man to be told 
“This adventurous travel must be put on hold!
Until a new window open soon 
And then it can resume 
A space junket to the resort orbiting the moon” 
Man penciled in a date 
Saturday afternoon sounds great 
Still the meteorology influence will have the final say 
About sending this peaceful rocket on its way
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member The Rabbit Hole

Down that street.  The big house, teeming transmissions
of penciled degrees from paper thin ‘pedes,
has basic nature themed accommodations.
Mud wiped under feet.  White fresh carpet steamed
and obvious windows certainly so
I walk on hands.  Here’s a photo I can’t hold.
Denver on rental skis on stolen snow
a sneaky crook took (much later it snowed).
Pencil thin frames.  Too much foundation.  Here’s more
in the kitchen.  A pumpkin on the counter top
hands over a knife.  I open a door
then I carve through a window.  Snow hasn’t stopped,
but Cinderella (who’s a lunatic)
undressed before one (still) looks pretty thick.

12/17/2018
Form: Sonnet

Parisienne Walkways

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98eIW6CN62k


Those Parisienne days of love beneath the Champs Elysees  
I remember Paris 1949, drinking a glass of old Beaujolais wine
And I recall that summer when we kissed and you were mine
In those Parisienne days, you were always `Ma Petite Poupee``
`
Looking back at photographs, summer days warm as honey  
corner cafes with creme brulee, pretty eyes a shade of rum  
sharing penciled love notes and paragraphs, you ma tres jolie   
together we did taste the wine, beneath the Parisienne sun 

We toured La Tour Eiffel I must admit you were tres belle 
with a french berret smile I guided you towards the lake 
Bassin de la Villette, where you were happy picking shells 
In those Parisienne days we were always wide awake 

I recall that summer  when we you promised to be mine 
in the petit cafe, where we shared a bottle of wine.
Form: Rhyme

Filling the Squares

Got my brand-new calendar;
It’s filled with empty squares.
With entries made, there’s not a chance
I’ll be caught unawares.

I mark down all important dates
So I can send a card.
When penciled in, in black and white,
It’s really not that hard.

Appointments, too, are written
So there’s no way I’ll forget;
And in my bag’s a mini date book,
Like a safety net.

My iPhone has a calendar
But so far I don’t use it.
When I have info on the wall,
There’s no way I can lose it.

So once a year, I make the switch
And transfer all my cues.
My brain needs these reminders
Or it’s apt to blow a fuse.

And as each little square fills up,
Just waiting to arrive,
Anticipation percolates;
The future comes alive.
Form: Rhyme

You Resemble Me

Face framed ornate, or curl corner blu tacked up
Childhood fanciful daring must softly be contained
Dispicable hovers inside cherub cheeked adorable 
Challenge for enamoured to create correct shape 
Administer discipline with compassion entangled

Potential beckons infant innately curious
Toddler discovery meshed with messiness
Woven with wonderment routine can't limit
Succumbed mother disowns justifiable furious
Besotted witness, sure estate for mischief 

Nudging daughters towards beings approved 
Beyond old rigidity, modern option multiples
Youth spoken forums we're foreigners to
Images of genuine and fake indiscernible 
Listened to lunacy delivers messages askew

Duty to daughters reflect our similarity
Penciled declarations stuck to fridge
Devotedness focussed on child precious 
Inflated effort, parents' universal currency
Whether meagre expenditure, or excess

Snippets of your prosper are written in me
Lawyer loads clothes into washing machine
Submerged both classes in a world severe
Puppets of striving in fast passed society
Consumer boom boldly commandeered

Disparity reveals parental symmetry amazing 
Faithfully accommodating girls' shifting needs
Working mothers, each of us  'unaccompanied' 
Various sized resources serve child raising
Sacrifice made by dedicated souls equally

Providing guidance, friendship gripes quieten
Line of latitude curved by desire to control
Old school wisdom bolsters brains susceptible 
Dramatised screen infused new century children
Content quickly spirals into unacceptable 

Desperately hoping, we Mother soldiers
Shield children from future provocation
Hold fort, nest feathered dedication
Thrusted comfort, reluctant scolders 
Admist mixed rails, reliable station

Within swayed pre teen trajectory 
Sturdy parenting depots journey
Home stands firm from outside duress
Finances overshadowed by reliability 
Partnered peers approve sole success




17th July 2020

Premium Member Enthusiasm


For Sotto Poet's  E  Words Contest
17 June 24
POTD. First Prize
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"Enthusiasm is nothing more or less than faith in action" -- Henry Chester

I cling to reveries of youth, the tender sentiment of plucking words from summer roots,
That in my journal hours when the red
of skies are agleam...phrases extend long   long as straw.

I burn language the way one does in
a flamed trance--amused,  enthused, 
seduced--  reeling into a daze beneath 
a new moon,    a blur of penciled happenstance flapping like a winged feather on river of late afternoons.  

I would still scribble in hay where syllables grow into racy tunes , my faith abiding in passion deep...
And I could not help myself but drown
my hands in raw and humid lines;

Bury my eyes deep in verses' jammed.
I'm loathed to leave my untamed story
when twilight fades. Still and all, letters
drip and tradewinds see  blown paper

curling like blotted fingertips!

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