Long Refreshingly Poems

Endless sunflower field 
Rhythmically swaying in the wind
Like lazy ocean wave stretches 
To the distant line of horizon
Touching the edge of the sky
Melting into hot noon brilliance
Boiling all shades of yellow into
One burning brightness of...

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As I walked on the road
Ragged, rocky and raw,
The Sun had beat down, midday
high and bright
I was travelling down, on the straight
route, alone except for the whistling
wind, which sometimes pushed against my sides
so hard, I...

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I tasted summer…
It sure tasted good
I was dying for a sip
Of my iced coffee CHINO
Only in Cyprus…
My drug of choice
Crushed ice with sweetened coffee
OH....YES!
In the evenings
succulent watermelon treats
Eating it all with relish
Even the seeds
what greed!

I...

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I’m about to die
But before I do,
let me tell you why
There was a savage battle
between some Apache scouts and my frontier men
And as they like to say
down by the Texas border,
it was a Mexican standoff
Neither...

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One Last Chance


I ask YOU GOD right NOW, for there is nothing righteous in me.
 Please dear God, I admit my sin, fall fresh upon me,
 my life by your spirit, and set my heart...

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I hope we can help ourselves
and each other
become quieter,
more leisurely,
generous,
grateful,
graceful dancers of sound
rhythm
pattern
voices of color
to see and hear these quieter vibrations
of wildness.

Wildness
wilderness
relatively untouched forests of mountains
and oceans,
rivers
lakes
ponds
swamps of wildness
for quiet forms of song and Earth...

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The memory of his love echoes in heavens distant sky.
Today is a fractured remembrance of afternoons of forgotten sighs and mindless 
love.
Flawed dreams are bottled up in my heart, and the tears of love will...

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When you look around at life and see tragedy and despair
and no matter how you try…you cannot make things fair

Sometimes the best that you can hope for when the day is done
is to balance all...

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Cold front brings August respite
upon cusp of autumn quite
natural palliative to forget monetary plight
relieving spate of dog days of summer
seasonal crisp balm appeared overnight
evidenced of late by Jeeves

cool temperatures at night
temporarily bumping ugly
global warming with...

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The sirens and mermaids
called up from the deep,
untangled mesh nets
blithely held out by sleep.
There the first to emerge
were the sighs and the nods,
they sank then resurfaced
in clear Morphean pods.

I found myself wandering
on a wide stretch...

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Apple blossoms flutter in the breeze.  Awakening,
Barefoot to the brook we go, brightly scampering,
Counting caterpillars discovered on our way -
Daffodil and daisy picking this delightful day.

Enjoying the earth’s rebirth, revitalized are we!
Free, like foals...

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Of Real Or "FAKE" Memories

Earlier today...upon
     setting feet out a side door,
     a refreshingly cool rain
washed away present woes,
     and ushered auld lang...

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("Red Skin", 2023, original encaustic)

Cantos of Love

Was it ever here at all…

Faces, eyes, lips, breasts and thighs
Parade through memory
Fading, fading fast
As years advance.

Maybe these closets 
Need more juice to unlock
Than these old bones hold.

Funny about...

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We all got Carol's invite, us fellow soupers made quite a batch.
We entered with anticipation, then carefully replaced the latch.
All of us trying to figure out, just what fun did Carol hatch?
Each one stood in...

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Blossom
Poem
Lionel Derbyshire

Road trip to Blossom
My growing up home
It is a farm place
In sunshine and
Fresh ozone
Lush and green.
I'm heading there
I'm going there.

Driving on 
Like running wonder
I'm going home,
I'm comin home
Run wonder.

Onward hill's break past
Heading on ..
Bouncing...

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Sometimes my heart floats along the clouds
drowning in rains and frightened by thunderstorms.
Like wet spells of storm strewn over a youthful summer,
it dwells in a slump, awaiting the sun.

These times when my heart beats a...

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dipping jumbo shrimp in my clam chowder soup
becoming lost in thought when i did not even have a collection of pennies
water fountain hunting was my very difficult means of survival
everything turns yellow in my visual...

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Heaven can wait as I long for you this starlit magical night.
A sinner I wilt be but am brave enough to face morning’s light. 
For a taste of your honey lips I would face damnation...

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Garden Party

Summer breezes gently 
Brushes against my face
Sunlight teases my eyes
Wakens me 
Its morning 
Bouquet of fragrances to my nose
Guides me to my garden
Its there I find my peace
Eagerly stepping onto glistening dewy grass 
Placing...

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Look at my magnificent man.
So sweet and sultry and always has a plan.
Every lovely layer I pull back I find gold
When God gave me this glorious man He broke the mold.

Walking and whistling is what...

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I am an enthusiastic rainbow chameleon
until I am a cumbersome ox
Wait! Hold up! Stop!
I meant I am a excited spotted lizard

mercurial and fast moving
I slide from granite rock to mica rock
slithering in wetness, shaking my...

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Moonlight Falls

From the mystical river of moonlight falls
cascading her light when the night comes to call
and the star studded sky does so daintily dance 
her magic awaits if you dare take the chance

When the white...

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can you see my soul drifting
please kiss my thumb back into place
you are like a dream come true out of nowhere from somewhere important
you bet i would like to go along for the ride
the enticing...

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Outside I sit, enjoy the light
Sun shines warm on my face
And the wind blows refreshingly cool
Mind is blank
I think of nothing and everything at the same time
Serenity washes over me
And I look up
Gaze into the...

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See I’m trapped in that Onge-Body-Justice
My imagination changes her body images
And simply creates my ultimate Onge-Body-Fantasies
I can literally see my skin tattooed to yours
And feel my blood pressure pause
Your eyes captivating mines
I’m weakened by the...

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