Long Ripeness Poems

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Pasionata

My beloved Drino,

Take me to the memory

a neverlasting dream

which lived in yester yesterday

long before destiny took its toll

and footprints marked separate paths

Take me back to that  December night

where we ran holding hands

to the cottage down the hill

by fields of  evergreen

I am there, You are too

Kissing snowflakes from my lips

as melting moistness falls 

upon silk wisps of auburn hair

How can I not remember 

your palms' gentle rub

brushing raindrops

which trickled ever so slow

across the inner of my thigh

Ahh !I can still smell the scent

of  your warm breath upon my neck's nape

~Honey and lemon

I can still hear that  hush hushed whisper 

 beneath the tender of my ear

Still live the feeling,of your fading kiss

 upon each flutter of  my lash

My beloved Drino

Carry me back to those sheets

 which  still know the voice

and the colour of your eyes

Let me travel to the cradle

of those arms and perfumed wine

Let me travel to  that smile 

within the blossom of your heart

Threaded  petals on a cheek

where scarlet velvets never sleep

Let my slippery fingers slide

 to the soft hairs of your back

as you unbutton my last piece of  innocence

As the corners of your mouth fulfill with juices

 from the ripeness of pink peaches

As i open up to fire and you enter in flames

My beloved Drino,

take me to that night

where i tickled your wilderness

where you sank in my deep

Take me to the moment

where our sins were so sacred

and lust carried no shame







Not for the 
contest.. 
But tnks 
Cyndi  
Macmillan
for your 
'Spice box' 
adult content contest
had been an 
inspiration. 

Ps..I had to delete 
some spices after
i posted it
Hope its still liked
: )


Childing

What can we tell you?
We are all here, green, and fruitful,
even the wrecked and rabid
all our budding devils and gods
slobbering delightedly
over words,
pictures we put together
with fingers sticky with sap
childing each other,
completing one jigsaw at a time
problem solving,
problems we manufactured
in the root factories of a soft labor, 
a work to keep us tightly wrapped up
in a sense of self exploration,
keep us rambunctious enough
to think we are creating something
when in fact,  that ‘something’ 
is actually ‘us’,
and we do ‘us’ well
but when we don’t we call that spillage 
and over ripeness -
a poem.

Premium Member Blackberry Memoir

Blackberry Memoir 

Blackberries, round and glossy,
Always invite me to return
To dusty country summer afternoons
When languid waves of mirages
Puddle into shimmering hiatus.

From the gently swaying hammock
I hear the rattle of berry pails
To see my grandmother, in her straw hat,
Smile an invitation - come with her
Into the wild blackberry patch.

Like garter snakes that hide in the thorny brambles
Tangled canes slither across the sandy path
No perfect rows only prickly trailing briars
That soar from the heart of the thicket
In arching limbs to touch on summer skies.

Like raven tresses the blackberry fruit glistens -
Capturing sweetness from the glowing sun -
Purple stained fingers release the ripeness
Then hear it plunk in the berry bucket -
Delicious as raindrops in a summer storm.

Warm evening settles in contented sighs
Watching moonlight creep through tangled vines
When juicy blackberry pie warm from the oven
Arrives on clear plates with salivating praise
Topped with ice cream dripping down the sides.

When autumn strips the jumbled canes
To lie barren beneath the winter sun
My grandmother’s blackberry jam journeys 
In reveries of summer days to come
When simple berry picking untangles life.

8-2-22
Contest: Your Thoughts on Blackberries
Sponsor: Matt Caliri

Hello Apple Pie, Goodbye

hello apple pie
with whipped cream i cannot lie
pure perfect silence is like saying 'mmmm' on high
she kisses me again because the quiet of the vibe is flavorful
she smiles me sweetly because the center of my respect in her eyes is favorful
powdered sugar is requested
the intended cream is bested
the river of surety is manifested
she blesses me with a gifted turn
i am so relieved that the overall warmth does not burn
this particular love she does not give, but i earn
the apple pie is forgotten
the focus is comfortably changed like soft cotton
we renew a revisioned, renewed ripeness once fully rotten
© Marty King  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Mary's Rose Garden

There is a garden 
in which blossoms revel
in sunlight’s divine aura,
and glistening dewdrops 
dance upon petals
fine as silk

The scent,
like the perfume of Aphrodite herself,
pervades the air with its aroma-- 
reminiscent of love and beauty 

The thorny spines
uphold a family of blossoms--
some resplendent in their debut, 
their petals lustrous with color
and heavy with fragrance

Others show signs of waning--
their fragile hips, 
curled and fading,
timeworn, but 
still lovely in their ripeness

In this place, 
Serenity reigns
Time is of no consequence
There is only the light, 
the fragrant breeze,
and the colors that paint the air
with pigments of lavender, mauve, lilac, and blush

And if you sit long enough
and listen carefully,
you may hear,
among the sounds of drifting water
and a crane’s solitary cry, 
the sigh of roses
content in their quiet existence

If you listen…
in Mary’s Rose Garden.


THE PERFECT CRIMSON

He’s a great painter,
hands skilled in light and shadow,
canvas after canvas bending to his will.
Landscapes, faces, still lifes
he’s captured them all,
each stroke praised, each color admired.
But this painting,
this one refuses to bend.
He needs the crimson pomegranate,
a shade that dances between ripeness and fire,
but every mixture of oil and pigment
falls flat, dull, lifeless.
He experiments, obsessively,
hours into nights,
days folding into each other.
Nothing achieves the hue he dreams.
Nothing breathes.
Then, in a sudden, terrible clarity,
he understands:
his perfect crimson pomegranate
requires human blood.
A chill spreads through him.
The formula whispers its demand.
Will he let obsession claim him?
Will he paint the color at the cost of life?
The canvas waits, unjudging,
but the choice…
the choice is his alone.

The Great Attractor

The stars lean closer when she moves,
Rare beauty folded in her quiet step.
A breath of perfume,

The air is changed—
It is sweeter,
As though spring has learned a new song.

Her legs are longer than the shadows,
Her fingers linger like willows in the wind,
Her small feet are swifter than birds
Across the fields of dawn.

She is athletic as rivers leaping,
Intelligent as the hidden moon,
Empathetic as rain that softens

The hardest clay of sorrow.
Her mind is sound,
A place where silence finds rest,

And yet her laughter is a bell
That summons joy from the distance.
When I draw near,

She tastes of apples,
Of orchards heavy with ripeness,
Of other grand things unnamed—

A sweetness meant for autumn,
But given freely in the summer’s heart.
The great attractor is not the stars,

But the pulse within her being,
Drawing me forever into her light.
Form: Rhyme

Avocado

Avocado ?? 

Avocado in the market square,
every buyer lingers there.
Fingers press to test the skin,
to feel the ripeness deep within,
soft and tender,
So rich and rare.

They want it soft and ripe
Medium soft, not too loose.
"Cut for me," their voices call
I want to see beneath the wall
Others also want to taste 
Before they pay and bag a waste.

Many want it fleshy
Big body small seed
Bigger ones are very fatty
Some are very watery
Small ones are tasty
If tendered while ripe.

When cut into halves 
And seed put aside
The inside looks nice
Hollow and round,
Warm and oily.
A fruit and a snack 

Sweet every time
And along with any food
Even taken alone,
Avocado whets the mouth.
But who buys an Avocado 
Without pressing the Avocado?

By Teacher Kevin.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member September Rhapsody

Written: September 330, 2024 For Edward Ibeh Contest

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A brown ribbon-like road with a blue sky.
A jungle of green, with the sky peeking high.
Asters are velvety rich, as a grasshopper's call.
Time flies—today is heat and tomorrow is fall.

Do you beguile me erratically, Hope?
The day of your birth has just waned.
But its white wings are full of scope.
With eyes that sang rhapsody, light reigned.

Grew bulky and bright and my path was clear.
Under their calming beams and smiles, dear...
A path going to some guilt-free land.
To which a star drops from the nightstand!

When did I leave the prisonhouse of clay?
My cantankerous spirit will vanish away.
We bestow all praise on the eternal elixir of bliss.
Oh, don't bury me amid rotting bones diss.

Amid a moon icy light, marble slabs shimmer.
Where a hapless mourner will always simmer.
Upon the graves of those who lie in peace.
While basking in the sun on a woodland lease.

Indulge in the September and fall faith.
September is unlike every other wraith
Colors and weather swing over the day.
No other month can claim the same way.

Season of hazy and luscious ripeness.
Loyal ally of the sun as it earns rifeness.
Crafting a scheme to load and bless him.
Vine-covered thatch-eaves surge, full of vim.

Using pears to twist the mossy home trees.
And yield every fruit its full, deep bloom breeze.
Inflate the squash and cram the hazel seeds.
With the tasty kernel, deeper buds will breed.

And further, later blooms for the bees.
Until they believe warm days will never cease.
The summer season has clogged their pores.
Who hasn't seen you often in your store?
© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Democratic Decadence

To decline in sense by standards, morals and dignity,
perceived decay in honor, faith and most of discipline.
Falling into the process of condition deterioration,
societies antiquities and its embarrassing vulgar declaration.
Excessive indulgences for the riches spoil,
and the hangover as inheritance as waste to toil.
No real challenges with that hoarded gold as bliss,
throwing all the coins towards the issue and miss.
Scattered treasures as wild status quo and garden of Eros,
juices of amnesia and enhancing substance grandiose.
Upon the soul the kisses and floating wine,
smoking hot chicks not to mention therein.
When that velvet luster speaks the eye,
and cruelty pronounce that language of lie.
Business or pleasure not the question here,
for vicissitudes ripeness amorously to stir.
Thousand twinkling stars from heaven dares,
as above so below are the mirrors unaware fares.
To pamper pleasures perversion wanton desire,
fervent demeanor and the call to admire.
We all coming with a purpose in this world,
and many shades of fears establishing that paradox mold.
The force of life into purity of spirits and its evolution,
attachments of lost egos and its trauma seeking conclusion.
Form: Ballade

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