Long Teacup Poems

I. The Hour of Approach

The poem I was writing refused to end—  
it kept writing me.  
Blood didn't ink these lines—  
the ink bled me.  
Each stanza a hidden-hematoma  
across...

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"I’m Still Here, And I Will Shake You"

I’ve walked roads you wouldn’t whisper about.
Where shadows don’t follow, they lead.
Where the air tastes like sorrow
and the silence presses like a loaded gun
against your temple at 3...

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I wrap myself 
in feather-boa-fantasies of his dreams
sinuous pinot-grigio-me; 
X-rated and never sated
dancing to rock ‘n roll— 80’s dated
...my floorshow our foreplay

welcome to the conjugal jungle 
of not-so-rusted lust
sixty-something-shapely...
25th anniversary groom croons naughty thoughts;
“you could...

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She pours him a cup of empty
From a teapot of childhood dreams
He loves the sound of her giggles
Hers is the light of a thousand moonbeams

Moonbeams and butterflies, petals from roses
Counting out loud, crossing fingers and...

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“Of all flowers, methinks a rose is best.” – William Shakespeare, The Two Noble Kinsmen

Sweet Rose, for ages you have blessed the human race
with your beauty, elegance and grace.
You show yourself to us in so...

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Aniruddha: Knowing too much might overturn you, completely.
Do you even know that?
Revati: Then perhaps, 
it is better not to know too much..right?
Aniruddha: Knowing this way is quite irrational.
It is quite impossible as well. 
You may...

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“God like, not so different” 

She wrote, 
“where do you go to my lovely?”

my response, 
“I sink into the screen 
like a scream queen goddess,
I am Lilith most of the time
tap dancing away and 
singing...

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In Ordinary Cups

The blades of winter grind into the ice
like blood on a bitten lip
two lovers spin and twirl
The days pass from teacup to teacup
in the peaceful silence of a solitary nest.
From gentle easy sunrise...

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sitting across from me
you are a hanged man
sacrificing one of his eyes
for a chance at a sacred alphabet
at a chance to gamble to decipher
the blueprint of this life

When will you cheat death
and redefine your life
fortunetellers...

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Why are you avoiding my words?

Do I have to break it down in thirds?

Why are you so stubborn when this subject comes up?

You're creating a storm in my little teacup

Answer the questions for us to...

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            Containers come with different purposes 
            as they hold, wage, measure and...

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In Her Momma´s Clothes

(Verse #1)
In her momma´s clothes she´s all dressed up,
Feeds her doll from a little teacup.
She´s married to Mr. Teddy Bear, 
With one eye that was lost somewhere.

It´s her pink world, that’s in...

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My blimp is on the fritz again
The hovercraft just popped
I surely cannot take the car
That’s jacked up in the shop

The bus won’t come out to my house
There’s no train tracks nearby
But I must make it...

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AT THE BEYOND 

It is here at the point
Where no life exists
Where shadows lurk
Life is made
While Creation does nothing
But watch itself in
A hole that never ends

Ether dances and joke at
The beginnings of dust 
As we...

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The year is made up 
of four awesome and adored seasons:
one has evergreen trees,
it's the home of hummingbirds!
These trees are decorated with snow
and staring at them: we feel great emotions!
Meadows have turned white
and grandma drinks...

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In a teacup's embrace, a tale we shall unfold,
Of two colorful frogs, with stories to behold.
One painted blue, the other a purple hue,
Their minds intertwined, in a world askew.

The blue frog whispered, "We're tea thieves,...

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"The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts."-
Italo Calvino

We moved into an inherited old house with a friendly ghost,
our house is an old Victorian built along the mid coast.
Our ghost is...

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I knew you were the one with my eyes closed
I loved all of you - from your nose to the tips of your toes

You challenged me and I took you up on it
But before you...

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Oh Angelique my dear I remember you so well
The years have passed so fast and all too soon,
A particular incident that got out of hand, will now re-tell,
A day that went askew like air escaping...

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Whether in desert
Or in orchard
Ducking
Or flirting
Wearing a shirt
Or  a mini skirt
You look really romantic
And a classic connoisseur too
As mildly
In a cinnamon glee
And so softly
Like the leaves of trees
Insert a little
In apple like comfort
Your mystic...

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So amazing, it seems to be..
       that joy is found in simple things....
~

The wave from a neighbor
            ...

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"The Kissing Loop"



My eyes close to keep you there
in a dream slow dancing, bow and cello we waltz in air
bending you closer into my body
like this pea soup fog embracing me
I walk quiet streets surrounded...

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Float above you 



My cat
Though small
Is a 
Mighty hunter.

Often trophies
She left
On my door
From her nightly stalking.

A robin that
Will never fly
Trilling couplets 
In cloud stained skies.

A mouse that will
 Never scurry
In the wood-grain walls.
Chanting lays
About the...

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DUNKING ONE'S BISCUIT  . . . 

Dunking one’s biscuit is more than a flippin’ skilled art
When getting it to one’s mouth without it falling apart

Timing is all-important here it needs to be not too...

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MUSICAL   TEA   WITH   A   VIEW

My first and principal comfort  is tea  
Which may be prepared in a weakened form 
And must  be hot or...

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