Long Teas Poems

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Premium Member Malimar

Inhaling, hushed, from hashed cigars
    my mind implodes in Malimar
        where Naiads bathe in caviar -
            I dream of dwarves and three-eyed tsars.

 The captive kiss of Princess Mars
    (who talks in tongues at seminars)
        burns red beyond Her blue boudoir -
            I writhe within Her pale peignoir.

Her Maids gloss lips with cinnabar,
    bedizen cheeks in dusts that mar,
        serve teas beside the reservoir -
            I sip them from a samovar.

Disguised in smoke and lamps of spar
    Her Genies gender gold dinars,
        evoking flames in ginger jars -
            I plea before the Commissar.

At Princess’ neighbourhood bazaar,
    white shadows slip through doors ajar
        to drape my dreams in ash and char -
            I long await the Avatar.

Her Merchants (preening, proud Hussars)
    paint pretty scenes on VCR’s
        while sailing ships to Zanzibar -
            I strum the strings of warped sitars.

Her Prophets sometimes cruise in cars
    else while at each and every bar
        to speak of space and time bizarre -
            I pass my pride for small pourboires.

Her Necromancers trace in tar
    tall tales of wisdom flung afar,
        transported by the Registrars -
            I hitchhike on their handlebars.

Her seers conjure repertoires
    where She and I are on a par
         in infinite surreal memoirs -
             I sometimes sense the void is ours.

My Princess never sees the scars
    cut by Her whispered “au revoirs” -
        I often wake to ask ‘who are
            these Gods that sail the distant stars?’
Form: Monorhyme


Premium Member Hair Raising Homophones

IF YOU READ THE WORDS OUT LOUD IT MAKES TOTAL SENSE!

Once eye never had a hare out of plaice
Now I’m going bawled and eye am feeling blew
People are laughing and are starting to stair
Eye am going horse telling them my tail
Sum folks are very suite and don’t mention my bold scull
But others have no hart and eye hate the way they teas me
Eye am not vane, but my heir has not groan for sum weaks
Who nose what will happen, eye cannot altar my hare with die
Eye think eye knead to ware a flour in my lox and eye will look sew sheikh

FICTIONAL WRITE USING HOMOPHONES

09~19~16

Premium Member Housekeeping a Second Nature

the rooms grow smaller
quieter
after every departure
clicks the latch

they're built to keep
weather out
not harbor grudges
that echoes leave behind

forks, vases, plates and pens
settle into their places,
as though, they're expected

the yellow walls
once held afternoon teas,
until the laughter
sealed the paint
and screened the light

the banister
smooths its touch
before any hand 
remembers its feel

the curtains
lift their seams
peering underneath
themselves

the stairs
borrow sunlight
for the tread of feet

the kettle
answers itself
in a kerfuffle 
chorus of steam

the floorboards
clear their throats
one board 
too soon

the hallway
widens for every
shadow
still waiting
outside

every afternoon
rehearses mornings
one curtain call
at a time

the dust learns
the shape
of fingertips

the chairs
lean much closer in
to listen

the doormat 
combs its 
greeting nap

every echo
tries on 
a different voice

as the house
leaves 
the door 
ajar
for no one

Premium Member The Virus on Our Earth

I'd always longed to be a bird
To spread my wings and fly
To soar around on thermals
Up in  the bright blue sky

But now I know what I would see
The blight of man on earth
It wouldn't be pretty from up there
What man has done since his birth

We have ripped out nature
To build our homes
We've replaced trees 
With towers and domes

We've covered the earth 
With cement and tar
Everywhere you look
There's car after car

The pollution makes it hard to see
No clean air left to breathe
We're choking on our own garbage
And there will be no reprieve

We've removed mountains
To build our ugly towers
We've made huge holes
That killed animals & flowers

We think nothing of spraying
Poisons everywhere
As long as it's how we want
We really just don't care

We fill our land with discarded
As long as we get what we wish
Who cares that we're choking the oceans
And killing the reefs and fish

Oh man! what have we done
To this world created for us
I know you hear my words
But claim I'm making a fuss

Because none of us wants to change
We won't give anything away
We'll sit back and relax
Leave the worry for another day

I don't want to fly anymore
I'll sit amongst the trees I've grown
Eat my food and drink herbal teas
All from seeds that I have sown

I'll pretend that nature is winning
And dream that it comes true
But I know it won't ever happen
Without action from me and you
© Aly Bahr  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Kandahar written by Mrs Yolanda Joy Nicholsen

All terrain passing over sand stones from a distance catering to the hillside the mountain sent down a calming coolness while the barrels of oil leaked my minds eye focused on the stone slabs beneath the mountaintop grinding as the convoy entered the hidden nooks conveyed by night hiding under day teal lavender fabric covered my being hints of dates aroused my senses while meaningful gestures crowded my space chatter invaded this telepathically disdained balance covenant by old disagreements that poured out into the caves my knees trembled as I'm being quite pampered by kings giant screems facing every direction nations gathering for a group meet up my hands are kissed peppermint teas are chills served in brass tea containers looking over the world exploding I am comforted i am safe I am kandahar
 Written by Mrs Yolanda Joy Nicholsen
Form: Lento


Chicano's Vitula and the Prickly Pear Collector r

                                        Higo M Chumbo 
                                By Sostenuto de Cencerro

                            occurring in the same syllable.
                                     two vowel sound
                                  aka gliding vowels.
                                  A vocal technique
                                    Falsetto style
                               used to sing notes higher
                                than your normal voice
                                    Opuntia Humifusa
                             Madagascar v.Tahitian vanilla
                                 cakes and cookie love mi
                            Masala Chai v. Lymph Glow Tea
                             yetis and theremols adore mi 
                                    Opuntia Humifusa
                                 its spines and glochids 
                                has inspired me to better
                                            prepare
                               and if you care I never knew
                                 my octave's were so high

   The fruits were so pretty I could taste the deliciousness of there beauty
            Damndest me as I have pricked myself in my selfish pursuit
               Damndest me that those nearest me must rescue me
                    The cookies there sweet savory deliciousness
                                     The icey satisfying teas
                          The nurse she removed the needles of 
                                         Opuntia Humifusa
                              as I savor the sweet edible seeds

Composed by Deduce Figami'ah

Vacation From the Past

I've waited all year for this week to arrive. 
A week in the sun , and a long trip on a train 
Cornwall the county I'm going to visit 
pasty's and cream teas,calling my name
Brunels, royal Albert bridge will welcome me in
Liskeard the gateway as my last leg begins 
The train follows the river you can glimpse through the woods 
East Looe and West Looe  come into my sight 
The smell of the sea and the call of the gulls 
Greet your arrival and the start of your hol's 
Tight cobbled streets with cafe,s and shops 
A harbour filled with lots of working boats 
A pier and a beach with crystal clear sea's
Offers of boat trips to Polperro and St Ives 
crab fishing from dockside's and local ice cream 
You finish your day with a trip to the pub
and a view of a sunset over the hills 
that colours the harbour , what a beautiful scene
all brought  from my memory 
with a tear in my eye 
as the people who mattered have long since passed by .


14/02 /2016 comp entry

Premium Member In Stillness

At last, in the mute of twilight hums
I am possessed with silence shaven,
whiteness of peace touches the breath
melting the morsels of earth’s flesh
from soiled, weary shirts: my unzipped body
dehydrated from needles of toil, soil, boil.
 
Dear time, be my friend in these hours;
the linens of cells are bathed in morning’s sweat
and raging howls of a day ache for an ounce
honeyed by the balm of a tearing mind... 
along blades of sky coasting, faint light 
brushes my dreary lips cradled
on a nest like tattered notes unsung.

At last, losing the self to the din
of night half-dark half-light, I cling
to the lingering octave of solitude;
the oneness with my crawling skin 
as I release all  the pining from the womb, 

that in stillness, I taste fresh pulp of life.



For Celebrate Life Contest
Sponsor: Christy Teas  Reposted 5/16/2016

Premium Member From the Eyes of a Camera

I have photographed the happiest weddings of all
And one of the saddest.
I have photographed children jumping, leaping, and playing.
And one in her casket.

I have been invited to parties, teas, plays, symphonies, and picnics.
I have been left outside in the rain, and inside trunks under coats.
I have laid in wait for days, wondering if would ever be used again.

I have been loved and hated.
I have caused people to say cheese, to laugh, and to give bunny ears.
I have been places where people got angry at me instantly, on sight.
I never know what is going to happen, or when I will be replaced.

The Elder

The look of youth has passed my eyes
Come furrowed brow and withered skin
Hair thin, bright eyes gone dim
What will become of me now?

Swaddled in warm linen
Drive the chill from feeble bones
Teas, hot oils and liniments
These aromas fill my home

The shell I wore is no more
With deafened ear and eye so blind
Brittle bones and muscles sore
Prompting life to pass the time

Pace unsteady, twisted spine
These hands of mine will work no more
Fatigued and spent, take to my bed
My youth to find me never more

All so precious to me now
Things cast aside in early hours
What a waste! Relive this taste
A second chapter to devour

Heart now lonely, cold and stalled
House so silent, ever still
Hear the clock~tick tock tick tock
Gaze out from the windowsill

No more visits, no more calls
My wife long gone and buried deep
Now welcome death with open arms
My soul shall seek eternal sleep
© Gayle Rodd  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

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