Long Velveteen Poems

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These Eyes of Mine

These eyes have often been solaced by twilight's cotton candy pillows

moving silently towards a sky's velveteen blanket and angels'silver gowns

By gazing over hills to where old country church bells

and crickets play harmonious sounds.

These eyes have often been solaced by honey coloured shadows

pouring moonlight zest across the rose-plum of my cheek

By little antique lamplights which illuminate my soul's dark cobbled street.

By winds carrying sea-salts to a fragrant golden sand

By tides washing  out corals to a distant land.

These eyes have often been solaced by your return 

to this vacant room inside my heart

By the hush-hushed whisper of your voice

By the embrace of your arms.

By the way you love me...

By the way you need me...

By the way you want me...

Like an autumn bonfire

before next dawning dew fall

By the way you lean on me.


Slips the Blue Satine

“Slips the Blue Satine”



Desire bites 
a sonnet ripped 
where the voice projects
through glossy cherry bit lips
down a telephone line
wrapped around long legs

speaking soft words
welcoming you in like a quilled whip

Freedom bites
a too serious sonnet smiles
then progresses to apply
velveteen kisses where the lips 
tie a loose noose of words like pearls
around the sound conduit 

curbing the mind 
whispering to soft curves, 

a roadmap
written across body
eyelids, flushed naked cheeks
neck down to hips
where the key turns
poetry speaks 

blood drawn 
the heart has teeth
Gaga’s gone 
all evolutionary 
too much of too much 
she denudes the blue Satine easily

divesting all hopelessness of
the hounds barking
their haranguing hangdog habits
superlatives exaggerated
hyperbolical expressions of praise
blessed again in the wasted chronicles of time

her hand’s firmly fixed
around the gear stick

stilettos accelerate sharp
instructions from the driver’s seat
switching gears up
behind the fortune wheel
treasure sits 
“pull your head back in”, she says

“the Lotus Eaters 
at Loon Junction
are on the prowl, 
they’ll tear you to bits”.
"humour me," he says, 
"let me off my leash".

(LadyLabyrinth/2021)





“Small Town Witch”/ Sneaker Pimps
https://youtu.be/M6zh5rAlZ18













https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Velveteen_Rabbit

Sonnet 106.

The Dilettante Diaries: "Goin' Gangsta on the Road to The Lotus Eaters at Loon Junction" -  
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/the_dilettante_diaries_goin_gangsta_on_the_road_to_the_lotus_eaters_at_loon_junction_1059240


LYRICS/"Small Town Witch", Sneaker Pimps
https://genius.com/Sneaker-pimps-small-town-witch-lyrics

The Neverwere

In the garden of the almost blossom
stood Heirarchy the leader of the Neverwere
He paused as the Varenbirds disappeared within themselves
as they circled high above.
The velveteen sunrise shimmered above the diamond mountains
fractures of blue and reds dazzled his eyes for a moment
he slid his rough hands across his brow as he lowered himself to the ground.
His thoughts bounced across the unmoved water
a school of Labrinths.trapped within its depths.kept his gaze for a few moments.
He lay his head on the firegrass, its flames gently swayed against his gentle skin.
For any watching a man enjoying the joys of day but for those who knew him they could see the torment of a good man forced to war.
As he lay prone in the licking flames, he slowly closed his eyes
and took a deep breath.
His hand now felt the hold of another.turning on his side to bathe
in Summerias golden eyes, as she disarmed him with her crooked smile.
From his depths he could not contain the joy in his returned smile.
Still so silent, his thoughts of the Sluzen beast the silent killers who
roamed within the wilderness on the outskirts of the citadel.A remembrance of a childhood friend consumed by the Sluzen as they defied the warnings.
Many a throat had been slashed by his assassin bride, a warrior of some repute, but here in the beauty of the slivered sunrise her softness
was unquestionable.
With hesitation he began to speak, a finger touched to lips stopping him mid word.
No my love just lie back with me and let the morning be born
He lay back stretching his hand for his love
as fingers intertwined he closed his heavy eyes once more.
This moment of calm that hid his turmoil, if the Neverwere were to be
the only course was war

Premium Member Sometimes More Is Less

Sometimes more is less – 
like, overworking a painting,
blurring the eye-feast with an
excess of dabs and strokes, a 
mix reminding me of too deeply 
breathed tokes; or a poem, with 
a vomit of words – nixing participation
for the reader, the mental pecks
he came for, like a bird at a 
mystical feeder, that odd-ball
supplier, limping away on one
good leg, a strange god in
unnatural, featherless attire, yet 
a bird in heart, but not quite the
airborne flier~he dreams...

I pause, at the lit-edge of clouds...
content to linger, and simply
wonder of the beaming linings,
careful not to invade; I stop, 
at the visual, velveteen texture
of roses, keeping my distance, 
inhaling the intoxicating wafts
while restraining my hand of
usual dissection – like the surging
of your love, freely given~allowing
me my private melt, as I, you, an
intimate journey into uncharted
bliss....

Let Me Show You the World

There is more to a flower than  just a flower
There's a spreading fragrance surrounding the air.
There are velveteen petals, falling and scattering,
all over my skin, and a daisy in my hair.

There is more to the wind than just a wind
There was never a breeze that hadn't whispered
my beloved's name.It breathes as it pleases,
It drifts purple leaves  slowly in my dreams
with a soft  and gentle sway.

There is more to the bird than just a bird
There's music in each garden
with an angel song to be heard.
There's a flutter, a heartbeat
There are wings of a freedom conquered.

There is more to the moon and the stars
than just a moon and a star.
They brighten the night, like a fire-fly
Wherever you are, no distance is too far 
No sky is too high.


There is more to ocean waves
 than just an ocean wave.
Every coast they embrace
Splashing spumes on our toes
and moist salt on our face.
With each wave that we ride
We will win the tide, which with strength
comes crashing the feelings we hide.

There is more to fire than just a fire
There is passion , desire.
With its red curving lines
It brings warmth to the eyes
To our dark moors brings light
This fire is alive.
With its embers and flames
On winter frosty days
It flickers and burns,
 keeping the cold away.


There is more to humans than humans
So much more to who we are.
There is soul and compassion
There is love in the present
There is joy which resides
In each one of us.

There is more to this world than just a world
If you do not believe, just follow me.
I will take you to places,Such magical places
where beauty keeps showing
wherever we'll be.
Form: Lyric


Premium Member Deviants and Divine

In a world where love has forgotten its place, lost all meaning, left floundering in the mud—courage has found its nirvanic horizon, its ruby flames rise up in the end~ Poetess

Destroyed, slain, 
smashed and driven to the ground~
a brutal odyssey of dispiritedness
of rude awakenings endured
around this, fire kept burning within
intoxicating every vein in my body
when welled up eyes, pools of tears fallen
I was the ocean, the lone firebird that flies over
a lone star ablaze, weightless, free-spirited
and alas, rising from the ashes
in glorious splendor for all to observe and marvel
born outside rose walls, from wind, at night,
from red clay, the flowers and the mud, 
weeds and roots they know my name
its not attention I seek, its resonance
smashed and driven to the ground~
ignored, displaced, and all but forgotten
and from this despair, I am the phoenix rising
f r o m   t h e   a s h e s  are the gauze wings,
refined in sapphire gossamer velveteen 
walls turn to rubble, no rose-stone left unturned,
left unseen is what most is valued, light sifts thru
I’ve won life’s prize—contentment's invaluable gifts
© I Am Anaya  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Eurydice and Her Moonbeamed Tresses

Why in his presence, did her soft heart, always like  sweet 
cotton candy melt?
Orchestral songs engendered the tenderest feelings, to her 
heart, so aquamarine velvet.

Such starlit, subtle, shameless, suggestive glances!
An antennae in every way was she, inviting kaleidoscopic, 
tsunamic romances.

On the fog cradled ship, with a cape of fog, blessing her 
chiseled,moonbeam face, 
His arms enclosed her in a velveteen gold, cuddled in his
silent, starshine embrace.

Oh, poetess, penning of feelings of deep intimacy.
Your poem, will be stamped “romantic “?
A term, you loathe and find so very meaningless and worse, 
utterly curt and disgustingly pedantic!

But only a poet who knows your heart to its scarlet
inner flaming core,
Has the outstanding bravissimo to knock on your truly 
insatiable, heart’s-door! 

Dare he try his wings and wish for such magically,
exotic, sensual satisfaction?
Wrapped in those twilight, wild, moonbeamed curls 
of Eurydice’s Olympian extraction!

                              6/4/2024
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Green With Envy

I met her when I was sixteen or seventeen
One old mean vicious queen called Josephine 
Her skin the texture of a tangerine
And its color plasticine aquamarine
Obsessed with her aging beauty hardly pristine
Deeply tormented by the hope of cure or vaccine

I vividly remember the wildest bizarre surreal scene
It was in between mid-October and the eve of Halloween
When she lined our trampoline with a thick coat of vaseline
She made us hop like mexican jumping beans that evil queen
There we were me and my friends Maureen Kathleen and Eileen
She resented our youth and let us loose in an old pinball machine 
Sea green with envy screaming out spells of velveteen opaline
This was her idea of some weird evergreen rejuvenation machine



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Submitted on March 14, 2019 for contest “GREEN” HUMOR, OLD OR NEW sponsored by CAROLYN DEVONSHIRE  -  RANKED 4TH
Form: Monorhyme

Premium Member Children's Books

While cleaning house ahead of our family’s summer birthday party
dusting every cranny…all the nooks…
I paused as I began to dust a shelf that housed old children’s books.

Children’s books we haven’t read in years…as so much time’s elapsed…since we read them to our children…and grandchildren…when they still fit upon our laps.

Some books we read only once…some had messages to impart
some we read so many times…we knew them all by heart.

Some books still looked as good as new…while others showed their age
as I opened each one gingerly…as I reminisced through every page

From Dr. Seuss to Little Golden books…to Peter Pan who flew among the stars…From Goodnight Moon and the Velveteen rabbit…to Where the Wild Things Are.

Each book not only contains a story…but is a memory by itself…
which is why, together, they have found a treasured place upon our shelf.

Although these books were essential to our children’s and grandchildren’s growing wings…we haven’t read to them in years…as they’ve flown on to other things..

I can’t help but think, however, these books remember when our children and grandchildren were a little smaller…and when they come to visit…
each book stands up a little taller.

Thinking about another day…another time…way back when…
hoping to be noticed…opened up…and read again.

Waiting fo the day these now grown-ups and their lives again shall overlap…
Perhaps when they read them to their children 
and their grandchildren…
while they’re still young enough to fit upon their laps.
© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.

Fuzzy Socks and Crocs

Fuzzy and hairy that is what he was, a cuddly big bear. She   
Undressed shyly before him while he took his own sweet time   
Zesting it up with cologne before a mirror, what a nervous boy      
Zorro mask in place he naughtily asked," can I use my whip ?"  
You can do anything you want but leave my feet alone    

So there they were two hotties revving for the big big night
Oh Oh Oh she wailed and moaned, " how I love the big wild horse" 
Caressing her like a velveteen he croons into her ear, "Oh dear " 
Kiss me, canoodle me but don't look at my feet Tiger, cuz if you do ?  
So slowly ever so slowly he peels the blanket off her quivering body 

And as he looked at her feet he took in the blue socks and crocs 
Nascent desires squelched, she was no longer a sexy wench ,
Darling, what in Gods name made you wear something like that he cried 

Cuz I wanted to be hot stuff for you, but my feet are always cold 
Roaring with laughter he took off his mask & she noticed his brows  
Oh my stars you shaved your brows! "Didn't want to be a     
Caveman my dear. She giggled and squeezed him tight.  I love it  
Sexy Zorro.  Two lovers doo whopping it, with hot sexy love...
Form: Acrostic

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