Metaphor Lullaby Poems

It is 2 AM by the room clock,
Body, helpless, detached; done
Brain, still active. Heart wanting
the sweet melody of music. Alas,
the speaker needs the electric
embrace of...

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The bass line slips,
in melody of you,
rhythm’s eclipse,
control askew, 
glass mouths cling,
to every line,
whispering, 
sublime, tipsy light,
in our eyes,
of crescent bright,
lullabies.
...

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From roses to peonies, from peonies to lovers
im swinging on the bench during the deepest Halloween night like a crazy cicada enamorada wrapped around the...

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A whistling wheezing hamlet, whispering and emanating, tunes euphonic, 
In a remote isolated valley, far-flung from the abode of the temporal, 
Warbling quietly to whistle...

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Methinks, who wanders after pint size toy
To which Aristocrats bow in humbleness?
Afore the little toy went to dance with the rough,
Off the tee in bounces,...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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The Seashore Gathering
by Rabindranath Tagore
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

On the seashores of endless worlds, earth's children converge.
The infinite sky is motionless, the restless waters...

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i gently embrace the tomb singing a lullaby,
             softly whisper farewell to the...

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lullaby of love spreads mellifluous moments - starving skin ‘mongst stars



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Date: December 22, 2019
One Liner Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Silent One...

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A melody
is a fairy
flying across the lake at dusk
making its magic rain
on the water
causing the tides to break and gently flow
in random, but elegant patterns
to...

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Africa is in need, Africa is in need 
Africans may be schooled, learned
they may possess degrees and doctorates
in their bags there may carry any cowries

But...

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Pebbles tossed, 
ripples blue, purple, tangerine
one blur of movement
and stillness
soundless
Sadness in heart's implosion
I pluck cotton clouds
from a sky that weeps
colored candy
Evening drapes
slowly close over a...

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In silent hours till nightfall
When shadows grow long before fading
Heart thumps, a deep longing,
a soft knocking on a door still closed
Shy and introverted
As if saying:...

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The chick grows to puberty hearing the sound of surfs as a lullaby,
returning waves as rocking cradle, fed by passing clouds and drank 
of fogs....

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Version 1

If stars can sing a lullaby,
I shall fall into an eternal sleep.
If the breeze can kiss a goodnight,
I shall fall into a pleasant dream.
If...

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