To Beth: Rochester Falls
...You tried to lead me
(surely)
by the hand
across the shallows
but we were both too drunk
and the stones too slick
so we slid stumbling and laughing,
falling toward each other
all the way acr...
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Categories:
mischievously, beautiful, celebration, giggle, memory,
Form: Free verse
Romance
...Tender eyes gaze at me mischievously
Catching my breath as the sight of storms do
Swirling me in a private symphony:
A secret world made of roses, so blue
Love not consumed but growing in larg...
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Categories:
mischievously, romance, romantic, romantic love,
Form: Sonnet
We Go So Fur
...You’re so much artificial fur.
You, little bear, do not communicate,
not a word, not a single utterance.
Yet I speak to you, tap your nose,
pat your head - gently, of course.
I call you Mr Tit...
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Categories:
mischievously, cheer up, cute, fun,
Form: Free verse
Zephyr
...“When I felt lonely and betrayed, God’s words, ‘Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God’ fell into my ears as a soothing zephyr” By Poet
Night fades away...
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Categories:
mischievously, appreciation, blessing, journey,
Form: Free verse
A Spring Day at a Dog Beach
...Snug sunrays embrace the cold sea water,
Making sure, the guests feel comfy and warm.
Gentle breeze awakens the cool spring air,
Making the breakers soft, silky and calm.
Many wagging tails mi...
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Categories:
mischievously, beach, dog, inspiration, ocean,
Form: Rhyme
Evil Christmas Elves
...
Tom Cunningham has declared war on the elves this year,
The ones who hacked Santa Claus' computer. and I fear
the naughty or nice lists were mischievously reversed.
I'm very sure I heard Mrs. Cl...
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Categories:
mischievously, evil,
Form: Rhyme
Circe
...Amóre; what is that, he wondered,
before, before her, before the raw
Circean glimpsed across the buzzing
dance crazed rhythmic beating pulsing room.
Erudite, perniciously droll his
father was...
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Categories:
mischievously, lust,
Form: Abecedarian
Stars Of Clarity
...
I still reminisce when it was raining incessantly at 3:55 a.m. in the nascent ticks of time on a wistful wednesday. My skin felt the spark of crying hail and maybe, the snow-storms melted t...
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Categories:
mischievously, blessing, dream, emotions, meaningful,
Form: Haibun
Gott, Oh Machtig, Trump Iz On the Warpath Again
...Gott, oh mächtig, Trump iz on the warpath again!
Glad for birth write to express views
aware cunning linguists
will apply figurative screws
in an effort at blatant mud slinging ruse
exercis...
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Categories:
mischievously, age, america, anger, angst,
Form: Free verse
Get a Tickle On
..."Let's get a tickle on!" Sounds from his lips.
He mischievously wiggles those fingertips.
"Her tickle-flex has been found!"
Now she's rolling on the ground.
She tucks her knees up to her ches...
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Categories:
mischievously, funny love, silly,
Form: Couplet
I Shoulda Seen It Comin
...I shoulda seen it coming, but blind I was with love
Had I been cautious, I could have given it a shove
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Once there was vernal sunshine...
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Categories:
mischievously, depression, lost love, pain,
Form: Rhyme
Masquerading Ms
...Mysterious Mumbo micron meanders most monochrome mornings
Merry Mickey monster makes mentionable mackerel marmalade
Michigans maleficent mayor maimed Mrs.Maryjane May Marlow
Mumbling meager monarc...
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Categories:
mischievously, word play,
Form: Alliteration
Wandering the Road
...Wandering the roads. It has me under a spell even at this juncture in my life.
Even when spiked brambles
scrape my eyelids or those tender foot soles are being twisted by tooth-like stones. Qu...
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Categories:
mischievously, beautiful, birth, blessing, earth,
Form: Prose Poetry
The Cat and the Bird
...My cat looks out of the window,
At a bright summer day.
My cat looks out of the window,
But the beauty of nature is lost on her.
The trees are still in flower,
Violets and daises adorn the grass...
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Categories:
mischievously, animal, bird, cat, summer,
Form: Free verse
There Be a Bucket Full of Stupid
...36.
The Rose
The garden rose by Nature's brush
Seems the perfect flower.
It sleeps before the autumn moon...
Is reborn of April showers.
I feel an empathy and compassion
For...
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Categories:
mischievously, joy, nature, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
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