Nectarous Poems

I Was Drunk

...Whispers
Long and lost
Loud and low
“S e i z e  t h e  d a y”
Touched my ears,
Poured into my soul,
Vanished my inner ghoul,
The night nostalgic, new,
Nectarous and nefarious,
Feathered my h...
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Categories: nectarous, beautiful, beauty, poems, poetess,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberLone, But Not Lonely

...Joan Marlowe was eight years old, and loved the smiling, happy people;
As green pines love chattering redbirds, when an orange sun is gleeful.

And yet, when some found they were too busy,...
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Categories: nectarous, beauty, fantasy, girl, nature,
Form: Couplet


Premium MemberGross Grandeur

...Nectarous taste would not surcease 
in torture now that’s my showpiece;
 
I sit in a hard chair pallid,
there’s solace in something solid; 

Give fine obeisance to the madness,
decayed memorie...
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Categories: nectarous, devotion, emotions, feelings,
Form: Couplet

Premium Membermy nose leads the way

...New Orleans French quarter bakeries
feature luxurious flavorsome bene’s
palatable pumpkin pies, exquisitely decorated cookies
aromatic meaty soups, nectarous scones, rich dipping sauces
appetizin...
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Categories: nectarous, food,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberA Pocket Full of Sunshine

...Lucy Locket lived amidst Lakeland Hills, where jay serenaded morning;
Like plum rainbows celebrate sunshine, with never any silent warning.

Lucy was merely twenty years old, like a peach ...
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Categories: nectarous, birthday, fantasy, friendship, happiness,
Form: Couplet


Cream Filled Pastries

...A sweet fragrance pierced the air
As I hold on to this moment.
Awaking at last to lonesome bedsheets
As I hear movement from within the kitchen. 

I arise to a foggy atmosphere
being probed by ...
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Categories: nectarous, caregiving, creation, happiness, inspirational,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberInviolate Spirit

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Written: December 04, 2023
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Desensitizing me—destroying my delusion.
Snapping sight of the kaleidoscopic illusion.
Delving in...
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Categories: nectarous, analogy, appreciation, character, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberHalcyon

..."Halcyon moments are privileges for the destitute.", by the poet

The nectarous voices are whispering bye,
as seasons substitute one for the other,
remodeling landscapes harmoniously,...
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Categories: nectarous, beautiful, blessing, imagery, inspirational,
Form: Sapphic stanza

Premium MemberNo Ordinary Week Day

...luscious orchid of purple sitting in a faux crystal vase
flavorsome apples of red
nectarous juices of orange tangerines
palatable watermelons with pink centers

marvelous corn pancakes
wondrous...
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Categories: nectarous, grandchild,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThe Inevitability of Happiness

...Today,
there are no rubber ducks
or mother's marigold skirts
to hide behind
as we once did.

In their place,
lurking dark and hoary,
a bathtub mist
updrafts thick with loose spores,
and mil...
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Categories: nectarous, care, extended metaphor, fun,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberSouthern and Symmetrical

...(PoetrySoup Format)


Worthy
beyond words
Warm, Wavy and Wild
Southern, Symmetrical and Shapely

~ Oh, those satisfying sensations ~
                 you give me

A
Bountiful...
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Categories: nectarous, poetry, sensual, words,
Form: Shape

Richards Love Letter

...Richard’s Love Letter 

Through distinct beaten paths we’ve wandered and journeyed 
Gliding through the fog of the mundane days; scurried, hurried, worried
In quest of happiness by mans standard ...
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Categories: nectarous, cute love, fate, how
Form: Sonnet

Premium MemberSkin

...skin

a lonesome word set above all others
provoking one to strain beyond the epithet
curious to discover the oracular journey
of a single utterance…
skin
will this bard’s quill paint ...
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Categories: nectarous, inspiration, poetry, poets,
Form: Free verse

Perfect Magus

...Though sapient vision limps short,
And digs no eye into nirvana's fort;
Albeit most vivid dream’s flips stop, 
Instinct excels where iffy triers flop. 

And that sharper divining seer tells
Swe...
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Categories: nectarous, allegory, allusion, blessing, change,
Form: Rhyme

Simone

...Simone


I’ve yet to see her cry
Or wipe a tear from her eye

Though I’ve seen her dry sweat  off her brows

And that fan ain’t nothing 
She’s going on sixty-five

Burgundy lipstick staine...
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Categories: nectarous, appreciation, autumn, beautiful, butterfly,
Form: Free verse

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