Persuades Poems

Nature of the Beast

...Contorting her spine into slithering seduction,
she glides under the dim fluorescence of the flickering bulb,
an epileptic episode of indulgence before his very eyes,
a sight that leaks into the s...

Cupid's Arrow

...
Tingly skies full of surprise, oh how I love when with surmise,
the little rascal aims his dart as if it were poetic art!
He will deliberately ambush you and your entire tush
with a ...

What Breaks My Heart

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I love you – even when the smile is shy
I love you, even when I can’t say why
I  love you, when my tears just won’t dry
I love you, with a love I can’t deny

What breaks my heart completely,...

Repetitions - Apr 24

...I’ve come to—k(now), the sobering conclusion
that I must be a lunatic; else what
sufficiently explains the smirking smut
clouding my judgment?—what viscous illusion—

outright{(diagnosable[,perh...

I Love You

...I love you:
Words easy to say
Sweet to hear
Hard to depend
Hard to rely
Mostly persuades you
On too much happiness
Though sometimes no truth in it....

The River

...One of life’s sunshine days 
A pleasant walk down to the river
Scene of all basking in high summer sun
Sheep graze roaming enamoured of the warm grass
The river flowing passing on its ancient mea...

Geoffrey Chaucer translations 2 by Michael R Burch

..."Cantus Troili" from "Troilus and Criseyde"
by Petrarch
translation by Geoffrey Chaucer
modernization by Michael R. Burch

If there’s no love, O God, why then, so low?
And if love is, what thin...

Touched by God

...God search needs us to shift to heart
The path is silence, a learnt art
Whispers of soul, our heart translates
Holy Spirit communicates 

Look not at form, feel vibration
Entwine with entire cr...

God's Embrace

...

hearts tremble, shudder and break
beneath the dark gaze of dreaded mistakes
grief sends a message that life won’t forsake,
while bitter becomes sweet as gentle snowflakes

souls ...

Petty Lying Eyes

...With your words so sweet and promises ring true
I fell hard in love with you
But each night I am lonely, rumors your playing around
Searching the night thank God you I never found.

A sick mothe...

Heavenly Happy Mother's Day

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Spring: Beginning, the practice run, 
      Hello, hallowed ..., Aubade;
Cringe reflections and spare the fun,
     hues, tints, oh yes, ...

April

...
Raindrops and showers,
April opens its windows
looking at the flowers.

Cloudy and sunny days,
cold and warm feelings
crossing different ways.

April has magic sleeves
that you can hid...

Time

...
Time Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Ink Empress
2nd Place
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Know the value of time…			
Whiling it away is ...

His Will

...
If He wasn’t the answer,
Answering every need, every doubt,
Even the fear – He persuades,
To leave, whispers of ash in its path,
Reasonable worries, darkness
Dims the hopes, the dreams, the pr...

Atlas Revealed

...Italy says she needed my arms around her,
from bed to kitchen, she persuades me with
her oven-warm hands.

France leaned from a door in the Montmartre,
she wolf whistles,
she likes my Ringo Mex...

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