Petticoats Poems

Bottomless bottles of bile, in my wake

...In my wake, if i were to awaken,
O' wakeful wonder to wrench mine withered eyes 
Aware'f the withering summer haze
Out in my bright eyed future, out in my cross toe'd path
Pompous poppies t'prop ...

SEA WANTS ME

... SEA WANTS ME

Waves are here for the winners
spirals floating in turquoise 
dance ululating undulating 
blue bright sight
a point with paddle board
to soar sanguine Seas
I know not w...

Montmartre showers

...
spring arrives today
a scatter of clouds grey
parisian rains unfurl
winds that twirl and hurl 
umbrellas in the air
petticoats fly up with flair
whether each parisian girl
parades for whim o...

As The Last Petal Falls

...I recline with my cherry tree musings…

a fount of blossoms rise
and curve up from the ground 
up into a heaven-and-cloud scene  
to spread in splendor  a festoon of blooms 
like cumulus-puffs ...

Monkey Business

...marauding foxes  
mutilating fruit
minutemen mischief-makers
marching upon us

pick our pockets
laugh at our loss
   
“No mangoes for sale”

maimed, mangled, mashed
sweetness sham...

Mythos

...The summer was lush with death,
it turned the hare into a twirling dervish,
the raccoon to a pantomime villain,
forced mice
to sing in the jaws of predators.

The woods are bare now,
trees rat...

The Corpus Christi Carol translation by Michael R Burch

...The Corpus Christi Carol
anonymous Middle English poem
translation by Michael R. Burch

He bore him up, he bore him down,
He bore him into an orchard brown.
Lully, lullay, lully, lullay!
The f...

A Limerick

...There once was a lady from Indy
Who comes out of her house when it’s windy
She doesn’t walk fast
Though her friends are aghast
That her petticoats look very trendy
...

Small Memories

...Frilly lace and white petticoats,
Where did your young summers go?
Long ponytails and climbing trees,
My memories are all of these.

Now a woman stands, where once a child
Ran laughing, to me w...

The Room of the Unrequited

...The Room of the Unrequited
By Roger White
    That evening, stillness permeated the lavender-scented room.  Dusk crept through the windows
smudged by oily fingers, The day’s twilight left a dull u...

Confused I And Stressed In London

...is everyone from Barking  Barking mad?
Does everyone In Lambeth do the Lambeth walk?
Is Leicester Square In Leicester?
Is The Elephant And Castle a place where they hide Elephants?
Is Oxford Stre...

Pilgrimage to a sakura

...
In Japan, people make a Spring pilgrimage
They go to pay homage to cherry blossoms
When the earth nods its head
When the sun warms its forehead
It causes bare trees to burst in...

Love's Promises

...Look, see my little ones,
whose innocence upon their faces,
I keep safe within the pockets of the spaces,
that lay deep within my heart. Sealed with a
special lock and key.
I guide and guard the...

Animal

...Animals in top hats,
Ride bicycles en road,
Spoked wheels and pedaled spats,
Round about, in ornamental spode. 

Animals in monocles,
Spectate in obeisance,
Cuffed by inked chronicle:
Renasce...

Flower Girl In Blue

...Romantic-minded, young flower girl in delicate chiffon blue
Flipped her dainty lace petticoats up; her name was Lu. 
Her lively hands kept touching the embroidered flowers.
She was excited about t...

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