Piqued Poems

What's in a Star Sign

...I'm often asked what sign I am
Leading me to answer best I can
That while I know that signs exist
I try my best to cheerfully desist.

But there again if truth be told
My interest piqued this s...

COME TO THE WATERS

...COME TO THE WATERS
"Come all you who are thirsty, come to the waters..."Isaiah 55:15
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Childhood home woven with integrity,  
...

The Muezzin

...Before light’s encroaching
Beams, across wavelengths
Of glints, in between yawning
Protocols of waking,
The cocks strike a redundant
Note.
Choked by their own sensitive
Yodelling spree, muted ...

Aspiration towards elusive apotheosis of enlightenment

...Aspiration towards elusive apotheosis of enlightenment...

analogous to where
the fountainhead of knowledge
gushes forth unstoppable
as a result after Atlas shrugged
his head and shoulders
loo...

The Long Forgotten Cemetery

...Strolling along a winding country lane the other day,
I came upon a desolate cemetery in abysmal disarray.
'Twas barely visible, hidden among overgrown weeds and brambles;
Untended over time, it h...

Pig on a Spit

...Walking down York Avenue,
A very urban block,
An odor had my senses piqued
And then I saw, in shock,

In front of a local restaurant
A pig turned on a spit.
With juices dripping down, it someh...

Samba of the Stars

...


It was so silent, thist most extraordiary Spring night!
I closed my sleepy eyes, on my outdoor, jade recliner.
Warm as the embrace of a beloved,summer’s, cuddly.night.
I was awakened by m...

Precedent setting the stage for kerning and tracking piqued my interest

...Precedent setting the stage for kerning and tracking piqued my interest

Just before logging off for the day,
and ready to boogie out of the joint
an email landed squarely in my inbox
cordially ...

Call for Corn Awe

...
I wanted to make something drawn from bosom
      You & I gemini'd, 
From the wells extract'd virginity untouch'd 
     by compounds—
Forgot to send it out, forgot to hit send,
Hello,...

Whispers in the Attic

...In a house perched high on the edge of a hill, Where shadows waltz with the whispers of will, A tale unfolds of eerie delight, As the darkness encroaches, consuming the light.

Once lived a girl, w...

Telepathic Confusion

...Telepathic Confusion 




It was a tense and passionate gaze.
It locked me in a captivating trance, drawing me in with its irresistible energy.
How could I feel the energy from over here?
Des...

angels in hell

...
feathers …

white, wafting wildly
but singed …
not from heaven, too near the sun
but the fiery dungeon, deep …
angelic and sinless,
they came to save me
to retrieve the hot brand of id
tha...

Pariah heap - savagely subjecting myself to humiliation

...Pariah heap - savagely subjecting myself to humiliation

Outward slovenly appearance bespeaks volumes
wordsworth their weight in gold
(exhumed from the pith
of these lovely bones -
beclothed wi...

Ran it up the flagpole

...
               ‘Intimate gathering’
                  advertised
               Curiosity piqued...

                  poked my head in
               ~ cozy canoodling  



              ...

Midnight abracadabra

...Please don’t leave me hanging like that that, I hate to be in suspense, you piqued my curiosity and it’s so intense.  Artfully teasing you know how to play, always one step ahead, leaving me dizzy an...

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