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Premium Member Valentine Preview

It's Valentine’s
think hearts and
roses she said --

roses she prefers
so like herself

her own gracefulness
enticing petal scent -- 

the blossoms she adores -- 

think of rapturous nights
and Roman Candle dawns
such passion as hers never
seemed to need break -- 
 
entrancing patterns of fine drape 
silk dappled with sunlight
beams of arousing romantic kneading 
a second heedless amorous skin duplicating
transposing quixotic embroideries 
of desire and forever -- 
like Salome she revealed all of her 
beguiling fond nakedness
making instant jello of
my rational mind -- I will never
forget...vowed we would never forget!

Damn, where was that?

and who the hell was
I with?

Oh to be young and divinely foolish again!

Premium Member Sneak Preview of the 'Big Debate'

    My opponent will destroy democracy
      But my opponent will normalize hypocrisy  
    
    My opponent pays hush money to whores
      Well, my opponent snoozes in meetings and snores

    My opponent’s in cahoots with radical progressives
       But my opponent’s tax cuts are regressive  

    My opponent is in bed with Putin
       Well, my opponent for Iran is rootin’

    My opponent’s spending will stoke inflation
      But my opponent’s plans will increase starvation

    Enough!  Stop!  Cut!  Halt!
       It’s not all the other guy’s fault

    All this negativity makes one thing clear
       I’m voting for the first candidate I can cheer

Premium Member Preview Not a Pinnacle

preview not a pinnacle

expectation unfolds a dampener
when there's always another
peak to climb on
the humpty dumpty horizon


Premium Member Ww3 Sneak Preview

POTUS Joe Biden
  met Vladimir Kremlin
  said, 'Show me your wares if you dare'

  Whereupon Vladimir Kremlin
  unleashed a gremlin
  grinning atop nuclear hardware

  Not to be outdone
  Joe had a plan
  whipped out a fierce water gun

  Said, 'Come here, Vlady Kremlin
  along with your gremlin
  Take this! (Spritzing them) ~ The War 'gainst Pollution WE'VE won'

Premium Member His Angel Gives Him Preview Tips

He has cancer and it is not good
But at night things are better
Because they give him strong meds
And the angel comes

She puts him on her lap
And takes him to the stars
Explaining to him what angelhood is like
She is gentle and loving

During the day he is in pain
He gets shots, and he does not understand
But he lives for the night visits
With his angel who will greet him also in heaven

Premium Member Preview of Summer

May 
arrives 
with blossoms 
and honeybees 
sweet scents of roses 
softer summer's 
delightful 
scenes in 
May


Written April 4, 2021 (Easter Sunday)
for "Spring Ninette" poetry contest
sponsored by Caren Krutsinger


Premium Member Presidential Preview, 2025

My dear Donald Trump 
  At your tender age 
you shouldn't be bumped
  into early retirement, and so
I want you in my new Cabinet, although

to your unique talents the position must fit...
  Therefore, after mulling things over a bit
There's an idea that makes perfect sense
  A new, complementary position to old 'Defense'  

~I hereby appoint you my 'Secretary of Offense'

Premium Member A Whispered Preview of Heaven Sight--

A WHISPERED PREVIEW OF HEAVEN SIGHT--

                                    As I come humbly before you;
                                     I take off my shoes and coat;
                                   And as I kneel down beside you;
                                 Praises caught up inside my throat;

                               Sweet whispers you speak inside my ears;
                                              My minds a float;
                         As I'm in awe with every and all things that you do;
                      As I welcome your soft voice and your presents I'm into;
                 My own little world and is this a glimpse of what's heaven like;
                                     Praise be to you my Father God
                                      For given me a preview, sight...
                               A whispered preview of heaven sight.......
                                                   12/19/18

Premium Member Sneak Preview

Inspired by the Bible Scripture of Habakkuk 2:3 

Sneak Preview

So thankful for the gifts from God
They are all my hopes and dreams
Those joyful Sneak Previews
Of what He will someday bring

When I dream big
And keep my hopes high
It is like I did something good
By at least giving it all a try

The journey may be long
And the load is sometimes heavy
Just remember it says in the Bible
The vision will come, it will not tarry

Even though it is at an appointed time
It is surely still coming in brand new
Certainly better than ever before
It is great to see a Sneak Preview

Those sneak previews
Make waiting not seem slow
By enjoying the given thoughts
They come true before you know

Florence McMillian (Flo)

Premium Member Preview

Passion knows fit,
Ride through the storms;
Expand fine wit,
Voice a new norm;
Invoice your words,
Expect fond pay;
Waves can be heard.
Trust in soul play;
Reach for a pitch,
Insist on this;
Use alters reach,
Meet a sure ease;
Prime a clear say,
Heed path of play.



Leon Enriquez
13 October 2014
Singapore

A Sneak Preview

Hold your saliva.
The kissing syndrome,
is on prowl.

A threat looms large;
over the face on the face
of most beautiful eyes.

Are you fascinated by the-
picture of shedding the skin ?
The reptile was most venomsus.

Strikes, when you are
sleeping. Floats into your house
when it is dark.

A remake of the horror 
of holocaust ? Will it
affect your lips ?


Satish Verma

Preview of Perfection

A tiny taste of the life I’ll lead
In your bed, our kingdom.
A preview of all that I want and I need,
Love, in total freedom.

Premium Member Winter Preview

Not a single flake of snow has fallen,
Yet the ground is covered with white.
Jack Frost is delivering sparkling rime
On this November moonlit night.

Wind has been welcomed to join in the game.
He is waiting to bite your nose,
And Jack Frost, the rascal,. is capable 
Of nipping away at your toes.

You attend their gala at your own risk,
Before Winter comes at full speed.
The party hosted by Jack is a blast,
A welcome to Winter indeed.

For Brian’s 12 line contest

Won a 3rd

Captcha Character Preview Slurs

-------*To be read in true Italian Mafia voice....--------

I wanna meet the wise guy.
You know, the pai·san gettin' cute with the Soup!

Cuz' the CAPTCHA preview characters keep throwin' me insults
like GOOF,
DOOF,
and POOP!

At foiwst', no offense was really taken...
'till the vulgarities became evident to me;
and this schmuck starts slappin' insults at me
like: PMSR,
 VAGP, 
and U 8  ET
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*(all characters are based upon actual characters given to me on the soup)

Captcha Preview

Type the characters you see in the picture

 /GMH4/

I AM NOT A BLASTED VIRUS
I AM HUMAN, POET, ARTIST
And you’re a confounded nuisance…

Picture this—
A world where a simple click
Will send the comment more swiftly
Will log you in faster
No more silly letters in a grid
If only…

Well—I suppose its fine
I’m a complainer, a nuisance, a swine
But hey, fine, I’ll say it:

Thanks, Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans 
Apart
It is things like you that will prevent a robotic takeover

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