Sad the dark of night has fallen once again,
Rapturing the light of another splendid day
Wherein I have many noisome dragons slain.
Reintroducing me to a night of nagging pain
Beneath this quilted coverlet for solace I will lay,
Sad the dark of night has fallen once again.
I foresee the wee hours of a hot, searing chain
Tightening around my joints, it is no simple play
Wherein I have many noisome dragons slain.
Strange, so apparent, it comes when I have lain
On my bed in peaceful slumber come what may,
Sad the dark of night has fallen once again.
Though those who know explain arthritis plain
And I know nothing about the condition is fey,
Wherein I have many noisome dragons slain.
Is there some moral lesson one suffers to gain?
To dread the early morning hours in this way
Sad the dark of night has fallen once again,
Wherein I have many noisome dragons slain.
written March 11, 2022
Categories:
reintroducing, feelings, hurt, night, pain,
Form: Villanelle
[Creditation: I must thank Jan for reintroducing me
To that delightful word... ‘Todger’ in her ‘Bawdy Limerick’]
My landlady’s sexually keen
She’s also a little obscene
She called me her todger
I said you mean lodger
And she said I know what I mean
She gave me a wink and she said
You could pay this week’s rent in my bed
Her offer was real
So I made her squeal
My rent is now three months ahead
Categories:
reintroducing, humor,
Form: Limerick
L - Lovely lavender now removes Winters gloom,
A - Anticipation within is rising for your perfect bloom.
V - Velvety color of purple lavish your stems,
E - Even the stem doesn't know where its color ends.
N - Now slowly inhaling deep your sweet scent,
D - Delightfully you deliver what heaven meant.
E - Ever so gentle your beauty lands on the wind,
R - Reintroducing my senses to Spring once again.
Categories:
reintroducing, beauty, blessing, flower, heaven,
Form: Acrostic
Endangered species are around the world
Narcissus Bugei bulbous plant of Spain
Dabry's Sturgeon mostly now a dreamworld
Amur Leopard, Russian thirty-five remain
Nava's Wren from Mexico lost domain
Gorillas, by intense poaching
Eurasian Lynx saved by reintroducing
River Dolphins hurt from habitat loss
East African Highland Shrew disappearing
Dwarf Olive Ibis, will always engross?
In honor of Dr. Ram's contest..
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Categories:
reintroducing, education, nature,
Form: Dizain
Shall we meet in Cairo,
‘neath the ancient, mystified monuments
to forgotten love?
Halves rent apart worlds ago,
reintroducing first wild desire.
To explore scents exotic,
a tangible feast upon my tender breast,
tasting honeyed hips
with sugar-spoken lips
‘neath paled moonlight.
Trace silver tongued lines
across your dark, rippled chest
through blackest of night,
and lovely gold-hued thighs peruse –
sand and flesh abound -
as we forge a path throughout,
weaving through barriers of emotion,
layers of the heart.
Sip at my shaking breath,
consume my inhibitions,
slake my thirst upon your skin, and
consummate our hearts’ desire for
Morning comes so soon,
and we’ve not long to love.
Chase each other through markets,
now quiet behind veils,
love captured, entailed,
and granted.
And so, love,
if ever we shall meet in Cairo…
Categories:
reintroducing, introspection, lost love, love,
Form: Free verse