Romani Proverb
Wading in the river, shining hook wrapped, the flyfisherman casts
but the fish just stare at his lure, for a fly does not enter a closed mouth.
At the breakfast table everyone passes the pitcher of cream.
Mother puts a napkin over the top, for a fly does not enter a closed mouth.
Flying down the freeway, motorcycle roaring
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Categories:
romani, angst,
Form: Ghazal
Romani Flies
Clean and minty
Plump pink or receding
Capped, implanted, or real
A whistle through gaps
Metal brackets and stretchy rubber bands
Drool on a white cotton pillow case in the dead of night
Twitchy lies and storied gossip, save,
For a fly does not enter a closed mouth.
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Categories:
romani, irony,
Form: Blank verse
Romani Proverb
Gossip needs another route
to flow east, west, north and south.
Best not to let what you know out,
for a fly does not enter a closed mouth.
8/7/19
Romani Proverb Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Julia Ward
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Categories:
romani, perspective,
Form: Monorhyme
Romani Gypsy
Gypsy soul born a wandering way
Bearer of passion age old and new
Who can tame your unbridled day
And live as Romani's do
Calloused hands speak not complaint
Who's bearings steer by twilights cue
A leisured life such charm forsake
To walk as Romani's do
To bitter end thine heart defend
For right to prove love true
Un-soulful touch could not pretend
To love as
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Categories:
romani, art, culture, passion,
Form: Quatrain
Romani Girl 1841
Skirts swirl around her like colors in a kaleidoscope
Her feet move like they always knew the steps
The disks on her ankles tink and chime against each other
The music of her moves is more intoxicating than the colors in her skirt
But her beauty, Oh! That is so much more
With skin like satin clover honey
Hair as rich
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Categories:
romani, history, lost love, passion,
Form: Free verse