Pomp and Circumstance
...You sachet round the aisle
Just to seek an earnest romp
You flash your crooked smile
More of your parasitic pomp
A masher and a cad
You ever prey on their desires
Take everything th...
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Categories:
sachet, insect,
Form: Rhyme
Wishing To Be A Tangerine
..."A spoonful of fantasy is often the best medicine for reality." - Poet
Somedays I'm a pale apple wishing to be a tangerine.
Fantasy focused fulfillment fondles contentment dreams.
Enthrall me ...
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Categories:
sachet, dream, emotions, endurance, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
A Sonnet to August
...I will miss you so, dear August of mine!
When September winds blow and the days shift
Into evening silhouettes of birds,
Listlessly observing from trees that lift
Long limbs, where ac...
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Categories:
sachet, age, appreciation,
Form: Sonnet
spring springs
...Winter’s releasing us from its perpetually gray and gloomy grip.
Who can study in their room, on a beautiful spring afternoon?
Azaleas assail ya, with champagne petals of bubblegum fuchsias,
the...
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Categories:
sachet, appreciation, color, humor, life,
Form: Rhyme
Forgotten Field of Forever
...
Forgotten field of forever - I knew you once . . .
in daffodil days when I wandered in wisteria ways.
Sprightly I skipped and rarely tripped.
Hope really did spring eternal then
in the sprin...
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Categories:
sachet, childhood, war,
Form: Free verse
Perusing the Tea
...Perusing the tea, what it brings, vitality, refreshing, or tranquility.
tea’s altruistic -
the elixir gives itself
to succor ailments
I warm leaves up when my hands and feet are icy cold. The...
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Categories:
sachet, drink,
Form: Haibun
Love and Odd Similes From Song of Songs
...I
Beloved
Your name is like perfume poured out
Take me away with you - let us hurry
Lover
I liken you my darling to a mare
Harnessed to one of pharaoh's chariots
II
Beloved
My lover is to ...
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Categories:
sachet, analogy, bible, creation, cute
Form: Free verse
October Spice
...October Spice
Inspired October creates a recipe
For a sumptuous feast
A bouquet garni of paprika hued orange tupelo,
A fete of fragrant cinnamon shades in russet umber oaks,
Sprinkling tinges ...
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Categories:
sachet, october,
Form: Free verse
Sweet Sachet
...we live in the perfume of our sweet love each day
its scent adorns me draped in sachet fragrant rays
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Categories:
sachet, change, cry, death, deep,
Form: Couplet
And the Breath Said
...I had seen - her calm, cool, composed - like a soft soothing breeze,
Though she could turn tempest or tornado or weakly wheeze;
Like a formless cherub in an endless garden of love,
She covered the...
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Categories:
sachet, life, love, mother, music,
Form: Rhyme
Carolyn Caravanning
...I've not, in truth, knowing the late Ms. Carolyn,
It might be owing I am quite late to come in;
It's when I know about her from you, dear masters,
And learn you've found in her love's true lasting...
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Categories:
sachet, death, poetess, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
No Suicide
...Sadness
Like the sachet
Of a detained schoolboy
Taunt, tease, thrash, threaten, terrorize
Sadly
Sadly
Sachet full with
Colorful memories
Captivate, caress, convince, cure
Serene
Serene
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Categories:
sachet, life,
Form: Cinquain
Solomon's Song of Songs
...She
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth—
for your love is more delightful than wine.
Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes;
your name is like perfume poured out.
No wo...
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Categories:
sachet, 7th grade, age, beautiful,
Form: Pastoral
He Gave Her a Book
...Just one copy left. I'd soon picked, 'My village',
A renowned book of charming verses for the young;
Much loved for illustrations and lucid language,
And Rhythm such - every line could be easily s...
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Categories:
sachet, bereavement, brother, childhood, death,
Form: Rhyme
Tips On Thirukkural
...Sea in a
Small pot;
Sun in a
Small dot…
Sky in a
Silhouette;
Stars in a
Sachet…
It's a stream;
It's a dream;
It's a treasure;
It's a pleasure…
Touch it once
You will feel as though
The ...
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Categories:
sachet, books, poems, poets,
Form: Free verse
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