Bottled Vinegar
...In these days of austerity
It’s getting to be a treat
To go out for a few pints
And have a bite to eat,
So, Please Mr Pub Landlord
Grant me just a little wish
Bring back the vinegar bottle
So ...
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Categories:
sachets, anger, food, humor,
Form: Rhyme
A Face Like Thunder POTD
...I was a planetary climatologist, who studied climate variability and change,
Like sweet variability of stunning, green tulips, in lavish garden rearranged.
Studying the said effects on the biosph...
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Categories:
sachets, fantasy, flower, imagery, nature,
Form: Couplet
Grumping
...There’s fish and chips on the table
It’s lovely and all piping hot
Sauce and vinegar was in bottles
Salt and pepper each in its pot.
Now it’s laid out on the table
Driving me more and more to ...
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Categories:
sachets, angst, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Consciousness Correction
...Consciousness Correction – 11-20-23
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Consciousness Correction
Envy sneaks in unseen
A thief robbing light from my house of ...
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Categories:
sachets, life, light,
Form: Free verse
Familiar Ghost
...familiar ghost in her house
gave off an odor of lilacs
Jean took comfort in this visitor
Believing her to be benevolent and loving
perhaps she was her Great Aunt Eunice
or her Grandma Pat
They ...
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Categories:
sachets, spiritual,
Form: Prose Poetry
An Old Fashioned Love
...I was a dedicated, expert arborist, bringing joy and comfort to shady spaces,
As mountains give cool joy to blooms, in butterscotch afternoon's last traces.
A love of trees grew in youth, when cl...
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Categories:
sachets, family, fantasy, green, life,
Form: Couplet
Foundations
...5AM the haywire of light
you've framed the vista
from your frosty window
Stacked sachets of cos lettuces
ponder for an outcome growth
Whence the day of blossom
Salvation is always a cost
O...
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Categories:
sachets, allusion,
Form: Free verse
Secret of My Desire
...Quote: "From deep within my heart
I always catch the scent of my Beloved.
How can I help but follow that fragrance?" By Rumi
She, an inhale of perfume on a summer day vacant as the scen...
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Categories:
sachets, sensual,
Form: Rhyme
Purple Haze
...Fields of lavender so divine
Withstand the test of endless time
Year by year with purple hue
Magical moment's fragrant debut.
Spray of lavender in linen chest
Between clean sheets summ...
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Categories:
sachets, beautiful, nature,
Form: Couplet
Calm Needed
...Not for any contest.
The large airplane wobbled slightly,
Someone just screamed impolitely.
An announcement urged all for calm,
Lying was she without a qualm.
The airplane wobbled s...
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Categories:
sachets, confusion, hope,
Form: Couplet
Whispering Wings
...Quote: Don't let the lilacs die without a touch of sweet perfume
send forth, from life to grave
She scented her wings with a powdery substance of lilac
then parachuted...
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Categories:
sachets, angel, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Fine Dining On Air France
...We’re monopolized by the Saran-wrapped food,
the plastic cutlery,
absorbed by the clutter of the food tray.
Numbed by hours of jiggling,
the carting of torpid bodies through interminable distan...
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Categories:
sachets, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Muguet De Mai 2
...Ce sont de grosse perles tombées à l'envi du paradis,
Grain à grain, plus luisantes que tout superbe satin.
Leur fraîcheur et délicatesse proviennent du séraphin,
Qui dit: jamais ses qualités ne d...
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Categories:
sachets, flower, may, senses,
Form: Rhyme
Hide and Seek of Nature
...Flowers were snoring with sweet dreams,
When the Sun's fingers woke them up;
A symphony of birds-chorus,
Like a concert, seemed to thrill up...
Amidst summer's severe staring,
Rain opened his ...
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Categories:
sachets, bird, flower, nature, rain,
Form: Personification
Private Residence
...Private Residence
Sign at the gate – no solicitors –
Beyond the rosewood door sanctuary in seclusion
Untouched by hands racing round
A face framed by chimes and alarms –
Measures of mincing mi...
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Categories:
sachets, home, house, universe,
Form: Free verse
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