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Scheherazade Poems - Poems about Scheherazade


My Scheherazade
Cooling your glass in The cold waters That flow forth, fresh and crisp From my fragrant heart, I raise to you that cup of nectar And I am moved to see the grateful drops That form in your emerald eyes… We will sup a bit, and then We will dive, together, Clothed in our heavenly robes Into those crystal waters And come out again, With the fabric,...

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Categories: scheherazade, appreciation, beauty, love, princess,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Scheherazade - a Sonnet
Oh, I dreamed so of marriage when I was a boy, Of a girl I could cherish, might love my whole life! In the 'first' grade, a girl (my first love) called me "Roy," (1) Of course, I called her "Dale," (1) sure she'd make a good wife! Oh, her folks moved too quickly, by 'second' was gone, But 'Scheherazade'...

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Categories: scheherazade, love, music,
Form: Sonnet



Premium Member My Name Is Scheherazade
I do not want to die Like each virgin you bed When you have ravished her It's off with pretty head I do not want to die But…Oh to be with you! The supreme ruler, KING So handsome, yet so cruel You wanted your revenge On woman who betrayed The one who broke YOUR heart So you must have them slayed But what am I to do When...

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Categories: scheherazade, history, how i feel,
Form: Epic
Scheherazade
Another tale, it's just a game-- Kiss Death's cold cheek, but Death evade. My captor knows not that we Play; I hide it well, within a maze of Frames. What truth that I have left unmasked, A secret code yet to be Cracked, Diversions that are cut in halves, Each story better than The last. He realizes not that I've spun a web around His...

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Categories: scheherazade, imagination
Form: Tail-rhyme
' My 300 Spartans ... ' ( Or My Scheherazade )
To Commemorate My 300th Poem Here On The Soup 300 Solomons 300 Beacons 300 Spartans 300 Martyrs 300 Tales Done 300 Threads Spun 300 Heartsongs 300 Touchstones 300 Scheherazade Only 700 More, GOD and Wherever YOU Beam Me 10,000 More, Gleam Me - - - - - - - - - - … I Have Lost 200 Poems But Here Are 300 Because I Open My Arms To Inspiration Undaunted … “...

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Categories: scheherazade, allegory, devotion, faith, friendship,
Form: Light Verse




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