Short Aquiline Poems

The loveliest girl in the world's named Rose
From aquiline nose down to graceful toes -- 
   Yet poor Rose can't get a date
   Is she abandoned by fate? -- 
Those giant bald spots she should not expose...

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     Poetry becomes thee
       but not me
          
     Thy golden hair sparkles and shines
       but not mine

      Silky apparel curves ‘round thee
        but not me 

      Thy nose so fine – aquiline 
        but not mine

      Thou art a heavenly vision to see
        but not me …

      Born but to praise thee
        i create ~ poetry
...

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Old Man

his weatherbeaten face, lined
with the hills and valleys of age
watery blue eyes set against a
backdrop of bloodshot white
his cheeks reddened from
sun and alcohol, his aquiline
nose has lost its nobility
his once full lips now just
scowling lines covering remnants
of jagged teeth
his stubble covered chin now
a dirty gray bristle
life has not been kind to him
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Remembering you at last,
the memory had faded,
your image was well nigh jaded,
I cursed my brain,
racking each grain,
slowly you emerged,
as if sunk titanic,
had risen again,
the rust layers fell,
you shone bright like moon,
each feature handsome aquiline,
suddenly amenesia clouds gathered,
I was raided by many issues,
you were enveloped,
and your memory was lost,
before it could even develop....

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