Short Bon Mot Poems

Zip Zap Zoop Zup
  You can dine; I will sup

Hip Hap Hoop Hop
  You like jazz; I'll take be-bop

Rik Rak Ruk Rok
  You're a poet; I'm a jock

Git Gat Gut Got
  Eat Poetry Soup, a real bon mot!...

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When we drink, we get drunk. 
When we get drunk, we fall 
Asleep. When we fall a—
sleep, we commit no sin—
When we commit no sin,
we go to heaven. So—



Adapted from a bon mot of
George Bernard Shaw
6x6 square, math/poetry...

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lifted

my words just barely dried
a poem appears in Spring
draws breath from a widow
close at hand, open to new 
worlds across the land.
gently are these bon mot 
teased into the silken air
escape capture on white 
sheets fly to the magnolia
in full bloom.  birdlike they preen,
cavort as do all new things in Spring....

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Elephantine
Slow motion measures
out of time
in pace
Great go-between
grows notions
in lines 
and space
Eglantine
embows fragrant pleasure
springtime's
embrace
Mezzanine
bon mot for half measure
lying low
in place
Intervene
plover distraction
displeasure
paradigm
about face
Serene
glow sensate pleasure
time felt
with grace


Written 16 May 2020
posted 19 July 2020

''Eglantine'' - a wild rose....

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