Short Capriciously Poems

She gracefully entered the room
whereby the sounds in all the world stayed
for a moment, her sweet perfume,
a sensorial hand grenade,
now tossed capriciously among
the men, naive, so very young....

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She may or may not
have sensed her ovulation;
neither did the men
whose heads
capriciously turned.
Their eyes pursuing
as she opened a path
through the turbid smoke
in the shadily lit club.
She sat down slowly;
her dance card empty....

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How clearly you appear sometimes -
Short, tall, fat, and thin, 
Depending on my glimpse of you
And conditions then.

I have no fairer friend than you -
True, false, right and wrong, 
Cajoling sense capriciously, 
Fading - to grow strong....

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leaves capriciously 
dance in
the 
sultry wind
[*-……….-*]

Venusian heat 
crushes
the 
exhausted spirit
[+!#!#!#!#+]

snarling sky
presage 
nature’s 
wrath
[<;/?!?!?!?!;>]

setting merciless sun
allows 
a temporary 
reprieve
[~\......./~]

awaiting autumn’s mercy
[?……….?]...

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One little jellyfish swam quite free
Swishing and gurgling capriciously
With the hiccups it seems
Propelling his jet streams
Back and forth simultaneously

Two tiny seahorses swam in place
Gawking at jellyfish face to face
One said "NO!" does he know
There's a shark at his toe
Ready to gobble him for a taste!



August 4, 2019...

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Shadows sweep along 
the street, branching off 
in all directions,
radiating outward.

Heat ripples steamy air
as a woman pushes 
a silent baby in a carriage
up the way.

A plane in the distance 
stretches itself across
the accommodating azure sky,
sound of the engine a drone.

A breeze whispers 
capriciously,
teasing trees, 
teasing skin.

This moment, 
as is every,
is eternal....

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under a  doting amber moon
beneath rolling crescent waves
the mermaid of his dreams
sways gracefully in rhythm
with his vacillating moods
capriciously oscillating
from depths to
crystal blue lagoons



AP: 2nd place 2022, Honorable Mention 2022

Submitted on December 15, 2019 for contest STRAND SPECIAL 3, ANY FORM, ANY THEME sponsored by BRIAN STRAND  -  RANKED 3RD

Originally posted on May 17, 2019...

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In ecstasy
in whisper, my emotional sense
tells me :
"Turn off the light" I'll light the flame!
I touch you... with all the will and tenderness....
that my unrestrained emotion offers
to meet us....
in divine madness
as in sensual tango of love
I look for your essence even in the absence
I cling to this illusion and I arrange you capriciously
in a ghostly bond of hugs and kisses....
we were together in delirium
and we are satisfied,
without us.... !...

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