Short Chequered Poems

A mischievous Harlequin whispered in my ear;
Of everything he said that night, I don't recall
His honeyed, sibilant voice to me not clear,
o'er his chequered self, a hazy mist did fall....

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This universe is a chequered board
Where facts are sacrificed as pawns
To defend ideas antediluvian.

Our horizon is constantly receding
Knowledge and ignorance clash
Ending in a stalemate....

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Confidently he played
Cat and mouse across the
Chequered board of her heart,
Cheating behind her back.
Caught in the act, he lay
Cowering in defeat:
Checkmate...the final move.

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Contest: Pleiades - C
Sponsor: Kim Merryman
Placed 1st
© 23rd August, 2016...

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Summer Lunch



Delivered by cute stud, served in a red chequered box!
On this sizzling, summer,sun-joyous June day.
Delicious, cold seafood salad on a perfect Brioche.
Rapturous, fresh garden  creamy coleslaw.
Perfection!


                  June 24, 2020
                  10:15 pm PST



              Poem # 1,313
               Edited...

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I see wood, finely wrought carvings,
Curling and creeping up to the ceiling.
What sort of bars are these?

And navy cloaks on chequered glass,
Hang a honeyed warmth across each pane.
A lucent inch from forbidden world.

All have their eyes on me, one wears
Pearls, one in sweater and sari, one hides in an animal's skin.
And who is captive, who is free?

Is this prison, or paradise?...

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I have agreed to cede 
an unwritten moon
in a killing frenzy,
for a chequered spirituality.

Now visitation will start 
ravishing the light at dawn.
The grievers will assemble
for a final scoop of dust.

Forgive my star,
for a failed touchdown.
A child stands before glitterati
born again to suffer the other sky.

Nothing comes out of nothing.
The circle was complete.



Satish Verma...

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Golden water glittering through
delicate weeping willow leaves
Swans swimming on  the lake
Grand  house on top of the hill
neatly framed with many trees
Shingled roof  peaked gables
Large arched windowed eyes
Carpeted  flowers staircases
Marble floor,  chequered hall
Dining room living room den
Settee Louis XVI parlor chair
Deep  yellow blue pink letter
Clatter of  six sets  of  hoofs...

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