Short Dolce Poems

Bride me rainbow brite
groom your peacemeal pains
La Dolce Vita?...

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Sweet life, dolce vita
          it's filled with dreams, cause
          bitter is the reality ......

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I wander about like a ghost,
driven by soul’s creative need
to share what I feel through this post
and so allow bliss beats to lead,
whispering emotes, which I heed....

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I turn the fallacy
by the poem
malavite
for the dolce vita
the partenza
by the return,
ugliness for beauty...
so i live
and I always do...
 to modify the pain
by bliss...!...

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I have ruined
your brand new
Two thousand pound 
Dolce Gabbana suit
  
I am aware of 
how cruel it was, 

Forgive me, but 
when I saw the grin
on your face
the glass of red wine
gained a will of its own
and slipped out of my hands...

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Dolce Far Niente


          ' Why

            sitting

           indolent ?'

          " Happy moments !

            Dolce far Niente :
  
            Me , restoring

            energy.

           Got it ?

            Why ! "...

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get it right and make it right again
days say solo days say ah dew shi paco
ah dew she say ah vay dew!
Adagio Cadenza
Andante C
Dolce Fermata
Fortissimo Larghetto
Mofit Octave
Piu Semore
Sforzando Tonality
Resendo Adagi 
Oleoresin Madagascar
Noir Nickel...

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Death In The afternoon  

The field mouse 
 So dolce
Sleeping in 
A blue flower 
The woman who took 
This adorable picture
Also had a
 Moggy
On the sofa it poured 
And the lady will
 Never know 
What the cat did to 
The mouse
As there are things
 Cats do not care 
Divulge 
To us sensitive humans...

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Time is money
As he locked the door, a palm came open
waiting for dues to be paid.
How many hours, days, weeks can you pay your wage?
So is the length of your life.
Thirty-five citizens of a town called La Dolce Vita
And closeted-in, they gave their worth
to breathe air once again.
Time is money
but living is far more....

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Let your mind reset
Let go of all the small things
Release the big things

Unwind and enjoy
Take time to smell the sweetness
That life offers us

One day to the next
Release your inner demons
On paper with pen

Then throw it away
Creating a clean new slate
Setting a new tone

Living your best day
May not be in Italy
Ohio's a start

9-7-23...

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Sun glistens through the curtains 
plays with the cracks on the walls
a few floating clouds catch my eye.
I stretch out , almost gracefully like a cat.
As my feet touch cold wooden floorboards I grab a cosy blanket 
to wrap myself in,
while tiptoeing to the kitchen to make some tea.
Oh the sweetness of doing nothing 
I thought and I smiled and sipped my tea....

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Dolce far niente 
Le menti creativo devono essere convenienti
Soothe your body, calm your soul 
You need soundness to reach your goal 

From nothingness came every story 
And serene mind is road to glory 
Draw your spirit to right reason 
To feast with coming of the season 

Eat, love and pray
Like everyday is holiday 
Put your worries, be happy 
And try not much to be sappy 

2nd place...

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Touched by early sunlight
I sit barefoot by the window
and allow thoughts to drift.

I ask the day
to wake me gently
although knowing
my life lies ahead.

But not yet,
I ask—
let this moment linger.

I allow errant thoughts
to drift as they whisper—

I haven’t even dressed
and showered yet.

Soft light eases
my transition to the day
and my ears ring
while last night’s dream lingers....

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Right now, I may seem unproductive,
not cooking or cleaning a floor,
not texting, emailing, or calling.
The usual things, I’ll ignore.

Except for soft music, there’s silence.
Eyes close, for I’ve no need to see.
My thoughts of past, present, and future
drift by, my unique tapestry.

My daydreams are fodder for poems,
new plans, and a fresh attitude.
These times I seem lazy and “absent”
create an industrious mood....

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nobile storm      sospirando wind 
calling dolce      vespers of light 
intimo, bound    a song begins...


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Contest~3 BY 8 IMAGE 
Picture #3
Poet~ Rick Parise
01-01-2015
poco a poco: little by little
nobile or nobilmente: in a noble fashion
sospirando: sighing
dolce: sweetly
intimo: intimately



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Crystal Noir by Versace
Truth by Calvin Klein
Eau de Cartier
Armanis Life

Oscar de la Renta Oriental Lace
Chanel Coco Mademoiselle
Nina Ricci Belle de Minuit
Vera Wang Princess

Dolce & Gabbana The One
Lancôme Hypnôse
Guerlain Insolence
Dior Midnight Poison

Calvin Klein Euphoria
Estée Lauder Beyond Paradise
Cacharel Amor Amor
Anna Sui Romantica Exotica



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on February 21, 2019...

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Brand 

I have a woman
Her name is Prada 
Like the precious brand 
Of Dolce and Gabbana 

She  bewitches like L'Oréal 
Charms like Donna Karan 
She sparkles like Napoleon 
And wows like Louis Vuitton 

Her smile is Donatella
But she waves like Gianni 
She is blooming like Ella 
And shines like Tiffany 

But like a porcelain  
She's fragile like a glassware 
I know not much how to love her 
And handle her with care

*For my daughter*...

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I'd like to get some
paper from Amalfi, Italy
That's one of my dreams
To return to the Amalfi Coast
maybe stay
some time in Positano
Live La Dolce Vita
Pick up a journal,
some paper
which they are famous for
and maybe
pen a few poems
while I'm there.
It's on my bucket list
and I think it's going
to become a reality
in the next year or two
It's one of the most
beautiful places on earth
(if not the most)
and it is truly
heaven on earth....

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DOLCE FAR NIENTE

A gentle idleness, so well deserved
After the hurly-burly of a busy week
Assuming control to just switch off
Relax, and then raise a toast to sloth
It’s a long way down from the peak
This nothing time has been reserved

A welcome void of silent emptiness
Eyes closed, and all phones muted
Time to reflect on what I’ve built
Yet the prize is that I feel no guilt
A well-earned rest may be disputed
But to me it matters not, I confess...

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NOSTALGIA/MEMORIES

Ah quanta nostalgia
Ah what memories

Mentre tutto va
When everything’s going

Oltre I limiti della mia fantasia
Beyond your wildest dreams

Dove tutto e paradise se 
Where all is paradise

Giorni di liberta di festa
A day of freedom and celebration

La musica dolce suorna 
The sweet music plays 

Io pensavo e stato giusto
I thought it was right

Questa melodia
What melody

Passione 
Passion

Voli e brividi
Thrills and dreams

Tranquillita
Peace...

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Il doce far niente - - -
the sweetness of doing nothing

That's my conviction
as I'm living

life as a Poet.
It feels as if

I'm doing something constructive
as I work on poems

Time passes so swiftly
It's like I'm

encompassed in a dream
while I go about

my daily ritual.
It's a sensation

of serenity, contentedness
that goes beyond

mere expression with words
It's casual and concrete

all in swift actions
that lift me to a higher loftiness....

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The sweetness of doing nothing in a day
On umber earth and mid birds singing in spring.

Spending leisure time in a suspended
Bed hung up by each end between two trees.

We sit gazing at the heavens in the clear night sky,
A theater of dancing stars flitting with the moon.

Hymn lull of tickling leaves as the breeze blows
Through; its slender tendrils raking  through.

Soft glow; against the wakeful night darkness
As the moon dappled light pirouette on our face....

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