Short Finessed Poems

He was poetically intolerant,
she thought herself an Emily
writing sonnets 'how do I love...'
he indulged her feeble whimsies
in light of other finessed talents, 
essentially, larks amidst boudoir's  
uncommonly emboldened expertise...

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isolated
 conduits 
   of frontal forms 

poses portrayed
      figurative 
          fantasies
              finessed

obsessed introspectives
intense
         expressive lines
    in focussed reflections
 silhouetted studies 
              fleshed out

 sensual depictions
  
       emphasised 
in
precocious
pictorial perceptions...

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dear change,
i've seen you here before
scratching scoundrel
itching with mange-
the undomesticated mutt.
charmed, finessed (i am
the butt of your joke) (you
are the ash to my smoke)
dear change,
loop swoop pull & 
push- peering thru the
burning bush, all
teehees & cracking
leaves; oh dear
change, i only want to 
ask, will you share
whatever's in your
flask?...

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Angry acts begin. 
Harmful words would never flare, 
Count to ten then once again. 

Wildfire spreading fast, 
With mistaken, muddled acts. 
Smokey aftertaste will last. 

Then finessed assaults, 
Vainly exit, pride intact, 
Casting blame, the other's fault.

Friendships fall head-long, 
Disarrayed in stumbled steps. 
Puzzled reasons blurred then gone.  


Gene Bourne.
10-22-14




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PoetrySoup poets come together sharing their creative hearts.

Odes that continue on forever will be finessed in eternal art!

Expression of ones' self is like unlimited wealth and that's the scoop.

Those treasures aren't found on a bookshelf but on PoetrySoup!

Soupers share a common bond, waving wands, causing ripples in life's pond.....


Wrote strictly for Adeleke Adeite contest "Poetic picture of Poetry Soup!"...

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Flaws of Fate

Frightening is the fear of freedom
Frequently fumbling with feelings 
Fraudulent foolery few ever forget
Foraging to find only frozen flickers

Formalized future fantasy forlorns
Fiery flutters found in the flames
Ferociously fueled by the fumes
Finessed by the faint frail flashes 

Fervor feeds off the forces faced 
Fashioned flights of fancy formed
Fiddling with the faux frenzy found
Forged by the finality of fated flaws...

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While waiting for my mammogram,
A most annoying test,
I had a thought no poetry
Has up to now addressed.

About the ones whose job is
Squeezing every woman’s breast 
And manipulating angles
‘Til it’s properly finessed.

With each mammary maneuver,
Getting patients more distressed,
She keeps kneading and adjusting,
Like a potter who’s possessed.

What a way to make a living!
Though it’s time that I confessed
That I feel much better getting
These reproaches off my chest.
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Tantalizing paws upon her finessed bust
Potent mindful deception over her anatomy
Forced wrench of her vibrant razzmatazz cowlick
A metamorphic transformation within
Dissonant mar amongst her collar
Whomping breeze out of her bronchi
Writhing towards that holy grail
Orgasmic passion trickles down her spine
Contortionist psyche without a footprint of regret
A Woman brimming with a phobia of reality
Demands to be exposed to her rightful residence
In this hideous terrene around her...

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