Short Pas Poems

Pas try,
Not Ma why?
Pastry,
Pas try!...

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Fashion faux pas scandals,
Wearing socks with sandals....

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Awake at five, warm thighs
  remembered dreams
     She's alive...

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spy ring
secretive
espionage
makes a great tv show
faux pas...

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Spiraling snowflakes.
Dance ballerina duet.
Pas de deux descant....

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We almost danced,
but in the end, we just faked
the pas with stumbling....

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The French were 
proud to say:
Ce qui n’est pas clair 
n’est pas Français!
Derrida broke the pride!

***...

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irises sway in
the breeze, gentle, graceful for
a moment am lost
in reverie enchanted 
by the iris pas de deux....

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looking before leaping
for innocence is passé 
soul in a state of no mind
celebrates each faux pas

18-March-2023...

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Creator holy, created unholy?
N’est- ce pas? 
Can never be
Leave mother nature undisturbed
We need her to the core....

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In the delightful  dancing
turns the gentleman in wiggles
making the lady slides
at the ball
magnificent
pas de deux!
ensemble !...

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I flirted with French
For one full year.
Now, after so many years,
All that I could remember is:
Je ne peux pas parler Français!

***...

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My love has not a single flaw
A quality I regard with awe.
She commits no faux pas
And always obeys the law
Can all this be true?  Nah....

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Les gens qui essayent peuvent échouer
Les gens qui n'essayent pas échouent


Translation

Those who try. may fail
Those who never try, are failures...

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Drama-Free Final
                        I'm from here,
                        you are from there...
                        let's not separate anymore!...

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comme une fleur 
si douce si délicate 

tu me demandes encore 
pourquoi je t`embrasse qu`avec mon esprit 
si éloigné 

j`ai peur je ne veux 
pas te casser...

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Ne m'oublies pas,
Ne me quitte pas,
Et je t'aimerai
Jusqu'à ce que les mers disparaissent.

Do not forget me,
Do not leave me,
And I will love you
Until the seas disappear....

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We cross our bridges
When we come to them.
We burn our bridges behind us.
Why don't we just
Burn our damn bridges
When we get there?
Saves & lot of wear & tear,
N'est-ce pas?...

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A blooper, a blunder, a bungle, a botch
A miscue, a misstep, misjudgment and more
A faux pas, a boo-boo, a bumble for sure
A miscalculation, a miscomputation, grade goes down a notch....

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The oldest profession, far from abating,
has lost it’s long time faux pas rating.
Now … it’s simply called dating.



(Triplet Inspired by Brian Strand's "Whatever" contest.) 5/12/11...

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When you get to my old age of eighty-two
You and your doctor, dance a pas de deux
An entrée, an adagio
Dance like two buffaloes
Quite a pretty sight, worth a spleen or two...

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Tu retrouve mon miel 
Brave abeille
Un beau réveil 
Même si fâcher
Tu n'a pas lâcher
Brave au bout
Mon p'tit chou
Prend tes forces
Ta ligne est proche
Rempli d'amour
Sera ton séjour...

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Days grow longer, memories grow shorter
How can I become a memory hoarder
It's important to know
To wear clothes in the snow
 “Aussi, ne touche pas” your best friend's daughter...

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Tu en croira pas tes yeux
En amitié 
Tu est bien aimé
Parmis vos ennuies
Rend lui ton appui
Son épaule toujours là
Même si tu y pense pas
Jésus-Christ sera notre encre
Miracle après miracle...

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toes
en pointé
reeling  high
dancer of swans
her brisk frame...pirouetting like night wind----
I watch her arms flip when  tragedy lurks
pas de deux wanes
cascading
i n t o
death

2md place...

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