Short Patchouli Poems

smell of burning leaves
like patchouli in my nose
allergic sneezing

written October 3, 2021...

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patchouli incense
opens nostrils --
fragrant dreams

patchouli incense
smolders ethereal --
phantom dreams

patchouli incense
burns as fingers --
massaging dreams...

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Listen to poem:

carving out
if only five minutes
of stillness
when all is dark
and cluttered

in silence
clouds of patchouli
if only in my mind



AP: 3rd place 2020

Posted on September 4, 2020 (thought I had posted earlier)...

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~*~*~*~

         on a rug, legs crossed
         patchouli incense, bright, glowing
         my centering island



         letting go of strife
         meditation's fond delight
         stars smile, inner peace


               12/7/2020...

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The kaleidoscope effect
of summer's weathered haze
A kiss from unremembered love
hangs loosely overhead
Faces shadowed by greed
morph into enlightened hope
Emphatic
Karmatic
Bittersweet bliss
Hippie twirl
Patchouli scent
Overloading all senses
Holding hands
Embracing summer's greedless
heart...

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I know this might sound kind of wrong
But I am making up a ditty of a cute little song
About how hedgehog loves his smelly patchouli bong
How can I distribute it to this hippie throng?

Hedgehog is a private guy, I said.
You might be messing with his head.
I would write a song about myself instead.
Maybe about how you keep overfed....

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Smell of Autumn in the evening dusk
Decaying leaves slowly becoming dust,
Scent of that Sixties patchouli musk
Smell of Autumn in the evening dusk.
Breezes becoming somewhat brusque
Leaves still green but tinging with rust,
Smell of Autumn in the evening dusk
Decaying leaves slowly becoming dust.

written August 1, 2021...

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What I’d like to give you, is an ounce of my cologne
     Sweet masculine patchouli, signature of my own,
          The musky smell I was wearing when we first met.

          I’ll leave the memory with you with faintest regret
     Somewhere in the distant past it lingers in the air,
Reminding me of a time when all our love was fair.

written September 29, 2021...

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I have written for numerous 
   Tolkienesque publications
But I am a Jew!  
Why do I keep doing this?
Well Keats wrote about truth and beauty 
I find beautiful scenes in LOTR
  I guess I am an aging hippie
   I even use "Aging Hippie Bath Oil" with 
patchouli 
  The "craze" has died down 
     The 60's are long over 
Remember the song "It's Good to Be Alive"?
Well, it is!...

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Painful
painted
paragraph
pages,
paisley 
pale,
pulsating
paper
passing
passion,
passive
pastoral
patchwork
patchouli,
patina
pathos
pauses.

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October 23, 2019


Poetry/Alliteration/Patina Pauses
Copyright Protected, ID 19-1190-761-02
All Rights Reserved.  Written under Pseudonym.


Written for the contest, Tautogram
sponsor, Eve Roper

First Place...

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