Short Saccharine Poems

Honeysuckle smiles,
With hummingbird’s gentle peck:
Saccharine kisses....

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his saccharine moves
my senses are augmented...
floating on air...

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Crow caw synthesizer flight
enrapture blackest pit of night.
Rumble drum the saccharine fawn
cold craw stuck remnant
of omnivorous dawn....

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If parting is
Such sweet sorrow
I must have failed to notice
That saccharine sentiment
When I left you
Because goodbyes solely
Bring dreadful distress...

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S-accharine
H-ug
I-s
E-rasing
L-ife's
A-nguish

K-eeping
W-armth
O-f
N-iceness
 
Topic: Birthday of Shiela Kwon (January 19) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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A love that:

Flows so sweet as 
ambrosia from Hebe’s
ladle to the cup of 
Heracles

or nectar saccharine as
Apollo’s lyre,
carried by doves!
to the heavenly feast...

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Susie ate her sugarless serving with a slow spoon
Soggy sobs serenaded 
her seven-year-old sister’s
shocked, sensitive ears
Saccharine sadness sampled simply too soon...

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I talk and write.
Miles and miles
of magnetic words
draw your lips to mine
in our shared galaxy.
Saccharine words
that can halt time
capture your face,
preserved in my diary
during your absence....

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She chants saccharine words

Calamity dissolves into ruins

The sweetest words I’d ever heard

She chants saccharine words

All focus swerved

A conquest worth pursuing

She chants saccharine words

Calamity dissolves into ruins...

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sweet 
            saccharine, sugary 
     dulcifying, tasting, adoring 
confection, savory, tangy, acidity 
fermenting, distasting,  frowning 
           vinegary, astringent 
                         sour



Date written: 05/13/2023...

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A spoonful of substance—
that’s all I’m looking for. 
Stir it in while it’s hot. 
Let it dissolve and
rest until it’s tepid. 
Saccharine black?
Drink up. Dry. 

Granules cluster the bottom of the mug
and bitterness lingers on my tongue.

I’ve fooled myself again....

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true feelings 
concealed craftily
beneath the sheath 
of saccharine psyche 

fragile fantasy 
of self sanguinity 
fostered
by colors 
of chameleon skin

spurious emotions
sprawl surreptitious
pretentiously 
paraded skillfully
away from 
edge of reason
epitomize deftly 
camouflaged ego
...

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let
me
taste you 
head to toe,
just like forked lightning
tastes air, if you feel so inclined.
please allow me to savor your saccharine sweetness;
you're much like lukewarm honey oozing generously into my salivating tongue!


Date posted: 07/28/2021...

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an ache to be free
of tattered threads

free of split thoughts
of curdled words
withered hopes
battered dreams

an ache to be free
of twisting strands

free of bruised whispers
of rotting echoes
throttled silences
saccharine smiles

an ache to be free
of today’s pain
free of what is felt
of the screeching now

free

of me...

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summer dissipates 
viridescent willow wisps
frenzied honeybees

azure sky smiles
gnarly grasshopper singing
creeping violets 

discerning monarch 
damselfly competition
lilac fragrance wafts 

ethereal mist
supercilious confidence 
ushering autumn

melodic bird song 
sizzles saccharine summer
as she floats away...

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True feelings concealed craftily
beneath the saccharine sheathe,
toxic fantasy of self items fostered
by the colors of chameleon skin.

Sprawling spurious emotions,
pretentiously paraded skillfully,
away from the edge of reason,
epitomize the camouflaged ego.

____________

May 29, 2022
Contest : Sentimentality
Sponsored by : Julia Ward...

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Curiosity is the spark 
that ignites
as the match strikes;
Producing a blaze
that burns deep within the heart
of a man so wanting to unleash
the ardor which resides inside 
that blue flammable beauty.
To vehemently hunt down truth,
soon cajoles and entices
even the tiniest flying moth;
Eventually leading it 
to its wretched saccharine ending....

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Orange grove goddess of the Florida Keys
Citrus in her veins, rejuvenation in her step
Oozing fruity frothy saccharine sweetness
We tiptoe around her swirling juices
Fearful of her wrath if her trees dry up
She is not a nice goddess when angered
Bringing in tsunamis and other disasters
Shh! That’s her I caution the wind.
The ocean knows better than to irritate her....

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Reminiscing the time 
Of the golden days and carefree nights 
Of secrets and smiles 
Dreams and desires 
Filling the summer sky

Letters exchanged
Hearts given away
Promises made 
Magic was in the air 

The sun sets 
Golden rays glistening on the beach 
Sand passes through the fingers 
The cool breeze among the trees 
Waves that touch the feet 
This time it’s only me...

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"A poet is a sapient of notions,
And a serpent wrapped up in miracles.
They release poems as saccharine poison.
And success in every session". 
I heard but it’s not true for me.

God “where to go in these malevolent ways?
What to really achieve before my death finales?
Where to live in this immoral place?
Why should I survive on this Immortal maze?
When would I die in these ill-advised days?”...

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Scarlet heart, smile for me now or never 
The thought of you brings me scarlet fever 
Your red pigment reminds me of saccharine caress 
Your orange tinge reminisces sour-sweet embrace 

Your playful voice brings thundering rhapsody 
Your luscious lips are like zones of fantasy 
Your beauty is perpetually exquisite 
Your daring look, only fools would resist 

*For Cordillera girl*

May 4, 2023...

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Poison flicks out,
among saccharine promises.

His sugarcoated tongue is tarnish proof.

He holds his tongue.
Where shall he place it?
Idle.
Let it rest.

Give permission to taste encouraging syrupy words.

"Love" is apple pie.
"Wonderful" drips of dark chocolate.
"Sorry "soaks of rich coffee savor.

Do not spew out:
"I hate you!"

Tame speech with righteousness.

Quiet tongues are blessed....

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You the vitriol acid in my veins
the forbidden steroid wasting my heart
you the demon tantalizing my soul
You are my mortal sin.

You the inflammatory infection on my skin
the chaotic dark angel corrupting my peace
you the lord exploiting this worshiper
you are my confound defeat.

You the saccharine addiction
the indestructible weakness
you the worse kind of right
you are my darkest light.

....   .... ..... ........

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Harps cling to clicking castanets, swinging Latino takes a flip.
Acoustics aspire delirium, you treat me like Salsa and shake a hip.
Rainbow across the sky appears, six years become a sixty more.
Saccharine sweetens with your friendship, with good times together spent galore.
Having iced tea on lemon grass; watching your graceful dancing flair
A rickety chair sways my aged bones, finally should I lay my soul bare....

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her honeycomb hair was dripping with saccharine.
The most liquid hair in all of Ohio, especially Ackron.
I laughed myself sick when it was sliding down her neck
And her back, down her legs onto the outside deck.

Tell me again why she replaced all her hair?
It was a dare, someone said. A silly innocent dare.
But will it grow back? Are there stubs under there?
Don't know, yes, maybe, who cares, said a gossiping bear....

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