Short Smooth Over Poems

The finesse of the maidens' hair lay smooth over her soldiers' chest.Her supple
breasts,the bridge of her hip consumes his body.This divine design may it cradle their
hearts.For this night,passion be set....

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From a distance a lighthouse horn blows
The mist settles in, fishermen do not go 
A beacon light gleams and attracts 
Sights and sounds, from a warning tract.
 
From a distance, harbor lights in a row
Tides smooth over, ripples are low
Seagulls landing, shells lie about
This must be Cape Cod no doubt...

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what is love to you
a term to sign with your name
a hollow box of empty promises
a packet in your purse to smooth over
your sharp comments
who do you love 
other than yourself
in reply to everything you weave a story
of yourself
love is the selfless giving
not expecting anything in return
and rejoicing 
at reciprocation...

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Clear The Calm
     Calm The Stone

The distance between reality and fantasy close
Bridged by altered universes where they merge
Elastic in a dream of possibilities
As solid as the Earth born in an orbit
Stones become calm 
Weather forces wear them down to size
Where they become smooth over time
Round or oval in every way, shape and form
Rocks grow into planets when this happens
Fall all together from the sky
Escape in every instance that they can
Back into sand where it all began...

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