Short Taupe Poems

Arabia desert
Crème Brulee of land
Taupe color buildings in the desert
Mosul...

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The heels’ climbing trellis —
Crimson roses, bold and beautiful.
Wrapped like a winding staircase,
The taupe strap shin high.
Snazzy red toenails.
The fashion’d lady primped,
Ready for her handsome “steady.”

4/23/2021...

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Fire of timing
Lyrics shining
Unveiling the mining
Emotions rhyming
Rap to the beat
Feel his heat
Given a seat
His door is opening
He's only hoping
Don't be moping
His color isn't taupe
Don't give him a rope
That's not his soap
Reborn a phoenix
Into his mix
Get your fix
He won't nix...

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Brown as a withered leaf
Crimson neckband with flashing wings of
winter taupe - bright green underneath.
Perched each day in the window’s bay
ever out of reach.

 If I could bring you in
 and teach your wild heart how to stay
every secret I hold would tell me
why you’ll fly  away. 

Autumn Bird stay here with me

and trill the notes to waken spring....

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I love you blue,
Holding arms aloft to
Let spring breezes waken you.

I love you misty grey,
Moving through the shadows
At the dawning of the day.

I love you puce!
Mouth and hands stained purple
By sweet summer berry juice … 

I even love you green!
Dressed as Hermann Munster
For the kids at Halloween … 

I love you Christmas red. 
Face aglow and haloed 
Hair, with silver tinsel threads.

I love you taupe … ?

Sorry … 

Nope!...

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The Sahara's flaring moon
weaves sand castles in hombre dusk,
jacquard ridges unraveling down burlap slopes.

Under taupe sky a balmy loom 
spins dust into tawny gold for a sultan sun,
eroding an oasis to sate his rapture
with effete wealth tatted in the shadows
cast by white peacock clouds
floating above seedless dunes
once shimmering with emerald palms
and sapphire waters.

Unseen hands of a sightless pearl
now craft his exfoliated sheikdom
from the dry scraps of Eden....

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