Silks Poems - Poems about Silks

Fulcrum of a Rose

...
When the raspberry horizon 
  is curled up, 
shaping caramel-lilac lips 
  of the cashmere kismet, 
   singing in a choir of cherry chivalry
and honey-glazed fireflies ~
those snowy stars...

How Much Must I Own

...
How much must I own to be free—
A ring of gold, a single key?
The stars are mine each cloudless night,
The wind is mine in silent flight.

I do not ask for halls of stone,
Nor call a crowded ...

Why Do Ghost's Wear Clothes

...
I passed the elm at eventide,
Its arms were bare, its breath was wide,
And there beneath the twilight sky 
I thought I saw a woman roam.

Her gown was thin as woven mist,
A memory the dark ha...

I call it a palace - my life - gilded and draped in fine silks

...I call it a palace - my life - gilded and draped in fine silks, where chandeliers shine like false smiles,
And the walls echo laughter that isn't mine, but beneath the velvet curtains lies the bruis...

Dolus the Gulible Clavichord player and Miss Magdalena Solis,

....CORLEO the robot inspired our venture
       the robot with navigation control
      seeking cactus fruit and rare stones
   the brittlebush and desert lilies patterns 
      embordered in to si...

Mannequin of Metaphors

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When the
   malevolent moon
drapes
   black current vines
around my neck, 
etching
    the blood of betrayals
in my white-whirling wings ~ 
I cease to scream
  in sanguine sighs 
...

the invisible threshhold

...the invisible threshold
i shall not hide
i shall not die
in fervors demeanors
mis-contraception
dedicate that grammar
under sheets i halt breads
nervous

nervous is samsara
the apprehension...

THE ROSE OF VELVET TIME

...On the dim lit streets of New York town
You danced for uncrowned kings
The whiskey harsh upon your lips
With eyes that could not see

And I'd await by the ocean's shore
With the horses tethered...

the love of my life

...I surf through the silks
of his opium essence
swathed in moon-swept sparks
for this love stirs in silence
a verse sealed with fervent flares...

Beautiful in Name

...
Omoge Ewa, bi oruko re tiri beni oju re tiri.
This name of yours is a true validation of how the creator has creatively created you.

Skin smooth and sleek like the finest of silks.
Eyes so pre...

Rococo Seduction

...O lady, banish my monochrome days
and weave your coppery threads into
a dim red florescence of coyote words;
There you stand draped in beige chiffon

against the Tomistic piety of a striptease s...

Speak by Faiz Ahmad Faiz, a poem for our time

...Speak!
by Faiz Ahmad Faiz
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Speak, while your lips are still free.
Speak, while your tongue remains yours.
Speak, while you're still standing...

The Emperor Auctions off his Clothes

...Come one, come all, to the grand affair!
The emperor sells his finest robes bare!
After a child called out: "He has no clothes"
What would the crowd bid for those?

The emperor beamed, modelling...

A Golden Kiss

...I Form - Imagism 9-18-24 6-20 lines
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A Golden Kiss

Summer bows out and leaves a golden kiss
 Maize dozes in mellow aster afternoons
 Orange glow...

Washing Line

...The Washing Line

Sit in a chair and watch the washing line
You see the world hanging there
Egyptian cotton
Chinese silks
Waving amongst your underwear
...

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