Silver Tongued Poems - Poems about Silver Tongued

Get Thee Behind Me

...
Speak of the devil incarnate
to give the devil his due
not to play devil's advocate
tho' devil-may-care
the devil is in the details
and while we're there
to state so now would be oppo...

Innuendos Don’t Behave

...Who knows not where a wasp does wear his sting? In his tail.
In his tongue.
Whose tongue?
Yours, if you talk of tails: and so farewell.
What, with my tongue in your tail?
   Nay, come again, Goo...

Rats in the Cellar

...Rats in the cellar, squirrels in the tree,
things aren't the same as they used to be.

When I left for school with my li'l lunch pail,
I didn't expect a penguin to swallow a whale.

Such an inj...

Undergrowth With Two Figures

...after the painting by Vincent Van Gogh


Does she even exist? Doubting her own reality,
seeing herself vanishing in undulating undergrowth,

fading and merging into summer-scorched sce...

What the Cat Dragged in the song

...[Guitar solo introduction]

[Chorus]
Oh look at what the cat dragged in,
and he looks like the dog worked him over too,
and for some reason he thinks he smells like clover,
was it whisky or win...

White Wine And Feather Boa Dreams

...I wrap myself 
in feather-boa-fantasies of his dreams
sinuous pinot-grigio-me; 
X-rated and never sated
dancing to rock ‘n roll— 80’s dated
...my floorshow our foreplay

welcome to the conjuga...

Laugh

...

               A laugh is a soul's explosion of insanity.
           Knowledge of acknowledgement in vanity.
      A crazed affinity with deja vu timing.
          Taboo of thought in neon sil...

Tears That Never Learn

...In your heart, love has always been an elusive, fleeting feeling;
and yet, its absence has left a gaping wound in need of healing;
a flame that continues to burn.

Lust is a concept that ...

An Evanescent Life - Xaxa Sonnet

...Our life is as evanescent as the 
trumpet flower of the morning glory. 
The merest chapter in the history 
of mankind’s ever compelling story. 
Various serendipitous ramblings 
ultimately contin...

Ship In a Bottle

...Eight bells.
Starboard watch.
Tightened up another notch.
Holy upheaval rages ‘neath a cathedral sky.
Losing way as the wind whips up the spray.
Stormy tormentors rubbed salt in my one good eye....

Butterfly Schooling

...I could find my child, who's a butterfly lover,
Often bunking school granting many a reason;
Knowing her mad love, over the air to hover,
I allowed her to continue with no treason...
	
Having de...

The Shadow of You

...Happy birthday Kris
For the Good Times that I’ve known
The hungry years were lean to me
Yet you made me feel at home
Searching in the darkness
For the truth to set me free
Lost somewhere in for...

Dreadful Dream

...Lo, a cyclopean ready to devour;
Lo, a silver-tongued serpent  hissing while crossing;
Lo, a mysterious land full of creatures;
Lo, a lupine howling so frightening;
Lo a phoenix from oblivion has...

Oceans In Droplets Dwell

...today the past is now present
jarring brass voices carry weight
high-pitched illustrations
shutter light from daybreak dawn

future tenses refuse reflection
engineering a blinding bluff 
seeki...

Facade

...brass wears a thin veneer
warped reflections fractured mirror

façade is a snapshot, a picture that lies
candied veneer for childlike eyes
tricked are the feuding fussing folk
conned by canned ...

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