Soaker Poems

SOIL SOAKER

...SOIL SOAKER*
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rain
weighty, intense
piercing, soaking, saturating
refreshing earth’s firmament
soil soaker

*Note:This poem was first published at Poetry ...

Quiet on Silhouette

...Florid banshees recoiled, neck and hankering sneer.

A succinctly exuberant suggestion when selective.

Came on, fell flat with laconic ornamentation.

A miniature jaunt, interment; glove compa...

Coconut

...The suffix nut specifying the skull,
defining the coconut, is misplaced,
for it’s not truly a nut,
but botanically, a drape.

A salinity soaker, the prolific palm,
sultry sea-shore colo...

Watering the Garden

...How I miss Spring with showers supreme
rainy weather kept everything green
But now it's June in the summer heat
have to water or it's your garden's defeat

An early heatwave it is blazing hot
e...

A Year To Remember Blessings 2021

...The year 2020 was a year of adjusting to new realities dealing with the pandemic. A pandemic that affected so many people in many ways.  This year is one of hope that the lessons of yesterday will be...

Summer Water Weapons

...Summer Water Weapons

Forty caliber water gun
Holding off the summer heat
To lay in wait behind the hedge
Then beat a hasty wet retreat.

Super soaker weapon of choice
Beneath the scorching s...

I'M Drowning- -

...In my sweat I am drowning
My passion is the coast ward soaker
Off the beaten path resounding
What could there be more purely mediocre?
I was a weather forecast and you a gale

In my...

Adieu April

...Adieu April


Adios you soggy segue
nature’s mud pie maker
roof top drummer
dog soaker
puddle teaser.

Au Revoir
cool breathed friend
easing the ice from its depths
cajoling the worms
pl...

Thirst For Life

...Summer's sun at noon is a wilting torture,
scorches earth and withers the flowers' faces.
Breath to whistle shrinks away, throats athirst are
choking for nurture.

Dessert's climate visits Misso...

Monsters Beware

...Oh, little sister, just remember what I've said
Don't you worry 'bout those monsters, hiding underneath your bed
They think they got me scared 
Like a frightened little boy
But I got some news fo...

Player 2

...I spit game proper, like a pro-batter, I got the right stroke
I work deals, like it's Black-Friday, I'm far from broke
I can't help but make the girl proud and gay
Want some of my time, like takes, y...

Long-Long Winter

...The pricking needles of cold stars and hoarfrost 
hypnotizingly sparkling in the dense crispy air,
a half-sky pearl hallo crowns the dead mercury-liquid Moon;
violent blizzards have been finally s...

Termite Whiteant Fix

...Termite/Whiteant fix

Out in west Queensland,
Lived  a white ant pestered man,
Cos the white ants were attacking ,
Chomping on his house quite grand.
They seemed to love the skirting boards,
A...

Draw a Bath

...Draw the blinds,
Draw a bath.
Just you and I
...do the math.

Wash my back,
Come on in.
If it feels this good
It must be sin.

Soapy legs
Encircle we two.
A soaker tub
For me and you.

...

28 Days

...America claims that all are created equal is the foundation that we’re built on.
Well, if that is true why Americans of African descent only get 28 days.
28 days to tell about great leaders, Such a...

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