Temptation
...Last night I met a gypsy girl,
Temptation was her name.
A breathless brazen beauty,
a drop-dead gorgeous dame.
I went to get my fortune told,
ten dollars was a steal.
This magic mystic m...
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Categories:
somersaulted, beautiful, desire, dream, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Forgive My Silence
...Dear December, Forgive my silence,
I’m still bleeding from
the lacerations,
I still hear the echoes
from our confrontations.
So much was
lost in translation,
thoug...
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Categories:
somersaulted, deep, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Mid-Summer Night Dream - Concluded
...Part One
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/mid-summer_night_dream_1482320
Concluded
Elves, dwarves, mini giants, and hobbits all performed.
But last was Fili as he strutted to the middle of th...
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Categories:
somersaulted, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Sentimental Song On My Paternal Home
...Could I ever forget you my little paternal home?
Your reminiscence haunts me however far I might roam.
That mysterious nook wherein my mother gave me birth,
That treasure-chamber, where there ne...
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Categories:
somersaulted, home,
Form: Couplet
Yellow Sapphire
...
Onyx of darkness crumbled beneath my bed,
I lit a bead in fiery scarlet hues on a novel white canvas
A fire enraged in the hollows of anxieties
...
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Categories:
somersaulted, hope, night,
Form: Free verse
Pools
...The sun blowtorches its way into the water,
fragments, and the bottom is an aqua sky
webbed by white-hot lightning.
Here and there, legs hang like halved mannequins
disappearing into a squi...
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Categories:
somersaulted, family, happiness, light, summer,
Form: Free verse
Play In the Snow
...There was a young fellow called Joe
Who loved to play out in the snow
But he skidded on ice
Somersaulted twice
And broke all three bones in his elbow.
February 16th 2018.
Entered in w...
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Categories:
somersaulted, funny, winter,
Form: Limerick
Saturated In My Passion
...Come come come and dance with me
Come come come and sing with me
A sweet aroma is churning in the air
enchanting everyone far and near
Nature is emitting goose bumps upon my flesh
And I can he...
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Categories:
somersaulted, beauty, courage, culture, desire,
Form: Narrative
Mischievous Cats
...Mischievous Cats
Bella and Shadow nestled in their woven beds on the cat tree.
Bella stretches out her legs and purrs.
"Psst, Psst. Hey, Shadow, are you up for some f...
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Categories:
somersaulted, cat, dog, fun, rain,
Form: Narrative
Ooh Lord
...Lord, today I saw her, like a bride walking down an aisle
Moving in all your glory and glowing all the while
Prettiness with petite cutie and beauty in a pile
I saw a flash of lightning in one enl...
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Categories:
somersaulted, beautiful, crush, desire, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
Golden Days of Autumn--Poet's Dozen
...with collars turned up,
we warm hands in our pockets...
winds pilfer the trees
~
The acorns have been bouncing like brown raindrops
If I could sell them, I would open a shop
~
As leaves so...
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Categories:
somersaulted, autumn,
Form: Verse
Counterfeit Love
...COUNTERFEIT LOVE
By Madalitso Jasper Mwaungulu
Painless emotions display the hurt in my butt
My eyes twinkle like little stars
As the watery flow shine out
Reflecting the captive freedom you p...
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Categories:
somersaulted, betrayal, confusion, forgiveness, girlfriend,
Form: Free verse
Tumbleweed
...Driving in the city,
I'm used to many things -
Crazy cabbies, honking horns,
Pigeons spreading wings.
In attentive texters,
Speedy messengers on bikes,
Nannies pushing strollers filled
With...
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Categories:
somersaulted, nature, travel, , western,
Form: Rhyme
A Nuptial Tale
...“Why d’you take so much care? Why don’t you dump her altogether?”
That’s the question they ask me for the umpteenth time and more.
She lies upon her bed; her blank stares pierce the mirror ...
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Categories:
somersaulted, betrayal, character, dark, satire,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Life Beyond
...Sun shines like strong light without burning intensity,
Water splashes on me as it flows down hill with great fidelity,
The atmosphere is different with a pleasant aroma,
which makes me wonder and pl...
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Categories:
somersaulted, introspection, lost love, me,
Form: Rhyme
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