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Sweetmeat Poems

cheat on the sweet

...
           sometimes lovers meet
        kiss and share a bite to eat
           one desires sweetmeat
         not dessert  an extra treat
           to savour another’s teat...

Categories: sweetmeat, perspective, relationship,
Form: Tanka

The Howl of Halloween

...Hark! Halloween breeds an open season of gloom,
 For others, the very thought would not fill the room,
 Tonight, Jack O' Lanterns give off a soft warm glow,
 With the guidance of...

Categories: sweetmeat, halloween,
Form: Rhyme

The Fake Humanists

...Setting the traps to kill men, 
The only word they utter—
Humanity! Humanity!

The stain of blood is on their hands 
And burning fire into their eyes;
The drink for their thirst is human blood;...

Categories: sweetmeat, humanity,
Form: Blank verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

To Mum 3

...Our bond being utterly delicious
We three will surely cherish
Let’s explore the ways of joy
That can by shared by friends tri
May I know what’s in thy mind
Or let’s try- together we find
Expect...

Categories: sweetmeat, angel, appreciation, art,
Form: Couplet

Sweet Love of Mine

...Walking down the quaint city street entering the sweetshop,
Oh yes!  Hershey’s Almond Milk Chocolate tasty flavor
Sweetheart chooses sweet licorice and hot fudge brownie delight,
Sweetie pie and I...

Categories: sweetmeat, happiness, happy, husband, love,
Form: Free verse

Some Sweetmeat With Mesquite

...Sweet, sweet, can't be beat
What a treat, love to eat
Veggie meat, cookie sheet
Oats and wheat down the street.

Take a seat off your feet
Here to greet friends from Crete
Cuban Pete in the sl...

Categories: sweetmeat, food, fun, happy, humorous,
Form: Rhyme

A Battle of An Insomniac

...I have been awake for awhile,
Trying to obey my insomniac instinct.
Sleepy eyes marching with thunder;
Till my thoughts perish,
I have to hark and wander.
So stay tuned dear sleep,
As insomnia ...

Categories: sweetmeat, sleep,
Form: Verse

Life Is Like a Maypole

..."life is like a maypole", I heard him say through the cell bars
I knew his voice, unmistakeable, rasping (like a corncrake) 
in a midnight field

now I had entered his world, his maelstrom, his s...

Categories: sweetmeat, dance, death,
Form: Free verse

Eating In

...I watched the monkey 
climb aboard,
and sink his claws 
into the small of your back
after all, 
its where the sweetmeat is


you stood there 
not batting an eye
while he devoured
and chewe...

Categories: sweetmeat, introspection, life
Form: Blank verse