Starlight stirs my coffee
the moon a soft croissant
hangs upon the painted sky
lilac or saffron my essence
new tidal ebb in accession
impassioned lyrical swells
rise as the sun surrenders
in a haze of dusty rhymes
biscuits await upon a doily
spiced rum waits for no one
breeze sways the tablecloth
silver leaves dance in the air
beach velvet awash in twilight
stars pour in porcelain cups
lingering, adrift or chaperoned
morning vow rises in steam.
lyrical swells dance until dawn.
Belly swells, life within
Lotus petals drift
On the temple pond,
arranging new constellations
Golden light within,
Speaking to life around,
Dancing in her womb
Night jasmine unfurls
Sweet prophecies in darkness
While she dreams, I wait
Peacocks gather now
In our garden, spreading ferns
Of celestial eyes
Each breath she takes holds
The weight of ancient,
Purifying earth
Time slows to honey
As sacred hours approach us
Birth-bells will soon ring
Watching her sleep,
I see generations of light
Flowing through her veins
In her pain I hear
The universe rearranging
Its eternal song
Dawn breaks like water
My grandchild's first cry reveals
Heaven's newest voice
There's a place where you're loved
do you know it?
It's been there
since a smile was born
A place all yours.
You may've felt it
though torn..
for a long time
I felt it too.
Find it again, I beg
you must, for them..
for you.
You're not meant to be hollow,
nor a shell
but filled in spirit..
where love
dwells.
I believe in you,
yet in truth,
I must
for all that's good
comes this chance..
and in it true,
in you I trust,
I must.
waves of ash
in agonizing gaps
at the water's edge
They scream wildly
like an anxious sea sprite,
foaming out the,
mysterious misery of mind
On that terrible twilight
the sun suffused irrated streaks
with scorching sympathy
to lift up a dejected sea
I observed
seas of silken saffron swelled in
spunky surges!
Written: August 21, 2022
A mermaid sure caused a commotion
by skinny dipping in the ocean
her body is bare
which makes seamen stare
and dreaming to rub in sun lotion
An angler nets her; it’s a shocker
she struggles, he grabs her left knocker
This makes her irate
and it seals his fate -
he’s consigned to Davy Jones locker!
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7/29/19
Breathing, Soft Heaving Bosom Swells
Swaying rhythmic her hips
Tantalizing her lips
Blue casting sapphire eyes
Dancing under night skies
Such heavenly sweet trips
Docking side by side ships.
Breathing, soft heaving bosom swells
O' pleasures, past glorious bells
And Fated bounty was given
For then Love was in the liven
First kiss, gold coins in wishing wells
Sexual thoughts one never tells.
Swaying rhythmic her hips
Tantalizing her lips
Blue casting sapphire eyes
Dancing under night skies
Such heavenly sweet trips
Side by side docking ships.
Robert J. Lindley, 8-16-2018
Rhyme, ( Youth, romance and past treasures once found)
on the outside, all looks fine
no one sees the things I hide
walled off deep within my heart
is a darkness set apart
I know all that I have done
buried baggage that would stun
would you think the same of me?
undertow sweeps inside my sea
moon predicts the sudden swells
washing sands with seaweed smell
once again, my beach is smooth
not at all to do with you
Trapped in the darkness with swells of lies
Swirling from the mouths of others
Those trying to rule things in my life
Years of speaking, grasping for the truth
The light to shine my way on this path
Through the full thickness of time
With unanswered questions lingering
Answers I deserve, answers I must find
Fighting to integrate memories from the past
To make more sense of this moment today
Time has a way of haunting, merging things
That violently strike the heart, stir the soul,
Changing the course, of my inner being
Traveling through fallen tears in the dark
Heidi Sands
9/17/17
Oysters Ocean Bed Swells
there
were once
two oysters
on ocean's bed
lying on white sheets of sand making love
two
became
many more
impressions borne
on women wearing their shiny black pearls
on
island
sunny days
ocean bed breeze
for two oyster's affection pays forward
connie pachecho
7/28/17
insurmountable sorrows
unaccountable to the heart mad blank check reign of terror
just waiting now for the quiet to claim
just waiting for the darkness without shame
its possible that i may have gone too far
in all i wanted was just a hand to hold
lips to kiss oh so gentle
tell me i would have known
tell me i would have been good to her
insurmountable day has come
the gasping breath has come
unaccountable to the madness run
stand in the falling rain one hand clutching the flowers
the others peppered with papers
inked with silence
and broken with phrase
SWELLS THAT COMPEL
the fall moon's lull shows
mystique silence across skies
branches shadow dance
rice seedling patch strewn
upon well-plough watered fields--
globular tummies
from my bikini
to quilted silk evening wraps --
chrysanthemum blooms
rainbow processions
passing through cities thru-fare --
church bells count the mass
(c)Olive Eloisa
6:50am
August 18, 2014
I know you are a naturalist
And have the world at heart
With green house gases building up
You know I'll do my part
My love for you is everything
You knew this from the start
I promise from this moment on
I will cease to Fart
I know you must have heard this
From other men like me
But you can tell the way I swell
I'm yours eternally
Girl I just want to drink some Shocktops get drunk while crapping all over
My pants with this old man's broken down bowel howl pissing on time's moon
Stumble through another tune where all the ladies swoon acting like a fool his pool
Thinking that he's cool but he had to be me as she in everybody's glee when your at the
Land of gay prairie ? Nobbin on his mic, bobbin on her dike, twist their tails on a gooey trail.
Dark skin sweats in a dark night
as around the fire, they drum on.
They drum their pain and their joy.
Red sparks fly birthed by the log.
Hearts entrain to flying palm beats.
Eyes closed adrift in the sounds swell.
Smack, slap, tap, ping, begin again.
White skins sweats in a dark night
joining each other in delight, drum on.
Dancers rise to stomp the dry earth.
Dreads fringe faces with coal black eyes
as golden locks and blue eyes smile.
Eyes closed adrift in the sounds swell.
Smack, slap, tap, ping, begin again.
the hungry heart of an eagle swells
determine to soar but
still cut out a path
for the soul once more
with wings that carry her
from shore to shore
through thick white clouds
yet the hungry heart of an eagle swells
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