PoetrySoup
...PoetrySoup by Adejola Joseph
PoetrySoup
Sweet concoction
A tantalising aroma
PoetrySoup is the real thing
Feed yourself
And never go hungry again
PoetrySoup....
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Categories:
tantalising, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Hubs Of Heaven
...Catalytic cascade of mirror gleam relish on sleep encrusted eyes,
such sylvan surreal therapy aligned to dulcet bird lilt,
garnish to the willow weave wayfarer of iridescent poetic inkling,
verna...
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Categories:
tantalising, beautiful, beauty, celebration, city,
Form: Free verse
Tears Of A Clown
...Against a willowy wailing backdrop of inner chaos,
an indignant incendiary mask stifles the simmering cauldrons,
of a stoic stage clown post lachrymose performance wearily stunning yet stung,
or t...
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Categories:
tantalising, angst, anxiety, august, confusion,
Form: Free verse
Oenomel
...a practiced smile on her face
a mother’s oenomel breath puffs wind under gossamer wings
reminiscent of the translucent wings of green lacewings—
mistaken for a pest, but beneficial—
to strike ...
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Categories:
tantalising, analogy, childhood, mother, mothers
Form: Free verse
Solitude
...“There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,” - Lord Byron
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Categories:
tantalising, feelings, life, pain, solitude,
Form: Free verse
Koropuko Falls
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Hunger for perfectly placed punga path
Snakes surely slowly..garlanded scarf
Turns & rakes fern festooned forest floor
Sun dappled glade, bathed and swathed
Glorious green sheens in ...
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Categories:
tantalising, nature, water,
Form: Rhyme
I Dived Into The Cauldron Of Magic Potion And
...Catapulted into seething temperatures beyond the imagination
risking excitement in escapades that may seem inane,
potential hazard weighted against predicament predestined,
at some future stage I...
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Categories:
tantalising, adventure, character, courage, endurance,
Form: Free verse
Yet I Thought
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When thoughts become obsessive,
is my heart being made redundant,
laid off, cast off, sent astray
recycled pulse rates mere skip hire fodder,
atrophied organ sinking into deep morass,
panic s...
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Categories:
tantalising, care, change, deep, emotions,
Form: Free verse
In the Cycle Of Existence
...On reflection, a shining mirror lays my core ethos bear,
inkling etched on mien can’t escape deep probing,
tilted jaw, gleaming eyes, vivacious aspect,
express an ardent quest for exponential flo...
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Categories:
tantalising, birth, celebration, character, courage,
Form: Free verse
Minus Identity Who I Am
...Plagued by incandescent ferments I grapple zealously,
with tower blocks of titan topsoil myriads,
and melange of eccentric foibles,
considered by some to be a minus,
but without this composite...
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Categories:
tantalising, character, deep, endurance, fate,
Form: Haibun
Raindrops 2
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Lugubrious blue mood skies funereal and morose shed raindrops,
they unleash tableau vivant torrent’s wet tranche,
blessing, bane or boon from vault of heaven,
damp pearl blob bewitching...
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Categories:
tantalising, appreciation, beautiful, beauty, celebration,
Form: Grook
Spring Sonata
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Dream catchers chime in the wind,
like soft tones of a xylophone.
Melodic melancholic rain,
is free flowing,
but morning birds still arrive,
sitting on wet window sills,
singing about their d...
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Categories:
tantalising, metaphor, spring,
Form: Free verse
RECITISTA part 2
...simplicity
caress
the ear
momentary
sounds
&echoes
with
raw intensity
fused
in universatility
a dramatic
paradox
in pleasant
modulation
exhuberant
& harmonious
unique
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Categories:
tantalising, poetry, word play,
Form: Didactic
Wide Eyed Saunter Part Two
...There’s a burning yen nomadic deep within entrenched,
to absorb fresh environments ambrosial on foot,
where incidental hue or august colour wash abound,
or that March bloom tantalising shady patch...
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Categories:
tantalising, celebration, character, color, deep,
Form: Haibun
Wide Eyed Saunter
...There is an urge within me to wander randomly,
to explore in vivid detail each kaleidoscope,
incidental hue or pristine colour I encounter,
or just as likely that tantalising shady patch,
with it...
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Categories:
tantalising, appreciation, august, beautiful, beauty,
Form: Haibun
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