Traipse Poems

Pilgrimage

...I sit, this morn, on the bed of
A dried-up rivulet,
Head-bent and full of compunction.
It’s clam-quiet except for the impatient
Squawks above which prompt my heartbeat.
I raise my head, heavy wi...

Spiritual possession

...Through an opal window I saw a cloud,
changing colors from blue to orange to red,
like a burning fire.
I was swept off my feet,
floating on a bridge between this world and the next.

My body no...

Sultry Summer

...
Sultry ~ the days of sizzling summer heat
when wildflowers bloom in meadows and fields.
The warm embrace of sunlight never yields
and on the horizon—  sea and sky meet.

I traipse across a...

Echoes of a Victorian Christmas

...Men in tailored suits 
and satin waistcoats,
gold watches peeking 
out of their pockets,
walked arm in arm 
with women in wide skirts ~
hooped, 
crinolined, 
elegantly sculpted.

Their tigh...

Upon The Doorstep

...


When I am old and the hour of death is close at hand I shall count the falling grains of sand and traipse in dance a book of dreams to lie along the winding stream

I shall confes...

Bunch of limericks and other funny tricks II

...I hate it when a girl rolls her eyes,
because that means she's on to my lies.
And then it's harder to get her
to let me under her sweater,
and then on to the ultimate prize.

Besotted

...When I compare my love to frozen vines,
repressed beneath the frost’s relentless grip,
while sweetness looms, I nary taste the wines
of love that lingers taunting me to sip.

My aching skin, aki...

Precious Angel Of Purity

...

Sun-drawn epiphanies 
A picture-books of you and I
Yesterday and all our dreams
A prayer of love
A gentle sigh

And now today
We wander on
Through fields of violet
And emeral...

When I Am Old

...


When I Am Old

Here stood a tree I remember it well...upon the top of look-out hill
it swayed and danced of dreams untold and traced the sky of love behold
a place where youthful days b...

The pen which started it all

...I traipse my fingers delicately across spiralled letters of each written word and dated times 

The clumsily transitioned Thoughts are transferred on to pages full of Passion and expressive rhyme.
...

Staring Out My Cabin Window

...I am sitting in this cabin,
’twas built so long ago
up here in the wild mountains,
has a big bay window,
a vast and sprawling forestscape
greets my wandering eyes,
then comes that familiar urge...

Frolic - Frolic Along With Me

...Frolic - frolic along with me
   And be as a spritely fawn
Running carelessly through the reeds
   As best we can imagine.

Let's traipse across the rivulet
   Where a log fell in the right pla...

Yodeling with Moonpies

...Apples are awesome things available all around.
Balloons make us bubbly and bounce from here to there.
Cats are cute and cuddly and really hard to catch.
Doggies like to do things, like dance arou...

Orchid Woman

...Oh you know the type—
the orchid woman

a cosmopolitan who cosmo sips
between snips of gist
her charisma a starship —collides
with your star-full eyes
supernova for Casanova
her pouty lips kn...

What A Beautiful Human Being

...

What A Beautiful
Human Being
you are
Like a precious gem
you shine
for all to wonder
It is a pleasure
to be in your presence,
to be bathed
in your magnificent glow
You are a gift
to al...

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