A Tress of Hair
Cocoon of late afternoon, amber-shuttered,
the day on hold for each secret moment
in sweet suffocating gold, trembling to touch
the sensual warmth of its coiling comet;
to let it travel, let it all unravel, feel it unfold
a fan of gold across his face
and see the day through hints and tints
of saffron glints; gilt silk enwrapping and caressing
lips against
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Categories:
tress, desire, hair, sensual,
Form: Free verse
Pearls On Curls of Tress
The twilight cloud drizzles pearls on you,
pristine patina flows on curls of tress ebony,
rave rapture drenches me, you’ve no clue.
The twilight cloud drizzles pearls on you,
setting scarlet sun sprinkles dreamy hue,
surreal crystals cascade in silent symphony.
The twilight cloud drizzles pearls on you,
pristine patina flows on curls of tress ebony.
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January 22, 2022
Word Count : 56 (PS
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Categories:
tress, beautiful, hair, imagery, rain,
Form: Triolet
The Song Tress Love
* the story of Antogo, was written in 1898, by a less famous author
by the name of Altourgum or Aultourgium, the Novus, said to have
been born to a female stripper in Sweden. He was the son of a
defected confederacy soldier who defected to Sweden during the American
Civil war. He left America, with the money they
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Categories:
tress, adventure, america, appreciation, black
Form: Ballade
Mess of Tress In An Upside Down World
A girl and a boy walking in front,
(In my college one day, I saw)
she had such long shiny hair -
smooth silken threads of black -
he wore it cropped short;
Wishing that girl's
hair were mine,
I turned
green.
I crossed them and cast a backward glance.
No wonder my face turned beet red,
(glad my eyes did not fall out)
The
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Categories:
tress, change, hair, world,
Form: Nonet
Tress'
Hope cradles for its faction ~ nest
the will to live, a place to rest
and age disciples, as is blest
while dreams recycle, best by best!
Yet through some ministry's ingest
a truth survives, not counterfeit
that time is not the combing's wrest,
but faith's forebearance adds the tress'!
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Categories:
tress, seasons, time
Form: Monorhyme