Xxv Poems - Poems about Xxv

They journeyed long the way to love not straight as science rule; To scale high peaks that merged into the wispy mountain dew; Over green hills, past forest trees - gale winds would shake and bend; Through scorching suns or driving rains to reach their journeys end. Unknown to him her witching had ensured against all failings; She breathed desire,...

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pulse on the roots of my hair spread on the bed i ripped off my sheets to find consolation my fingers bled searched every corner for a crumb of freedom the city stayed saw the blinds shaken from the storm my future is dead. ...

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Degas 'After the Bath'* still live model by the hearth An apparent solitry act but a sequenced series. in actual fact...

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I met the vampire just as the Sun set this would be an adventure I just bet; Fable was already waiting for me she said ‘This is the start of your journey. Now how do you think that this will begin?’ ‘Well’ I said ‘Maybe I just count to ten.’ I smirked as she just stood there...

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Lack of communication Can be redeemed by the body's Language of love— It is where hearts beat truth Beyond words— Not like something magical Or ethereal, But carnal, and human Seeing that word—it triggers All the shameful reasonings of the Other minds and the hearts— But what happens, What happens when touch triggers Life's real meaning? Somehow perhaps silence prevails Expression, and judgements fly to hell! 2.25.20...

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Sonnets XXV-XXXII Archaischer Torso Apollos (“Archaic Torso of Apollo”) by Rainer Maria Rilke loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch We cannot know the beheaded god nor his eyes' forfeited visions. But still the figure's trunk glows with the strange vitality of a lamp lit from within, while his composed will emanates dynamism. Otherwise the firmly muscled abdomen could not beguile us, nor the centering loins...

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beauty is not the spell of sight; airy alakazam mars might la-de-da leases passion prunes bounty bewitchment urges glued neither is beauty smeared music; crumbling crescendos pruning panic moaning melody, rustic riffs concerto grosso feelings prick beauty is all but tampered fate; generous nature smooth sketch creates, nor beauty is an apt asset; blue business - innovation's crest beauty is a coin of two sides; seen and unseen...

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Soul, Give . . . and I shall take . . . shelter in the bask of your bosom slipped in bed side with satin sheets uncovered . . . there and only there vibrations_ etch my name upon the edge of your naked soul I'm yours for the taking no hesitation breathe me in and hold me to the warmth of the bush fire . . .desire strong enough just strong enough untangled_ roots of past tying us...

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IF YOU PULL A LONG FACE : Part XXV IF you pull a long face Neither side in tug-of-war giving way Pull in the name of the Populace Neither side will lose face e'ven if they bray But if you pull a long surly face In fear your own clan might fall prey To the Squinting-Lady with the tilted balance Beware of saving...

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IF ever I had a country : XXV - XXVI XXV IF ever I had a country And if...

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As we journey into Greatness, Be devoted, Put in your Strength Expect the Best, but despise not the Rest. Good things come to those who wait. As we Journey into Success Beware of Unreasonable Goals, They may have you excited, They will ultimately be your dejection As we journey into Purpose, Take note of Pessimists They have all the reasons you cannot Forgetting that is why...

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The bully-the-pussies fat ass Doesn't care for our middle class "America First" Means the wealthy are nursed By the troll whose tower is brass...

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Unquotable quotes: Witch-Doctors and Tribal Headmen – XXV (Part Two) Which Asian “King” would crown himself “Emperor” during an elaborate theatrical ceremony while facing and exhorting the ruins of his Illustrious Ancestor’s capital? Which commoner army captain would seize power through skill and grit to crown himself “Emperor” with his own hands and appoint his siblings kings,...

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Don't think I don't think about you. It's been rough without you. Even though I've never really had you it's been tough without you. For days, I ponder on certain ways. To praise, the beauty of your words even though your smile had me hooked for days. Hooked for days. Inject me with some pure...

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Any face of before was there suppressed; Two and no one the sinner’s wicked face Was looking; and such way slow pace progressed. As the green lizard when so strong lambastes The heat wave of day, then changing the hedge Just lightning looks like passing the road space, So looked like, running to the bellies edge Of the other two, a small...

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