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Poet Introduction
classic rhyming stuff been called a realism poet. No axes to grind, chips on shoulders un-found, just like the fun of writing stuff down, safe in the sanctuary here Deep Underground.
Emotions laying dormant
The poem unwritten, sits just dormant
waiting for release
sparkles that never quite ignite
not showered with a sparkle steeped
incendiary flare that fizzled out
love; its promises, fluttered hope
love letters tied with granny knots
when you were lost, and so besot
written then interred, embossed
and faded like a flower preserved
its precious essence never lost
just waiting like some old remains
for you to dig and use again
archaeology of time precedes
whispers for the poet buried, not to deep!
for love is always,...
waiting for release
sparkles that never quite ignite
not showered with a sparkle steeped
incendiary flare that fizzled out
love; its promises, fluttered hope
love letters tied with granny knots
when you were lost, and so besot
written then interred, embossed
and faded like a flower preserved
its precious essence never lost
just waiting like some old remains
for you to dig and use again
archaeology of time precedes
whispers for the poet buried, not to deep!
for love is always,...
#WritingPoetry
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Taken for granted?
Taken for granted?
As you stand and hold your trowel
Comes weariness, released in moans
She whispers sweet in a greener vowels
Rest a while and tasks postpone
A motherhood in verdant dance
The seasons rituals turn, lion to lamb
Harmony of cadence in broad enhance
In forest lush or deserts barren sands
She reaches out to heal in quiet grace
Mental strife, all left behind
Calms life’s frantic pace and find solace
In natures balm be intertwined
A matriarch with womb replete
Germ not chaff, a gift...
As you stand and hold your trowel
Comes weariness, released in moans
She whispers sweet in a greener vowels
Rest a while and tasks postpone
A motherhood in verdant dance
The seasons rituals turn, lion to lamb
Harmony of cadence in broad enhance
In forest lush or deserts barren sands
She reaches out to heal in quiet grace
Mental strife, all left behind
Calms life’s frantic pace and find solace
In natures balm be intertwined
A matriarch with womb replete
Germ not chaff, a gift...
#nature
44 reads
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View from the backdrop
standing in the theatre wings
the shuffling feet is the tinder.
the tinder of ideas
bare page, empty seats in the auditorium
ready face ingrown strengths and inadequacy
shivering mentally
bearing the ink blots of conception
uncertainty a tremor
and then sometimes: not often
the orgasmic rush
like an alpine skier who breaches the virgin snow
cascading and carving the path.
just for moments the blinding sun
captured on your snow goggles.
vanities ego, a thundering express train
heading towards the rockfall of...
the shuffling feet is the tinder.
the tinder of ideas
bare page, empty seats in the auditorium
ready face ingrown strengths and inadequacy
shivering mentally
bearing the ink blots of conception
uncertainty a tremor
and then sometimes: not often
the orgasmic rush
like an alpine skier who breaches the virgin snow
cascading and carving the path.
just for moments the blinding sun
captured on your snow goggles.
vanities ego, a thundering express train
heading towards the rockfall of...
#art
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Goodby buddy
Feeling rise unpacified
more than a friend
for we were more than tied
singular faithfulness untill the end
companion, solace, ever there
I howl in anguish, life! despair
worn lead, chewed bone
and empty chair
more than a friend
for we were more than tied
singular faithfulness untill the end
companion, solace, ever there
I howl in anguish, life! despair
worn lead, chewed bone
and empty chair
#rebirth
51 reads
2 Comments
Betrothed (senryu)
Perfect day is she
Break of dawn,and fill my needs
Betrothed whatever
Break of dawn,and fill my needs
Betrothed whatever
#emotions
#happiness
#love
42 reads
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Help (rondelet)
I asked for help
I am alone and have no friends
I asked for help
Their is so little of myself
The wrongs I did, and make amends
beseech all others and depend
I asked for help
I am alone and have no friends
I asked for help
Their is so little of myself
The wrongs I did, and make amends
beseech all others and depend
I asked for help
#identity
67 reads
8 Comments
Hooded horde
Sultriness that lies part hidden
stimulates unerplayed enormity, part broken lips
caverns lying waiting, expectations juces brimmed
vermillion lips and ivory skin
a hooded horde of secrets
black honeyed lace, and whiffs of sin
a halter waits across her breasts
is clasp unfastened at the stallions rise
black cape disrobed to nakedness
with hooded hordes of passions smitten
stimulates unerplayed enormity, part broken lips
caverns lying waiting, expectations juces brimmed
vermillion lips and ivory skin
a hooded horde of secrets
black honeyed lace, and whiffs of sin
a halter waits across her breasts
is clasp unfastened at the stallions rise
black cape disrobed to nakedness
with hooded hordes of passions smitten
#erotic
#lust
#sensual
84 reads
1 Comment
Possessed
Embalm me
with your body
with your body
#passion
69 reads
1 Comment
On the skyward elevator
Put down the pale stick
Ceased the tap and the click
Felt the jet pack on my back
could I fly unattached
carried aloft
for if you are blind, left one sense behind
a firmament behind closed blinds
whispered braille, felt it lift the dark veil
dissolving menthol lozenges, that canopy invade my core
images defined, paint on the blank mind
carried aloft on the song of a bird
as Eros was lifted before he returned
as the pull of a kite that tugs on your hands
escape terra firma, free gravities clamp
imagination free...
Ceased the tap and the click
Felt the jet pack on my back
could I fly unattached
carried aloft
for if you are blind, left one sense behind
a firmament behind closed blinds
whispered braille, felt it lift the dark veil
dissolving menthol lozenges, that canopy invade my core
images defined, paint on the blank mind
carried aloft on the song of a bird
as Eros was lifted before he returned
as the pull of a kite that tugs on your hands
escape terra firma, free gravities clamp
imagination free...
#motivational
52 reads
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Springtimes letter
Springtime’s letter
Arrived like the unexpected letter
with the date stamp smudged
lost in the blizzard of the winters
confusion, meant lost or delayed? to find its way and lift the
senses, expected visit from a friend
like reading heartfelt words warming my core
standing in the weak sun, by patio doors
the hawthorns confetti
came like the postman’s drop
startles! like the bark of the dog
as I read on, the ink turning green with budding leaves,
tinted with yellow primroses and daffodils
hues of blue violets and...
Arrived like the unexpected letter
with the date stamp smudged
lost in the blizzard of the winters
confusion, meant lost or delayed? to find its way and lift the
senses, expected visit from a friend
like reading heartfelt words warming my core
standing in the weak sun, by patio doors
the hawthorns confetti
came like the postman’s drop
startles! like the bark of the dog
as I read on, the ink turning green with budding leaves,
tinted with yellow primroses and daffodils
hues of blue violets and...
#emotions
56 reads
0 Comments
The blue alien
The blue alien
If ever there was an alien form
Blue jellyfish sailing around in swarms
They floated from down on parachutes
Millions of years hence to land in the gloop
Founding, a habitat
In the muddy dark morass
They held a secret long unknown
The envy of all living forms
The gift of perpetuity
to clone, gain longevity
retrace the steps from death to birth
reproduce, and then disperse
transparency so complex
Medusa a Gorgon an unearthly flesh
Just aliens waiting with just one swish
Holding the grail to...
If ever there was an alien form
Blue jellyfish sailing around in swarms
They floated from down on parachutes
Millions of years hence to land in the gloop
Founding, a habitat
In the muddy dark morass
They held a secret long unknown
The envy of all living forms
The gift of perpetuity
to clone, gain longevity
retrace the steps from death to birth
reproduce, and then disperse
transparency so complex
Medusa a Gorgon an unearthly flesh
Just aliens waiting with just one swish
Holding the grail to...
#scifi
49 reads
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Mothers day card
As I read the heartfelt words
tears soon welled, emotions stirred
those times I never bade farewell
springtime`s grape and vintage brewed
constancy to share, past times reviewed
embossed with notes
warm jewelled quotes
swallowed hard
the day it means more than a card
parts of our hearts with best regards
in the womb of nurturs gift
conception that persists
was the champaign day at best
prima mater stood on the peak of Everest
stamp affixed to a pink envelope
family close or spread remote
unspoken words whose...
tears soon welled, emotions stirred
those times I never bade farewell
springtime`s grape and vintage brewed
constancy to share, past times reviewed
embossed with notes
warm jewelled quotes
swallowed hard
the day it means more than a card
parts of our hearts with best regards
in the womb of nurturs gift
conception that persists
was the champaign day at best
prima mater stood on the peak of Everest
stamp affixed to a pink envelope
family close or spread remote
unspoken words whose...
#love
294 reads
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