Category: poetry
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Remember
Almost lost amidst dead leavesand severed limbs,a nest felled by the storm,barely more than twigs. On other walks, it would have beena mass to be avoided,side-stepped in the rain.But reason,shamed by distant fluttering,let sentiment compela search for lifewithin that sodden lump,so plainly delicate and still. How to quell despair,when prodding…
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Radiance
Summer—Cantaloupe and ice cream,Beer and hot dogs dribbling mustard, relish.Swings and sprinklers, kites in the park.Sweat-stained nights—Bare feet andTwilight obsessions,Heavy breaths and heatHe spies and plots his conquest—Supple flesh,Veiled temptress,Summer dreams. Day after day he has watched herthrough her window.And day after dayhe’s planned.… Barbecue,Softball,Watermelon,She hibernates without season,stroking the skin…
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Courtship
I caught you grooming earlier,nose fixed to your fur,engrossed in washing cheeksand nether regions,intent on looking clean,and sharp, and ablefor a doebehind a rose bush,shyly peering out. When both of you had gone,I spread a lovers’ feastof leafy greens and ripened berriesthrough the clover,knowing you’d returnwhen no one would be…
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Portrait
Old woman, bent with needle,spinster, maiden, Mademoiselle,intent on plaiting fictions. Each stroke demands restraint.She is compliant,bound in proper bonnets, sturdy bows,and stems an urge for wild unraveling. Yet blushing cheeks,nacreous rainbows in her purls,their molten, platinum shimmer,betray a piqued suppression. Too late for one revolution,too early for another,she can’t escape…
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Promises
Before the hare, before the chase,before the twisted dream,there was a hole, its site disguised,its endpoint undisclosed. Was it pure youththat made her trust the flask and drink,despite the waistcoat, watch,and steep descent?A rabbit’s warning cry? Too late, I see, too late. How soon until we wake? © 2025 All…
