The Poets' Place

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Carnation

In the deeper pinks

where pollen spills

into unapproached

crevices. Where the

unsureness of forever

promises incumbent

red. There... a great lie

lives. I did not bloom

for the sun's sake, or

that there should be

oodles of mekind

or that bees should

buzz another day.

I risked the locust

feast and countless

cricket kareoke nights

to know..... you.

~dw

Hosannas play behind the ear

That soothing, unending scent of love,

Not one false note will you ever hear -

For the strands and threads wove

Are all made from the finest silk,

Made from fig tree leaves, where the dove

Nested and built

A place free from storm clouds.

In a land of milk

And honey, life gently lifts forever-vows;

Youth's eternal bloom is what love allows.

~susan

petulantly pink petals

erotic redness rendered

blushing bride-like brightness

a visual overload

with emotional overtone

pink, so yielding

yet, commanding.

~bb

Perilously, you watch

As we reflect

What's not deserved.

~mailman

could be flower petals.

could be coral polyps.

could be tissue, maybe alveoli.

could be art.

could finds ways to be.

~gmatter

Believe it's True

Titian to the art, delicate tissues
of petals of the snow white pinkish rose;
the flounce of Degas as ballet, dances
swift, sweep the wedding song

to the two, the tender words before
to be true of youth, of secrets more
the days of honey, of birds, of dew
the stillness of hello, surprise and mirth

~Meanders

marked beauty

lovely fresh face

symphonic smile

yet, everyone

everyone must at first

rub curiously at that spot

to check if she's for real

~ateto mort

forty-thousand satin hatchets tornado
from some secret stolen.
dazzle bite and sense it twirls
in endless bent to lure a pearl,
and in this sex of attacks woven
lies the whys of my dive
to freedom
beneath'em.

~drifftwood

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