Poems

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Micropoems

Medusa And Perseus
her head was his goal
but her gaze cowed his soul
a chill deep in the bone
would turn him to stone

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rosy Red

her rosy red

bent over the bed

a grin In her eyes

such lovely thighs

wriggling her flank

with every spank

and ponytail yank

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mom

 

she kissed my scrapes

and healed them

calmed me

when my anger flared

her breasts became

my first refuge

my orphaned heart recalls

 

 

 

 

 

The Loveliest Hearts

 

the loveliest hearts

find each other,

even in the darkest corners

their light shines brilliantly

one for the other

 

 

 

 

 

Nightshade

 

a wink and a gentle nudge

hide tomorrows lies behind

a mask of innocence

more poisonous

than nightshade

 

 

Her Eyes

with a mere glimpse
I fall into her eyes
swimming desperately
for a surface
which is not there
for her eyes lie

 

Marry Me

You said one day you'll marry me

Of that I have no doubt

We will live and love happily

Thru caviar and sauerkraut

 

 

 

 

 

Pixie

 

A pixie stood

under a mushroom

waiting for the rain to ease

 

she liked the patter

but it stirred the dust

causing her to sneeze

 

 

 

 

 

Love Was There

love was there

I know it was

the feeling is

hard to fake

 

But something happened

along the way

and now there is

just this ache

 

 

 

 

The Mirror Stands

 

The mirror stands
in the corner
silently observing
the life around it,
commenting on
behavior with
its very reticence



 

 

The Last Thing

she was there

it was the last thing

he expected...

and the most delightful

 

 

 

 

 

Touch

As I pass by

our hands brush

skin grazing silken skin

I raise my eyes

to apologize

and find on your face a grin

Grandfathers Library
dust motes float
in the sunbeams
through curtain pinholes -
grandfathers library is a
long vanished world
of adventure




The Old Church
the roof collapsed long ago,
weeds grow
where the pulpit stood,
yet I still hear
the faithful raise
a chorus in praise





The Crypt
Menacingly crouched among the stones...
moldy angels leer at all who pass
even the dying grass seems cowed





In Love With Love
In love with the idea
of being in love,
but not in love with me,
she spoke the words
I wanted to hear
her only wish, to flee.






Your Touch

you gently touch

my heart and soul

your delicate rushes

revive my senses

flash through my being

the unique magic that is you

Forgotten Garden
My forgotten garden
lingers in the mind;
that time cannot
be expressed
without tears
for the loss of
youthful love
and endless days





Eternity

if you give me you
and I give you me
we will ever be
from now to eternity

Christmas Day, 2000
Rain fell
onto freezing surfaces
ice built
trees creaked
limbs broke
streets blocked
power outage
coldest day in memory

Sexting and Texting

Sexting and texting
late night phone calls
there's nothing so cruel
as long distance love

Her Face
 Her face is etched in my memory

She's been gone for so long

I hoped it would

be faded now

but that may

never be

 

Ode To A Grumbling Gargoyle On Her Return From The Colonies

My thoughts return

to the dark insides

where the real me

writhes and coils

 

The smiles and nods

I greet you with

hide those nasty

roiling boils

 

Dreaming

Dreaming of you

makes living

worthwhile

 

 

Fleeting

autumn's fleeting beauty

lasts a lifetime

 

 

 

 

Twitter Friends

My Twitter friends

are so many blends

of love and joy

whether girl or boy

they treat me well

like the knell of a bell

so many kind

hearts entwined

 

 

 

 

 

 

Half Remembered Dream

I think of you often

like a half remembered dream

sometimes you're a poem,

with a long forgotten theme

Words

I play your

words on my

lips and tongue,

roll them around

nibble and nip.

Swallow and

beg for more.

I Love You

'I love you',

I murmur

while nibbling

 your lobe.

'I know', you

smile gently

as you slip off

your robe.

 

 

Honesty

 

I stand naked

before you

stripped bare

of all that I hide

from the world

My pledge to you

is honesty

 

 

 

 

 

Holding Yourself

Many young men
spend their teens
holding themselves
in their trousers

We're so afraid
it'll wander off
that we don't let go
for many hours






Dancing by Firelight
(Thanks to Cynthia Sierra [@azdesertr0se]. Her lovely poem was the inspiration for this)

She danced barefoot

in a long white gown

with daisies in her hair

 

The firelight shone on

her glistening face

I watch her, o so fair.

she turned the
brightness level
of my eyes
up and down,
according to
her mood.







The Milky Way
may fling itself
apart
and
I will still
love you


 

 

In the dark

my fingers found

her mons veneris

Her hand

clutched mine

and held it there

while she

gasped

into my throat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sin

 

If sin is the norm

like puritans preach

then God understands

when we act as they teach

 

 

 

 

Lucy

From inches away
she stares into my eye
unblinking
licks her lips
as if in anticipation,
and rubs her soft cheek
against mine,
marking me
as hers.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Like the egg

on the wall

I'm broken

Only you

can put me

back together

again.

You can,

but will you bother.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Head on

my pillow

I feel/hear

my heartbeat.

Memory of

pain causes

mind to race

heart apace

panic stirs.

 

 

 

The sidewalk

is empty.

Glancing up

a cluster

of cameras

catch the eye.

Movement...

One swivels

and points at

me

*shiver*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My plight

the blight

that is you

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When silence was called for

I said the wrong thing

Now she is silent

And boy, does it sting

 



Written by June Sciortino
for Hap Rochelle

Sun casts ever shifting shapes
to dance in the spring breeze
as it edges toward nightfall
and the land of no shadows

 

 

 

 

I think of you touching me

even innocently

and crimson heat fires my loins.

Side by side, hands linked,

my eyes boast to all who see.



the long loneliness of age

so thankful for her love.

short yet joyous days.

 

 

 

Conversing,

his eyes searched the room
till he found her.

Sensing his glance,

hers sought his.

Eyes locked, that secret,
private smile.

 

 

 

Cumbersome 

 

Cumbersome
thoughts,
Terrible
memories
of wrongs
done, and
people
wounded.
An awkward
agony
drives a
jagged
wedge
thru my
heart

 

 

I wish more than life

to sleep naked

next to you once more

our bodies enlaced

 

 

 

 

Dark red lips
Sweet as wine
Share exotic
Treasures
Taste forbidden
Pleasures
In the reaches
Of your mind






The bitter taste
of solitude
dwells in the mind
Fear an old age
of loneliness
stretching out
ahead
Unwelcome tears
for
unknown fears 

 

 

 

 

I dreamt of a wind

blowing autumn leaves

scattered on the ground

like my tears,

loosed

as I watched you,

cold as a winter day,

turn

and walk away

 

 

 

 

________________________

 

The sincerity of those

who claim our love

is not to be denied.

 

We long to have passion

in our lives,

perhaps to soothe our pride

________________________

 

Cowboy and Indian

Musketeer

The joys of childhood

held no fear.

Soldier or trucker
Police or fireman
Our adult world is harder
goes not to plan.

____________________________

 

 Minds Eye

In my mind

I hear your voice

as clearly as if

you were

beside me

 

In my mind

I feel your love

melt my heart

with every

breath

________________

My life has led

from the beginning,

to this time and place.

Practice, and prelude,

 

for you

________________

My life has all been

practice,

a prelude

to you

________________

 

 

Purple Martins

Wheeling, diving, flowing,

a shimmering colony

of Purple Martins

by the cacophonous thousands

move as one monstrous being

across the sky.



___________________



The people I love most
Those I know I can trust
are the ones who stay close
when I'm not very lovable.



___________________

 

 

Gargoyle

Eyes look but

do not see.

Ears listen,

yet are deaf.

Wings folded,

and useless.
Crouched high on

the building

watching

waiting
silent.

 

 

Beloved

Dear

Beloved

Immortal prize

Takes the breath

Feel the heartbeat rise

The pleasure slows

As reality fixes

Love ebbs

Grief

 

 

 

Lonely

Lonely,

in a sea of friends,

wishing for you

and youth.

Praying for time,

seeing only

the end of time.

Bitterness almost

overwhelms.

 

 

 

Hearts

Your waist fits

perfectly

in my arms.

Our bodies match.

I feel most at home

when we're

intertwined.

Our hearts seem

to beat in tune.

 

 

 

Breath

I felt your breath on my cheek

Smiling, I turned to see

your lovely face,
realized it was
just a breeze,

and you are

far away.

 

 

 

Goodbye

Nothing matters

since you said

goodbye.

Heaven seemed

short lived.

Purgatory

a blessed

relief.

Hell is

forever,

or so it

seems.

 

 

Fear

Forlorn

Forgotten

Lost in a

forest of fears,

she struggles

against forces

seemingly

insurmountable

and emerges

 

triumphant

 

into the sunlight.

 

 

 

 

Scorn

She looked at me scornfully

I felt small and angry

The feeling dwells in my soul

Any happiness, she stole

How we treat others is key. 

 

 

 

Arguing

Why does she not agree

We argue and fight

Through half the night

And then we make up with glee!

 

 

Seaside

Sun kissed shores

Boat shipped oars

Moonlit seas

Salty breeze

 

Drunken tar

Staggers from bar

Sailors curse

Catch cutpurse.

 

 

_______________________ 

 

 

In the midst of

heartbreak

It may seem better

to never have

loved,

but oh

what we miss

if we don't fall in

love

once or twice!

 

 

 

Forest

Walking thru

A leafless forest

Lit by a silver moon

Quiet but for

The rustle of my

Feet in fallen leaves.

Time vanishes

As my spirits lift.

 

 _____________________________

He's all she wants

But then again,

She loves to flaunt

Her other men!

 

 

 

 

Bogeyman

When the lights go out at night

When noises cause a fright

The closet door ajar

From the bed I bolt, and bar

That door, fly back to bed

Ere dead.    

 

 

 

 

The Night

Wow! The night flew by!

It's too late for me to walk

If I go outside I'll fry

And everyone would gawk.

 

 

 

 Gargoyles and Hedges

From high above

the recessed alcove

the carved creature

eyed the feature

of the hedges down below.

 

 

 

 

You close your eyes

I kiss each one

Your cheeks want fun

From my butterflies

 

 

 

The longer I live

the less I know

but I have learned to

expect less

and give more

I'm much happier now.

 

 

 

 

Echoes

I hear the echo of my life

in the dark recesses of my mind

full of love and yes, of strife

I allow no regrets, even when inclined.

 

 

 

 

 

Smart

Say something smart

and people will flock to you

they may dislike

but they'll fawn.

 

Say something stupid

as we often do

your friends will

love you anyway!

 

 

 

 

 

Heaven

 

You touch my face,

My heart beats faster.

And then I find

You're in my arms.

My fingers roam 
Over silken skin.

Heaven waits 

 

 

 

 

 

Touch

 

I wait

 

wait

 

wait

 

For your fingers

 

Touch lingers

 

Agony

 

 

 

 

The Dark

Holding back the light

The dark hides the scars

Eager to prowl the night

Gathering in the stars

Blackness my birthright.

 

 

 

 

The Tout

Where's the tout?

You know, he's stout.

Looks like a trout.

The one with gout.

And the bulbous snout.

Eating the sprout.

He's such a lout.

Throughout!