Black Rose Poems

Quicksand caught generation epoch,
restless whirring of a drill in the dust.
Zenith of color shifts saturation to none,
black and white film on video cassette.
Ensnared in a...

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If you look
            You will find me

       ...

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Visceral incantation from onyx velvet lips,
moan, groan, to twist my bits as a witch.
Salem pyre ancient oak standing the edifice,
wrist shackled chains gather round vile...

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My journey of blood
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petal paw prints pounce
starry eyes twirling with tail
black rose under moon

April 4th 2022
Contest: Black Cat Haiku
Sponsor: Robert James LIguori
5th Place
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“Of all flowers, methinks a rose is best.” – William Shakespeare, The Two Noble Kinsmen

Sweet Rose, for ages you have blessed the human race
with your...

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There you dear my gentle 
Petal particular poetic rose of
My love. My subtle sultry noticeably 
Rose! aaah WHERE IS my most
Lovely pleasant bouquet of dismay?
Masterfully...

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Tears fall, soundless memories, silent as dew,
Struggling from the morning’s gentle eyes, clawing
Through the promises, feelings blooming,
Like the blessings of roses, soft petals bathing
In the...

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. . . What Flower Am I 

Gonna Give To You All ? 

Uncaptured High ! . . ....

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                 The Jacobite Rose 

Falling , the conscience of...

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My muse has exited via the stage door 
She says my life is such a bore
That the red spice wastes upon floor
That I can try...

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summoned black diamond
sun's at other side of night
with the dream roses

heart of joy twinkling
gone down in sea of colors
star of plum evening

still in its peach...

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Beneath a night veil bordered with black roses,
such a pallid, yet beauteous face,
nightingales nestled at her feet.
She's adept at knowing when to let
herself in.
She sits,...

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To my Dearest Darling Rose

I am writing this letter to you at this
moment sat on my own up on deck
of the ship and it's around...

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On one of the myriad bays
along the Maine coast. Keep the holocaust
at bay I said to Dave because
you’ll spend all day gathering
2,000 calories and still...

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