Long Beguine Poems

Put on a happy face
when I release taut fingers 
from your pallid cheeks.
Promises and empty lies 
are sported clichés
that spoil a silenced vocabulary.
A quieted understanding we've
vocally committed to;
barks a matted-jackal’s constitution -
perceiving morose consequences
of blind...

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A canticle I think I'll be, 
A rimed thought, hoary and ancient, 
Stinking as the dust heaped up empyreal on the hills of 
The Judean sands;
And as dulled and dimmed as an archaic coin tarnish'd.
This...

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Because of You
by Daniel Henry Rodgers

Because of you-
My heart has found its way...

At Messiah's halls
in a youthful haze,
by a bridge made of
locust and oak
Our hearts were
entwined in
love and grace.

Your blossoming faith illuminated
paths I never knew.
Rebirth...

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“what inspires you to write
such indiscriminate indiscretions
like that?” he speaks to himself 
and thinks 

not long 
without thinking,
unnaturally he feels,
something, so
 
he promptly writes 
it all down 
without a further
doo-diddley-day

there you go 
a muse 

the...

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There seem so many adventures in far exotic places,
When romancers enjoy serenity and moments so sweet.
Their hearts swoon with greenery’s fragrant traces
And romantic  expressions their lips begin to repeat,
As the eternal delights and joys...

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Tonight I went out Swinging for the very first time
Now the title has grabbed your attention – I hope you will read my rhyme!

Tonight I went to hear The Manx Swing Band
The best musicians throughout...

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APril 1 is ONe  

 April Fools Day time for National Poetry Month to begin the beguine

APril 1 is ONe

 

Lieberry Dissertation

 

APril 1 2014 NPM National POetry MOnth

 

Lettuce make a large important...

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VIRGINAL GIRL
begin the beguine..
Make your music mine
LAUGHING GIRL
joy's outflow-from eyes aglow
GIRL WITH EARRING
a look of love-
into eternity's mirror
LACEMAKING GIRL
intricate detail
patient design-
portrait of time
MUSIC GIRL
when the music ends-
we no longer can pretend
LETTER GIRL
a few words
can make...

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Fle sa me tis


Of the smile rise
Of all our little misses in TX & txt
For her we enter

(Beyond dragons for snakes got wings like we make ends to meet the means, or whatever man)

"Begin the...

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And he dragged her to the floor  
to Porter's 'Begin The Beguine‘,
swaying to the sultry rhythm
without missing a beat.
  
As the orchestra shifted to Jobim
paying tribute to an Ipanema girl,
he seduced and she...

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Fools Gold

Dreaming of a precious gold
That I had never seen
I met you and I knew at once
I found the answer to my dream
Resplendent in her golden garb
We shared our feelings at an inn
Then we moved...

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Domestic interiors
falling pearls
 of  splendour
the everday
in
quiet,calm
  still snapshots
of life
hints of the unsaid
Indelible
   seared deep
in memory
 Unsolved enigmas
conjecture preserved
in paint
Silent sounds
echo
& stir
  with familiarity
the moments of interplay
 vivant
  intimate
intricate details
 begin  the beguine
  joys outflows
 perfection
  preserves the serene
 mirrors the sublime
with emphasis
 &     suggestion

stresses
       of the fanciful
&the significant
with
             implications
  &illusions...

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