Short Olfactory Poems

skunk
pungent
whiff and sniff
olfactory
skunk...

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Love does more than
Temporarily blind
It knocks out
Olfactory senses too....

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fragrance
overwhelming
olfactory assault
unexpected punch to the nose
bloodied...

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Ah! The smell of eggs
   and pancakes on the griddle

  Olfactory nerve distributes
    five pounds to my middle...

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robin’s olfactory serves not
        the stinky pear tree —
Spring blossoms like a bride
        fishy-catch of the day

3/13/2021...

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flower in rapture
                                            olfactory perception
                                              bee is near petal...

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Just breathe in,
violet meadows,
lavender’s relaxing elixir,
passive perfume permeates
the olfactory,
ah...such sweet slumber!


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Syllables 
10-Wooden basket with swinging handle
7-Bouquet blossoms smells budding
7-Olfactory joy buzzing

If anyone is knowledgable of this type of poem let me know if I got it right.
It is a little tricky....

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Haiku for frangipani in bloom:

nocturnal bouquet 
of frangipani in bloom –
olfactory fruits

teasing aromas
adorning a young girls hair – 
swaying moonlit palms

moths seeking nectar
flutter, flower to flower – 
new buds at sunrise....

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Salty
12/07/2018



Lovely luscious lips

Perfect pink pleasure

Devine deliciousness drips

Tantalising tasty treasure

Sticky sweet sensuous

Aroma arouses olfactory

Feminine feline fabulous

Glutinous orgasmic glory...

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It was a sultry summer eve
When what did my nostrils breathe?
Methane with a touch of green grass
Permeating across the room
Look to the right and look to the left
I swear that weaner giggled with a smile...
As I threw her out the door....

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    Ah! Fresh paint's aroma 
      when I open the can
    like a breeze o'er the meadow
      stirs my olfactory glands

    But then when I’m done
       the tired paint, coagulate
    What a sucker I was ~
       to fall for the bait
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Odiferous, a sad and sordid tale,
for naught remains but that which does assail.
The rascal takes one final, pungent swipe:
grizzled remains along the center stripe.


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H/T to The Sunny Side of Skunks by Gershon Wolf...

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Alluring aroma

Calls us over
Uplifting bean
Pulverised to make us keen

Olfactory sense starts to excite
Firing up with delight

Caffeine or caffeine free
Oh what a pleasure to taste and savour it be
Frothy cappuccino or americano
From which do you choose
Either one
Ecstay exudes...

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I'm glad to be an onion
To have such wide 'a-peel'
I shed my layers sensually
Olfactory workers reel  

I do it in the kitchen
One day I'll be on stage
Juicy slices circling that pole
My striptease all the rage



          June 28, 2020
  You are a star Poetry Contest
     Sponsor: Nina Parmenter...

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visual
scanned living sunrise dissolve
to deadpan fall of dusk

audio
whispers broadcast sweet
to escalating screams

olfactory
perfume scents of rose
to blast of graveyard musk

taste
lip-synched cherry kiss
to sucking blood of dreams

tactile
vibrant love and hate
forged in gossamer fire

conceived immaculate...

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What is it 'bout farting
that makes people giggle?
It's simply aroma
that smells like a poop,
and you tell the grandkids
to call it a toot,
while silly Aunt Agnes
thinks it's a hoot!
As Grandpa silently 
wanting to share
floats essence of barnyard
there in the air..

(Was going to ask if this was in bad taste? - Pun intended!)...

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coffee best describes
papa joe's essence for me
coffee kisses- YES

fertilizer stink
paternal grandaddy smell
famous tomatoes

noxzema only 
for miss toby before bed
shakey hands slicked up

but then grandmama
whew! peach cobbler first of all
sweet corn, pot roast, ham

oh man, those fried pies
blackberry and peach goodness
beautiful mem'ry...

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She walks inside the room 
a heavenly scent follows 
as I softly trace her pulse  
all the way to my crazy 
senses 
I cannot place my finger  
on the emotion
it evokes 
She makes me think 
of fishing days 
on hot summer nights;

Olfactory memories 
run through me 
and I think to myself  
but of course,
she must be wearing 
musk ...

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A Poem by Any Other Name…Should Smell Like a Poem

I ran out of time
to post my lines.
So, as I compose
I hold my nose.

Acrid alliteratives,
malodorous odes,
musty metaphors,
putrid pantoums,
reeking rhymes,
stinky stanzas,
smelly sagas,
obfuscate our olfactory organs.
So, as you read this poem
pour a stiff bourbon
and do your postmortem!
...

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The smell of death
is and unforgettable smell.

It's acridness permeates
all things and 
lingers in one's mind forever.

It is a fetid stink that
brands itself onto your memory.

The bouquet of malodorous aromas
ambushes your brain,
forever leaving a horrific olfactory scar.

The Reaper's perfume travels quickly.
It waits for nothing.
It is only retarded
by the chilly air of the tomb....

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Not truly audible, visible, olfactory or tactile; Icy; Undeserving; Complicated as usual; I have faith that he is protecting me; Wheat and stars; Until I die; No matter how close I get I still want to be closer; Nobody can help me but me; L.O.V.E.; Never to be possessed; A rite of passage; The will to live; Present in a fantasy; Cold as the endless winter of the tundra; Not lustful; A mental peace that endures forever;...

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humid, early morning
rain-soaked shrubs

inhale...

FLASH!   
              olfactory
                       recognition:

             .....pine forest morning
                                   after the rain

                        my senses clear
                                   confidence positioned
                             
                                                higher plain of existence................

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Flanked by Dame’s rockets and Yarrow
familiar flowers that greet me
every spring with their breezy nods.
Their irresistible, subtle
scents never cease to captivate
my olfactory perception.
I swoon amidst their fragrant breaths
and for one imaginative
moment become their distant kin
with an alien hue and scent
commingling with them nonetheless
until their odoriferous
scents again sober my senses
leaving a feeling of gladness....

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I’m sitting by the river,
Just relaxing on a bench,
When I’m suddenly accosted
By an unaccustomed stench.

I look around but do not see
A reason for the smell.
It’s coming from the water, then,
As far as I can tell.

The question that I pose myself
Is – what am I to do?
Sacrifice olfactory nerves
Or sacrifice the view?

In life, it’s not all positives
That come to us each day.
The rippling waves have tipped the scales – 
I’ll hold my nose and stay!...

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