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mark May 15, 2017

Galactic Stew

Her violet pupils are set in yellow bloodshot eyes
this witch with dragon of pink and soft little scales
that looks at backwards feet.
It smiles as pencil curved eye brows do stretch.
Her soupy brew is steamy and ghostly.

Antenna fish with red lips and body gaps are hungry
swimming through seas of citric acid storms.
They fall into swirls of mixed kumquats,
acorns and jelly beans— moving slowly round and round
with yellow and red pan cakes, that spiral stacked on top of
red, blue, orange, and green alien predators.

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weirdelf May 14, 2017

Selfie

In a pub today,
for a friend's birthday.
beard and hat and vest and hair
rampant.
Visually resplendent.

An auburn haired woman stroked my hair in passing.
Thank you auburn haired woman,
instant transformation from
old, ugly, doesn't belong,
to rockstar,
effulgent.

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vandiemenspeak May 14, 2017

I end with Bloom and sweat

I end with Bloom and sweating,
an achemical green settling on the valley

through my ears I hear him, trudge Dublin streets,
dragging along through interior monologue chains,

allusions I have listened to for years,
they pass as glacial, slow understanding comes

of that intellectual apparatus,
like a mass for the world, none can escape

so said one. My labours begun an hour ago,
of saw, and split, and cracked elbow

have berthed on the shores of these hills:
a bisected tree, low birds deep beneath

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Keith Logan May 14, 2017

Dark Loch (villanelle)

Twas there within the deepest dark
Swam she through veil of night
Fey mystery of a Scottish park

Floating like a cutty sark
That danced by fire light
Twas there within the deepest dark

We witneessed there something so stark
That all on board took fright
Fey mystery of a Scottish park

As to the shore we’d fain debark
It barred our way of flight
Twas there within the deepest dark

Prayed we God, that he might hark
To our dire, fearful plight
Fey mystery of a Scottish park

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Esker May 13, 2017

Soul Market

mark up on memories
'Iggy Pop' singing
the ragged guitar pop
'Gimme danger, little-stranger..'
Screwdriver in the back pocket
smelling of tension and stress
Varosol and chain oil
Dirt from potting the plants
(jobs set aside from winters long
monotony)
pull over..adjust the settings
shifts now....the cables freeing
up..
the hot afternoon sun
here is the trail section we ran
here is the favorite spots she
sniffed...this is where she would

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Geezer May 13, 2017

Mother Us...

Mother, Mommy, Mom or Mum
The differences are small
What children say, when they want them
Doesn't matter much at all

They know that Mother is there for them
She will be there when there's need
Her instincts are to protect and serve
She rides the back of nurture's steed

Hold our hand, dear Mother
Smooth our fevered brow
Calm us when we're nervous
Tell us you're here now

S
scribbler May 13, 2017

CHANGE

Two short decades burned away
since last I laid eyes on this place
but, finally, I'm back today
via a road once a mere trace.
From trail to road just the first change.

Posted signs displayed on all roadsides
where departed neighbors used to dwell.
No telling now who there on resides.
I hardly see a single well.
Are water systems one more change?

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Geezer May 12, 2017

Love From The Radio... Monthly Contest

Love from the radio
Bleeding hearts and tortured souls
Emotions with familiar fingers

Strumming my heartstrings

Come back to me
Take me down old roads
Pave the way with kisses remembered

And try not to spill tears on my shirt

Youth says it's forever and lies
Time races away invisible
Memories scramble for traction

Spinning their wheels in deceit

Yet the gentle caress of romance
Croons softly of Spring and love
I remember, I remember the chorus

I can sing it once more for you

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lovedly May 12, 2017

Exotic is the Night (MAY POETRY CONTEST)

Exotic is the Night

The night is so sweet
so lovely
ever so young
the moon
yes she
from behind the clouds
has just sprung

it's the commencement of spring
in May
in the Northern Hemisphere
they all say,

The stars beyond
the snakelike floating clouds wink
and
make us proud
as we stand on Time's brink

The fragrance of jasmine
the night Queen's spread
make a case for joy
for new lovers to enjoy

B
barwickstephen50 May 12, 2017

priceless

you are a beauty from God but sumtyms i cant help but wonder if he cheated, after creating an epitome of beauty with cerulean eyes , he still chose to crown you with a lovely voice, am entrailed with your words and enchanted by yur voice, so many things ought not be imagined but a world without you is definately one of them..