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Dec 2024 K E Cummins

Nemusa

He eats at my soul with a lover's slow hand,

Each bite a hymn, each wound carefully planned.

His silence, a gospel, his shadow a prayer,

I light every candle, but he's always there.

A feast in the dark where no one can stand.

Dec 2024 K E Cummins

Everything Dissolves into Flowers

Dec 2024 K E Cummins

Carlo C Gomez

Everything Dissolves into Flowers

the bantering of rain
the insinuation it might snow
the mirage of moonglade
the mountain drink
the desert thirst

everything
resolves with flowers

a withered realm
a crestfallen kingdom
their copper queen withdrawing
from the bitter harvest
in the spirit of Persephone

everything
dissolves into flowers

#flowers #rain #desert #moon #rebirth #birth #life #death #nature #persephone

Dec 2024 K E Cummins

About That Beautiful Lady Sipping a Cup of Earl Grey

Dec 2024 K E Cummins

Lawrence Hall

About That Beautiful Lady Sipping a Cup of Earl Grey

Lawrence Hall, HSG
Mhall46184@aol.com

About That Beautiful Lady Sipping a Cup of Earl Grey

You’ve noticed her, I see – just a word of advice:
I was chatting with her over cups of tea
I mentioned that Earl Grey also tasted nice over ice -
There was ice indeed as she turned away from me

Dec 2024 K E Cummins

Summer daze

Dec 2024 K E Cummins

betterdays

Summer daze

Mid-day heat beats down
Shingle-back lizard lazes
On old rotting log

Termite smorgasbord
Dinner in pink tongues reach
Warm sun lies above

Dec 2024 K E Cummins

My Niece Made Me A Bracelet

Dec 2024 K E Cummins

Maria Etre

My Niece Made Me A Bracelet

My niece
made me bangle
of letters, stars, unicorns|
and colored beads

Then it hit me
that's her poem to me
a set of random things
that sit beautifully
side by side
around in a circle

and I noticed that
that's the first time
someone wrote
a poem
about
me

#poetry #poem #childhood #realization #colorful

Dec 2024 K E Cummins

Last dance

Dec 2024 K E Cummins

Peter Gerstenmaier

Last dance

I don't want
To be forgiven
I wanna walk to
That graveyard by
The black forest
Kiss Myrtha and
Dance with the
Willis until
I'm dead

Based on the ballet 'Giselle'... and in my current state of mind.

#forgiven #graveyard #blackforest #dance #willis