methinks yon poet strokes his glass
the beer within sets head a-spin
and dreams his hands upon a lass
abiding from afar
or is she just the stuff of smoke
next verse's gleam in conscious stream
Pygmalion might share this joke
perhaps another round
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Inspired by Picasso's The Glass of Beer
inexorably drawn
nuances of form
pale
to heart and soul and mind
oh but how they work together
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morning chill of fall
breeze subsides and sun provides
brief summer echo
wavelets lapping on the sand
warmth of sun on face and hands
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moving near you
with you
or just seeing you
there's a bonus
to the smile and wave
the giggle
and the purposed stride
that turns the heat up
even more
we won't even mention dancing
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every goddess that I see
carves out a little piece of me
though who she is may not be clear
my heart imagines that she's dear
and would should caper hit the mark
offer up some bit of spark
to such a gray and tattered fool
sometimes If favored with a smile
some hope emerges for a while
only to turn to bittersweet
when my attentions force retreat
and in those eyes clouded with fear
reflections of this fool appear
my truth baldly revealed
mostly I continue on
a little more of me then gone
to dreams and wishes unfulfilled
while in it's place darkness instilled
but then a twinkle in my eye
completed with a smile that's wry
considering my complement
the company found where he went
and what they're all up to
clearly I must ... find portal through
perhaps the goddesses I view ...
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breathtaking view
bones of earth broken askew
heaved up and piled bounding the plain
telltale of some seismic mole
headed on a southward stroll
ascending elevations
among fantastic crenelations
breathless
craning neck to capture peaks
in home of elk and big horn sheep
given all this natural splendor
difficult not to surrender
enmity 'twixt all the tribes
in favor of global decree
to save earth for posterity
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symbiosis only works when there is give and take
and magnitudes of both alike
for if the thirst of one grows great
the name that's right is parasite
to fit the one who's slaked
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Inspired by Heart Arts' The needs not by by red tape
