Submissions by goldenmyst
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Goldenmyst, 58 years old, lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The poet and author believe, “Love blossoms even within the walls of a madhouse in hearts yearning to be free.”
Lost Love Haiku from the Cafe
Lost Love Haiku from the Cafe
her lost voice
in the meadowlark song
outside his window
newspaper clipping
daguerreotype of sweetheart
married to a stranger
the crescent moon
of her once upon a time slipper
transits his tears
timbre
of her mezzo soprano
memory echo
golden opportunity
a locomotive barreling by
his freight train blues
jewelry box
holds the diamond ring
she once wore for him
her lost voice
in the meadowlark song
outside his window
newspaper clipping
daguerreotype of sweetheart
married to a stranger
the crescent moon
of her once upon a time slipper
transits his tears
timbre
of her mezzo soprano
memory echo
golden opportunity
a locomotive barreling by
his freight train blues
jewelry box
holds the diamond ring
she once wore for him
#love
#heartbroken
#breakup
#haiku
#memories
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Mourning Haiku from the Cafe
Mourning Haiku from the Cafe
mud on his grave
grows buttercups
for her spring blues
deep dirt
buries his casket
her heart wails
dust in her eyes
from his windblown grave
her tombstone blues
her tresses fly free
from the Mississippi delta blues
no more tears
she wipes dust
from his name etched in marble
tomb of no regrets
sentimental blues
sing in her mourning heart
her teary smile
mud on his grave
grows buttercups
for her spring blues
deep dirt
buries his casket
her heart wails
dust in her eyes
from his windblown grave
her tombstone blues
her tresses fly free
from the Mississippi delta blues
no more tears
she wipes dust
from his name etched in marble
tomb of no regrets
sentimental blues
sing in her mourning heart
her teary smile
#love
#grief
#haiku
#memorial
#graveyard
48 reads
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Aphrodite of Coffee
Aphrodite of Coffee
Statuesque Aphrodite
Awash in sunbeams
Stands a hand’s breadth from my face
Bearing brew made of coffee beans
Her lips a cherry blossom in spring
I gaze into her eyes like a thirsty supplicant
At the altar of the Goddess
My gratitude expressed with deep resonance
Her “My pleasure” echoes in my heart chambers
As a warm sunray penetrates the cotton
Aimed by Helios
At the delta of her purple shorts
She pivots like a ballerina
Mere inches from...
Statuesque Aphrodite
Awash in sunbeams
Stands a hand’s breadth from my face
Bearing brew made of coffee beans
Her lips a cherry blossom in spring
I gaze into her eyes like a thirsty supplicant
At the altar of the Goddess
My gratitude expressed with deep resonance
Her “My pleasure” echoes in my heart chambers
As a warm sunray penetrates the cotton
Aimed by Helios
At the delta of her purple shorts
She pivots like a ballerina
Mere inches from...
#women
#beauty
#coffee
#sensual
#seductive
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Sun Queen
Sun Queen
Oriental slant of her eyes
Gazes into corner of Parisian salon
As she reclines in baroque beauty
Upon arm rest of divan
Her scarlet tresses halo the regal velvet
With the radiance of a sun queen
Whose majesty rules over supplicant hearts
Conjuring designs on susceptible gents
With wit sharp as the scimitars
Of her eyebrows etched in fire
A single finger on her cheek bone
With thumb on chin
Far from a pawn in the chess match
That plays in her satirical theater
That with one word disarms suitors ...
Oriental slant of her eyes
Gazes into corner of Parisian salon
As she reclines in baroque beauty
Upon arm rest of divan
Her scarlet tresses halo the regal velvet
With the radiance of a sun queen
Whose majesty rules over supplicant hearts
Conjuring designs on susceptible gents
With wit sharp as the scimitars
Of her eyebrows etched in fire
A single finger on her cheek bone
With thumb on chin
Far from a pawn in the chess match
That plays in her satirical theater
That with one word disarms suitors ...
#women
#beauty
#aging
#sensual
#seductive
54 reads
2 Comments
Rowena O’Riordan
Rowena O’Riordan
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Her heart is a glass of haunted roses. Weatherworn Ellis Island faces rise like Lazarus from family memory books. Ours is the immigrant waltz learned from grandparents who danced on the shores of America upon arrival.
Spring in Natchez, Mississippi is pollen blown on the honeysuckle breeze like the nectar of Aphrodite. Sassafras scents the morning light on a dandelion lane past the bird sanctuary owned by the surgeon down the road until he walked Brightwood Street with his bewildered...
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Her heart is a glass of haunted roses. Weatherworn Ellis Island faces rise like Lazarus from family memory books. Ours is the immigrant waltz learned from grandparents who danced on the shores of America upon arrival.
Spring in Natchez, Mississippi is pollen blown on the honeysuckle breeze like the nectar of Aphrodite. Sassafras scents the morning light on a dandelion lane past the bird sanctuary owned by the surgeon down the road until he walked Brightwood Street with his bewildered...
#women
#teens
#myself
#FallingInLove
#dating
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Vegan Café Summer Haiku 2nd String
Vegan Café Summer Haiku 2nd String
golden harp strings
of her tressed melody
wisteria tangles
June heat
of her summery rose
cabernet blush
sprinkler mist
from summer lawn
stains green gown
solitude
of the baying hound
her lonely moor
lips rosy
with watermelon wine
taste of grass
flutter
of butterfly wings
her fairy pout
golden harp strings
of her tressed melody
wisteria tangles
June heat
of her summery rose
cabernet blush
sprinkler mist
from summer lawn
stains green gown
solitude
of the baying hound
her lonely moor
lips rosy
with watermelon wine
taste of grass
flutter
of butterfly wings
her fairy pout
#women
#nature
#haiku
#sensual
#seductive
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Vegan Café Summer Haiku 1st String
Vegan Café Summer Haiku 1st String
green skirt
of windblown Sally
summer kite
pollen
on the honeysuckle breeze
nectar of Aphrodite
sassafras
scents morning light
on dandelion breeze
delta blues
where nightingale nests
deep in her south
heart of summer
in her Irish winelight
sun freckles
champagne embers
sizzle in her sequined skirt
sun tanned lizard preens
green skirt
of windblown Sally
summer kite
pollen
on the honeysuckle breeze
nectar of Aphrodite
sassafras
scents morning light
on dandelion breeze
delta blues
where nightingale nests
deep in her south
heart of summer
in her Irish winelight
sun freckles
champagne embers
sizzle in her sequined skirt
sun tanned lizard preens
#women
#nature
#haiku
#sensual
#seductive
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Vegan Café Blue Goddess Haiku 2nd
Vegan Café Blue Goddess Haiku 2nd
butter melts
in Yangtze River
of her summer
blackberry wine
stains summer dress
of organdy
april rain
stains madras dress
in summer pearls
orange juice
sweet as sticky satsuma
licked by love
spring tears
roll like liquid sunshine
mixed blessings
anointed
by mint julep blues
her green blush
butter melts
in Yangtze River
of her summer
blackberry wine
stains summer dress
of organdy
april rain
stains madras dress
in summer pearls
orange juice
sweet as sticky satsuma
licked by love
spring tears
roll like liquid sunshine
mixed blessings
anointed
by mint julep blues
her green blush
#women
#summer
#haiku
#sensual
#seductive
46 reads
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Vegan Café Blue Goddess Haiku 1st
Vegan Café Blue Goddess Haiku 1st
blue cathedral
for Discotheque dynamo
of brass heaven
a Mithraism
for the blue goddess
regaled in night
dream
of the blue tigress
arrayed for night
haunted
by the stolen dream
of the iguana
flying buttress legs
embrace saxophone
in satin shadows
fiery planet
of the lava lamp
her heart
blue cathedral
for Discotheque dynamo
of brass heaven
a Mithraism
for the blue goddess
regaled in night
dream
of the blue tigress
arrayed for night
haunted
by the stolen dream
of the iguana
flying buttress legs
embrace saxophone
in satin shadows
fiery planet
of the lava lamp
her heart
#women
#music
#haiku
#sensual
#seductive
51 reads
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2nd Post Mardi Gras Vegan Café Haiku
2nd Post Mardi Gras Vegan Café Haiku
skeleton
twined in blue ribbons
her heart
violet shrinks
in midnight dungeon
blue Ophelia
blue piano
rocks the gin joint
for Trane apostles
wounded
in the blackbird night
she moans
camelot
for midnight hobos
gin joint
maiden muralist
paints summer smoke
on cracked wall
smoky hollow
of her breastbone
marrow of truth
skeleton
twined in blue ribbons
her heart
violet shrinks
in midnight dungeon
blue Ophelia
blue piano
rocks the gin joint
for Trane apostles
wounded
in the blackbird night
she moans
camelot
for midnight hobos
gin joint
maiden muralist
paints summer smoke
on cracked wall
smoky hollow
of her breastbone
marrow of truth
#women
#music
#haiku
#sensual
#seductive
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1st Post Mardi Gras Vegan Café Haiku
1st Post Mardi Gras Vegan Café Haiku
eyes on fire
with smoky hazel
incense ashes
lady cooled
by banyan shadows
summer smoke
solo picnic
for pomegranate lady
juice of heaven
she smokes
with the hooded men
in blue alleyways
jazz dive
for cocktail dreams
her sunken olive
bluejay
feathers her nest
for winter blues
eyes on fire
with smoky hazel
incense ashes
lady cooled
by banyan shadows
summer smoke
solo picnic
for pomegranate lady
juice of heaven
she smokes
with the hooded men
in blue alleyways
jazz dive
for cocktail dreams
her sunken olive
bluejay
feathers her nest
for winter blues
#women
#music
#haiku
#sensual
#seductive
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Vegan Café Blues Haiku Octet
Vegan Café Blues Haiku Octet
ghost summoned
from ancient labyrinth
Hendrix flame
blue string
beaded in fire
Jimi on guitar
brujo
strums blue guitar
voodoo eclipse
voodoo guitar
jams black magic concert
rocks house of usher
blue Latina
grooves Guadalajara
on neon nirvana
felt coat hobo
crowned in stovepipe hat
king of bourbon street
Marie Laveau
in her midnight labyrinth
séance
smoky rhythm
of boudoir blues
Venus rites
ghost summoned
from ancient labyrinth
Hendrix flame
blue string
beaded in fire
Jimi on guitar
brujo
strums blue guitar
voodoo eclipse
voodoo guitar
jams black magic concert
rocks house of usher
blue Latina
grooves Guadalajara
on neon nirvana
felt coat hobo
crowned in stovepipe hat
king of bourbon street
Marie Laveau
in her midnight labyrinth
séance
smoky rhythm
of boudoir blues
Venus rites
#music
#haiku
#homelessness
#witches
#seductive
48 reads
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