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.”
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
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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
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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
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Movie Night
Movie Night
“Well, we got out of the store without doing more than the necessary damage to your billfold.”
“I needed a woman to divert me from my path to dietary apocalypse.”
“You need only omit one word, that being ‘woman’. Anyone with even rudimentary knowledge of nutrition would know that day-old pizza is unacceptable.”
“The surgeon general would concur I am sure.”
“Then why do I have to tell you what is obvious?”
“Perhaps because I am part of the unwashed gender.”
“Well even though...
“Well, we got out of the store without doing more than the necessary damage to your billfold.”
“I needed a woman to divert me from my path to dietary apocalypse.”
“You need only omit one word, that being ‘woman’. Anyone with even rudimentary knowledge of nutrition would know that day-old pizza is unacceptable.”
“The surgeon general would concur I am sure.”
“Then why do I have to tell you what is obvious?”
“Perhaps because I am part of the unwashed gender.”
“Well even though...
#women
#romantic
#satirical
#funny
#sexy
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Vegan Café 2nd Mayan Haiku String
Vegan Café 2nd Mayan Haiku String
clouds
in her lapis lazuli mood ring
morning fog
smoke rings
from Popocatépetl
tobacconist’ dream
pilgrims
in Quetzalcoatl’s
holy land
maiden strays
into flamingo field
pink dawn
seeped deep
in Bruja’s herbal brew
Hecate’s potion
glyphs
on charm bracelet
her book of spells
clouds
in her lapis lazuli mood ring
morning fog
smoke rings
from Popocatépetl
tobacconist’ dream
pilgrims
in Quetzalcoatl’s
holy land
maiden strays
into flamingo field
pink dawn
seeped deep
in Bruja’s herbal brew
Hecate’s potion
glyphs
on charm bracelet
her book of spells
#women
#nature
#mythology #seductive
#mythology #seductive
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Vegan Café 1st Set of Mayan Haiku
Vegan Café 1st Set of Mayan Haiku
jaguar priestess
tattooed in Mayan glyphs
basket of sunshine
bonnet
of bougainvillea petals
wreath of sun flames
earth birth
inked on her cappuccino back
Popol Vuh
elders chant
to bongo drums
earth’s heartbeat
lake texcoco
shimmers in moonlight
her sheen
roots descend
from banyan boughs
her cathedral
jaguar priestess
tattooed in Mayan glyphs
basket of sunshine
bonnet
of bougainvillea petals
wreath of sun flames
earth birth
inked on her cappuccino back
Popol Vuh
elders chant
to bongo drums
earth’s heartbeat
lake texcoco
shimmers in moonlight
her sheen
roots descend
from banyan boughs
her cathedral
#women
#nature
#music
#mythology
#culture
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Azuls de Barrancas del Cobre (Copper Canyon Blues)
Azuls de Barrancas del Cobre
(Copper Canyon Blues)
Dusty Chihuahua desolation
At lonely train depot
Desert crossroads for rail journey
Arrival
Copper Canyon is cantina calypso drums
On the slopes of the valley spirit
and the manger in a holy hostel
is a bunk bed for my blue traveler soul
Where a feminine voice sings from above
A rosary in Spanish timbre
As I sink into a paradise of lullabies
To her novena nirvana
When the sun returns like a prodigal son ...
(Copper Canyon Blues)
Dusty Chihuahua desolation
At lonely train depot
Desert crossroads for rail journey
Arrival
Copper Canyon is cantina calypso drums
On the slopes of the valley spirit
and the manger in a holy hostel
is a bunk bed for my blue traveler soul
Where a feminine voice sings from above
A rosary in Spanish timbre
As I sink into a paradise of lullabies
To her novena nirvana
When the sun returns like a prodigal son ...
#romantic
#city
#nature
#trains
#marijuana
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