tigerlilly
tigerlilly archive of published lines and poems on Linespedia.
"when the man in the moon looked down last night while bathing the earth in his golden light his eye caught a moment of sheer lover's bliss when he peeped in on our first kiss past winter's bare bran..."
"deep in the night darkness falls into that place of dreams where i dwell just behind your closed lids memory's door opens projecting what? my image to you? cannot miss what you never saw except th..."
"on life's calendar my special love rates a bold red-letter day when Cupid on his cloud above holds our hearts in sway it's not Christmas nor Valentine's nor a birthday filled with cheer just an ord..."
"glaring naked bulb hanging from frayed cord in dim hallway slashes light across his face cheek pressed into blue striped bare pillow eyes glazed half-opened, seeing? passing shadow imitations parodie..."
"from heaven's mount sweet waters flow in a river of love coursing here below near sunset's hour we two will meet wading in the shallows, me and my sweet yes, he...my precious turtledove a gift i kno..."
"That chubby little cherub, Cupid with his bow... must have a sense of humor to mismatch couples so. He must get a chuckle when he lets fly the dart; blinding men and women to all eyes but the heart. ..."
"late evening sun slants through window blinds striping two lovers as time's ribbon unwinds for once they have hours in each other's arms not just stolen moments with starts of alarms with hand stron..."
"Peering into this deep well of Self... using introspection's narrow scope. 00 Darkness is all I see. Can't tell... if what I lost is at the bottom here... but I peer, intently. 00 Evidently, it w..."
"close my eyes bind my touch away that i might better hear words spoken to heightened captured senses pouring honey in the..."
"when darkness rules night is queen her angels step from shadows and she speaks to men soothing voice small warm hand inviting closeness speaking sin she speaks louder then breath sighs open up you..."
"In our everyday ordinary lives beyond all human schemes, great forces come together to guide our hopes and dreams. If left to us our visions would not take us far... but with inspiration's guidance w..."
"Each morning, I brush your hair, look through the window... tell you what I see there, in your garden... how it misses your tender love and care. The old tom cat you saved last winter, looks fat and ..."
"One cat, then two, oh no, three more... have sniffles, sneezes, throats so sore. It's been the best of winters yet 'cause no one's had to see the Vet. But now this cold germ does conspire, racing t..."
"Every gleaming facet of your love, sparks wildfire in my heart... you're all I'm thinking of when we're far apart. Diamonds with their rainbows, shining so slendidly... are something like your eyes,..."
"All alone in the darkness, thinking of you... if I could just sleep, I'd be dreaming too. Those few moments we had, earlier tonight... are hard to hold onto, 'till morning's light. This longing is b..."
"The lake was a beckoning silvered sheen, Water like glass, not a ripple was seen. In the dawning morning of a clear July day, The boat was drifting, seeking a way… As if it had eyes for the lovers on..."
"Silent sun-sabers slashing slanting slits slightly sundering sound sight.all comments and critiques welcomed, as the evening sun pours through the mini-blinds... which happen to be tilted at just the ..."
"Crotalus cerastes, Sidewinder snake... so named for the S-curve I'm prone to make; as my body moves across burning sands... carving these grooves, in my native lands. Nicknamed Horned Rattler, for sc..."
"Sunset draws the curtain on another cajun day... in the backwater bayous where 'gators still play. Night drops it's black skirt over bearded oak trees, while mudbugs dance... round bald cypress knees..."
"at 3:00 am nightmares return waking me shaking me from coccoon of blankets warm sweating cold bullets fear drenched trembling in this storm that sweeps through heart and soul my dreaming mind unki..."
"In scarf and dark glasses, midnight at the market... to canned meat aisle i wheel my cart, then park it. Looking both ways to see if surveyed... by nutrition's detectives, who oft have conveyed... ..."
"The Mister's been shopping the local bookstore, brought home some volumes we couldn't ignore. So we put on our bifocals, began turning pages... in some new best seller, called "AGES and STAGES". I t..."
"pine needle fingers clasp winter's snowy streamers clutching ice garmentsall comments and critiques welcomed :) Written February 23rd, 2002 © on Feb 22 2002 09:10 PM PST 0 • 10"
"He woke up early... said let's have breakfast, happy Saturday, Sweetheart! I smelled the coffee brewing.... as we drank orange juice for a start. He then mentioned toast and bacon, with eggs, I think..."
"walking alone across plains of despair leaving footprints bloodied on shards of dreams broken there cloaked in ragged cares of wasted time when life seemed to circle 'round forging lead hours mold..."
"The most precious love letter I've ever received, mentioned no roses... nor angels percieved. Had nothing to do with satin and lace... nor moonlit carved beauty etched on my face. It was warm and so..."
"The cat perched warily atop highest shelf... fur ruffled and glaring not at all like himself. But we'd been on this chase for at least half an hour, I too, was beginning to appear quite sour. Return..."
"words keep tracking endlessly around in my head while i'm awake or sleeping in bed there's pad and pencil by the lamp to write whatever spills out late at night little notebooks and pens stuck all o..."
"a common error small machines with motors never were a hit with me weed eaters run on gasoline or chainsaws for the trees they cough and spit and choke whenever i get near 'em start-ropes fray alo..."
"we touched eyes reflecting pooled desire hearts entangling love's fuse lit it sizzles f i r e my hand the one to reach first to grasp the garments fall a breach c o n s p i r e we fall i rule as..."
"Some 30 years ago, give or take a few days, on a spring-time walk, as I went my way... a neighbor, cross the street, beckoned to me, saying "How would you like a little plum tree?" I looked at the of..."
"streamers of moonlight cutting through blinds slight illimunation that only defines this sense of peace found cradled here close as a heartbeat we're so near perceiving your smile as you stroke m..."
"orange peel curls back notes of fragrant oils airborne sweet taste in the mouthall comments and critiques welcomed Written February 27th, 2002 © on Feb 26 2002 05:45 PM PST 0 • 10"
"shhhhhh! just a whisper speak of love near my ear aaaaaah! sweet tangle of your hands in my hair mmmmmmm! this kiss that's what these lips were made for ohhhhhhh! turn out the lights V V V ..."
"a raindrop piercing dark sylvan pool's maidenhead expands her depth's womball comments and critiques welcomed Written February 27th, 2002 © on Feb 27 2002 05:07 AM PST 0 • 10"
"Part I Wild animal soul, feeling cornered, trapped. Heart lies pressed against the bony bars of this CAGE, which represents... a BODY failing. ME! Of all people, but then why not me? I am only one..."
"Part II Emotions bound to one who stopped caring "that way" long ago. When that comforting, could soothe the ache of every hurt and all the trials life can put you through. Honor binds the holes wh..."
"Part III More promises, bound to keep... tired steps move through fogbanks, lost sleep... one more minute, one more day, moving on. Trapped in isolation, this time by love. Giving over all that's le..."
"yarn drawn from a bag mind tracking to next station knitter drops stitches glass reflects student schoolbook's pages left unturned absent from classroom baby's breath milky bubbles marking rosy lips..."
"I’ve spent the night conversing With the MS paperclip… Blank document in Word waits, He says, “Let her rip!” I told him that I would indeed, Dance my fingers 'cross these keys, Filling pages with swe..."
"every day the sun gets up from it's bed of clouds shakes the sheets of light smooths all wrinkles formed at night never asking why when or how doing only what it knows to do just now dawn's warming f..."
"Soft rains Falling gently… Droplets kissing raw earth, Anticipating spring's rebirth... Coaxing into life sprouts of emerald hues. Its moisture sweetly courts and woos, Shy flowers to emerge. Hush win..."
"Hearts break, Crazed lines appear At first, then widen to Cracks, empty now; but preparing To receive the flooding tears to relieve, That most exquisite of all pain… Dreamed up by God or Man, All unde..."
"Red silk Banners waving, Celebrate New Leap Year! Black horse hurdles one extra month, Assuring much more Spring Festival cheer. Happy Valley tracked its entrance, Coursing yang water horse, Rewarding..."
"The lake Reflects to sky, Portraitures of Nature Passing by. Each season Stops to talk in pictures, ambling Slowly on it’s walk. In this mirror, all Are seen, in colors crisp and clean. These shaded..."
"Music fills the air with Beale Street blues. Elvis Presley never fails to make the news. Mississippi River traffics barges like the Nile. Pyramid, our sports-arena, shaped Egypt-style. Hospitals incl..."
"Moonbeams Kiss the contours Of your sweet curving lips, While I stroke your temples softly, With my fingertips. Eyes closed tight in sleep, Spinning dreams…catching pictures seen… Love illuminated, B..."
"Your soul can reach afar, for the simplest pleasure. Grab the brass ring of hope, when life denies fullness of measure. Touch the hands of friends and loved ones who would each dance you to the stars..."
"Many obstacles are found On the road of love each day, Places both can stumble, As we go along the way. But one area so clouded… A zone where we might trip, Are basic definitions In our relationship...."
"Little spider, proudly spinning, web of silk… corner winning. Tiny threads, for the weaving, home for her… never leaving. Neat hausfrau, cleans the room, leaving only… spiders’ tomb.i think i am in ..."
"small town, poor folks, long time ago midnight phone call… (trouble comes, now run, don’t walk slow) shabby house, lights blazing, neighbors look a fright the sheriff’s on his way… (blood runs, gla..."
"Long before dawn, on a cold winter's morn, a half-whispered question slowly parted the sleeping curtains of my eyelids... "Honey, you awake?" My mind, dream-mingled with half-realities, answered wor..."
"Over time, so many fallen, on the fields that rage, today some names, now in the news… how many stop to read the page? To say a prayer, to thank them, for standing in our stead… to understand, how ma..."
"words in a letter written by him step off white pages into my open arms breath hastens as I read his desriptions of need kisses feeding desires banked each time we’re apart first he would satisfy e..."
"Pumelo waters Summer evils cleansed away Bathed in new garments Red silk veil covers Shy blushing face of new bride Married woman’s hair Coverings removed Two gold goblets of honey wine Lives linke..."
"Time swept through our lives, shutting out love's light. Leaving only snuffed candles, darkness cooled. Hearts waxed cold, wicks dampened, by winter’s storms, leaving shadowed corners, where night sti..."
"sitting sedately, almost meditative in fact no anger left to tear away at the tattered remnants of my soul existing in this moment, time is stilled it seems, no sound breaks through this wall of glas..."
"It appears that I’m having a thing with, shhhhh… The MS paperclip again. I may start calling it an affair, We’re meeting more often Now than then. Sly little nag, just sits there Raising his brows… I..."
"I talk to him, it's… “Yes dear, and I’m hearing what you say; always listening to you; you know that's my way...” I’d just told him I was packing, walking out the door; never once looked up from his ..."
"I’ve been called hot-tempered, With stubborn, my best quality, I’m fed up now, and tired of My man loving his TV... Weekends used to be for dancing, For picnics in the park… Rowboat rides out on the ..."