Category Archives: Beauty



Music

How did music start? Was it the whistle
Of a flying lizard that struck an ear,
Startling that neanderthal—a missle
That evolved? Hell, they could whistle, make queer
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Posted in Beauty, Inspiration, Wisdom

Winter Rant

Solstice, equinox,
Nature’s holy-days
Carve seasons into our blemished world.

December twenty-first
And my mortgage—
A poem a week—
Remains unpaid.
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Posted in Beauty, Greed, Poetry (What is it?), Seasons

At The Paddle Tennis Courts: Huggers

We older guys down at the tennis courts
Sometimes play, but mostly come to watch girls
Wearing halter tops and skirts way too short,
Enchant the worst among us into churls.
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Posted in Aging, Beauty, Lust

Memorial Day At Venice Beach

Each year
The body-builders come
To Muscle Beach
Vying for attention,
Admiration.
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Posted in Beauty, Local Color, Vanity

Sheen

Light, in all its varied forms, creates sheen—
Sometimes welcome, as when it seduces
A diner’s eye as she contemplates, keen
To taste, the surface of her chocolate mousse.
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Posted in Beauty, Lust, Vanity

ART

Last Saturday, requested by Nicol—
A girl (woman really) who shares my gym—
I went to see her photographic soul
Displayed. A seated group, expressions grim,
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Posted in Beauty, Inspiration, Wisdom