Category Archives: Beauty



Pentimento

From time to time you run across a word
That yearns to be enpoemed; a lyric chime,
It’s force enhanced (although it’s rarely heard)
By bouncing rhythm and internal rhyme.
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Posted in Aging, Beauty, Vanity, Wisdom

At The Paddle Tennis Courts: Tanja

Face it! Humanity’s a deck of cards,
And Life determined by the game it deals.
Consider: Solitaire, War, Hold’em, Hearts,
Blackjack, Gin—all reflect disordered wheels
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Posted in Beauty, Luck, Wisdom

Occasional Verse

In olden times, the laureate was forced
To celebrate occasions—that new birth,
A coronation, perhaps the grim course
Of recent history. To prove my worth,
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Posted in Aging, Beauty, Friends, Neighbors

The Girls Of Venice Paddle Tennis

Our Heather’s gone to Texas now,
Luisa’s students strain her soul,
Denise attends island luaus,
Nat’lie explores the world’s vast bowl
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Posted in Beauty, Inspiration, Local Color, Lust, Sports

Down At The Paddle Tennis Court: Andrea A.

Plainly, we’re surrounded. Nothing escapes,
No matter how benign. For loving words
(The flesh of poetry) generate japes,
Create expectations wholly absurd!
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Posted in Beauty, Friends, Local Color, Poetry (What is it?), Vanity

At The Paddle Tennis Courts: Lisa

Was gonna write a poem about this girl
(Woman, really) down at the paddle court.
Her body—sculpted opalescent pearl;
Her mind—as yet unfathomed (shallow, taut?).
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Posted in Beauty, Inspiration, Lust, Wisdom