A  pirate wench I be

Come sail the seas with me.

We’ll curse and fight and drink all night!

We’ll laugh and sing and fear nothing!

Fine strumpets all,

Come heed my call.

There’s freedom to be had

And ye needn’t be a lad.

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Night clouds race across the lapis skies like ghost lovers, 

Hunting the tattered remnants of old passion.

They are mine, eerie minions.

I am enigma, the phantom Huntress.

My love waxes and wanes.

New moon,  Crescent,  Gibbous, Full and back again.

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Open your mind, let your thoughts roam free.

Sail life’s bountiful ocean.

Cast off on the moon-drenched sea.

Open your mind,  let your thoughts roam free.

Deep-drowned treasures, rare riches await thee.

Your dreams are the sweetest potion.

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Moose stew or pantless

Has the world now gone Gaga?

 Pray “refudiate”

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Uisce beathadh (pronounced ish-ge bah-hah ) life's water

Drowned deep in d’oro eyes

Chalice of desire

Wine-dark lips coyly whisper

“Drink deep from golden goblets”

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(for dianaani)

The youth and maiden 

Wine-sweet kisses cry "hurry"

Sunlit seduction

Linden leaves gild paths of stone

The moon rises on old lovers

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Moments

sweet, unbidden

stroke my soul with pure light.

I open myself willingly

to Love...

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Johnny got his gun, then he made a kill.

Oil men love  their Wars. Profits..Ah,  the Thrill!

Young men died today. Women wrung their hands.

March on brave youth. “Black gold” is in the sands.

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Whippoorwill lonely strolling down the lanes of memory.

Long time lost passion and promise of young days.

A child cries. 

Tears and laughter mingle strangely…

Bittersweet wisdom comes as loss endures to teach the

Path of life,  not long and dear.

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UNFORGETTABLE GIRL-CHILD

YOUR FACE LIKE A TIGER-LILY

SUN-KISSED AND GILDED

MORNING GLORIES SHONE IN YOUR EYES. 

 NOWHERE TO RUN…

 THE LAMBS CRY AND WOLVES SING A SONG OF LOSS, GENTLE GIRL

JOYOUS LOVER OF GOD’S CREATURES

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The breeze of autumn   

caresses the air,  kisses lips  

Life is beautiful

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There he stands,An Older Man, proud & erect

His face and carriage demand respect. 

So gathered are we all His Progeny, the Drawdy Clan.

On the occasion of his 80^th year,We see the measure of a

 Man… 

 Two sons, proud and tall

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