Ocean Goodnight Kiss, by Toni L.A. Cross

 

 

a lone wave surges, falls, and dips

sensual melting froth on ocean’s lips

stirring siren sea draped in dimming light

this brawny sun kisses her goodnight

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Midnight Eyes by Toni L.A. Cross

 

Midnight eyes in the shadows

Pinning souls to the wall

Haunting gaze strikes like arrows

 

Celestial globes hidden in hollows

Curtained dread begins to fall

Midnight eyes in the shadows

 

Swimming tears like little minnows

Bluish cast of watery pall

Haunting gaze strikes like arrows

Spilling brim of many sorrows

Watch the horrid pull enthrall

Midnight eyes in the shadows

 

In azure pain it wallows

Through blue pity it will crawl

 Haunting gaze strikes like arrows

Hear as lonely whisper billows

Listen to the keening mournful call

Haunting gaze strikes like arrows

 

Denizens of Destiny by Toni L.A. Cross

Denizens of destiny

Hearken to the call

Fear not failure’s ignominy

Grit your teeth and crawl

 

Slog through the swamp of lack

Rappel down craggy peaks of fear

Shrug doubt’s arrows off your back

Danger warns- greatness is near

 

Wait for time

When it’s time to wait

Then leap and climb

Before it’s too late

 

Bleed your dream and cry with sweat

Lest every sunset drip with regret

 

 

 

Seduction of the Night by Toni L.A. Cross

Sweet lover’s face

Forget his seduction harms

Drinking in this poisonous grace

Letting dark caresses fill this space

Suave night has charms

 

Sweet lover’s face

 

Enter in my breathing place

Tame these natural alarms

Drinking in this poisonous grace

Letting pleasure erase

Holding close with sultry arms

Sweet lover’s face

 

Speeding pulse in headlong race

Forget his seduction harms

Drinking in this poisonous grace

 

Fingers interlock and bodies interlace

Tame these natural alarms

Drinking in this poisonous grace

 

This poem is loosely based on the Villanelle Poetry Style. I took some liberties with adapting it, but for the most part, I followed the rules.

 

simply solitude. — toni l.a. cross — 2/3/10

sister’s slippers standing silent

sleeper’s solitude secure

serene stupor seizes smoothly

something sighs softly

sudden shift stirs!

sulking solemn shadows

slink shapeless

sunrise starts shimmering

songbirds sing sweetly

slumber subsides subsequently