After the Rain

[virtuoso]

Airy-cistern reserves now spent
Each billowing mast folds its tent
Helios hurls his flaming trident
Through singed porthole a flittering glint
Fiery sparks stream through each stent
Refracted waves into mercurial columns bent
Misty water colors shroud each, gilded vent
Burnt orange truffles, golden ridges resplendent





Apprenticed to Love


Apprenticed to enamoring aviary, Love's cerebral chords to refine
To interpret the alluring tones in each, captivating line
Overhead, a snow white dove in the pure light doth shine
Innocent, libido's inhibitions to illumine
On silted ground, turtle doves in beautiful harmony fealty bine
Every, silky, neck strand in seamless congruence to twine
In enchanting, Lilac tree, song birds in melodic chorus rhapsody pine
The titillating rhythms of amorous romance to define
On fibrous pulp, wood peckers their virile aspirations sign
Artfully tracing each groove on hull bared and supine
In golden pond, nubile swans in tantric dance align
With graceful movements gently stirring the foamy brine
Hovering, humming bird wings vibrate o'er suckling vine
Then with salivating tongues on frothy nectar dine
At dusk, Nightingales' guttural groans in palpitating soliloquy whine
The moonbeam's, enticing spell on unwitting lovers to assign
Ebony-caped crows bellow bewitching chants o'er listless ravine
Each, ingratiated soul with lusty thoughts to incline
A stealthy hawk with piercing eyes each, svelte fiber doth divine
Then with dexterous agility swoops down on silky ermine