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Whimsical Words

  and Dramatic Affairs

  A Book of Badly Written Poetry

  K. J. Joyner

  Whimsical Words and Dramatic Affairs

  Joyner, K. J.

  www.apocalypsewriters.com

  Second edition

  Cover design by Katrina Joyner

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  Contents

  About This Book

  Unrequited, Returned, and Otherwise Sentimental Mush

  Turmoils and Troubles

  Moments to Think, Thinking in the Moment

  About the Author

  About This Book

  A note from the Author.

  If you want to get technical about it, I’ve been working on this book for more than twenty years.

  This is a small collection of poems I have written spanning from my teenage years way back when hot pink was really hot and black was what I wore before it was cool. Some of these poems are very badly written. Okay, a lot were badly written. Probably all of them were badly written. They’re cheesy, awkward, and could use a sledgehammer and a work over.

  Most of these poems touch on fantasy and myth -- but a couple are born from my cultural heritage.

  Usually I write science fiction, fantasy, and a splash of romance. If I do write poetry, the work has a very high chance of becoming lyrics to a song and getting tucked into a folder somewhere to be forgotten. Rarely am I moved to get completely poetic, so I hope you enjoy this collection. Even the badly-written parts.

  Unrequited, Returned,

  and Otherwise Sentimental Mush

  ~*~

  Just about everyone has written about that love lost, or the person who never returned their affections, or just wanted to bemoan the cruel fate of natural selection. In that, the poems in this section are pretty typical – even the ones that used myth and fantasy to get the point across.

  Delights

  Secure delights;

  Your touch up my back

  to my breasts, a gentle caress,

  while you hungrily eat my neck;

  Your lips follow the chills.

  I sigh, and leaning

  Favors returned for want of full glory

  Sliding over me makes me slide onto you

  So that I touch you

  Surround you

  Creating new fervor

  Taking away breath

  Taking what you can give

  Ecstasy.

  Joining

  Trembling,

  The angel hides her face

  In the arms of comfort.

  Pearl wings stretch forth;

  Gesture of protection,

  Tenderness,

  A seal,

  Bonding.

  Strong arms wrapping her shell,

  Soft voice glowing in her heart,

  Lips making sounds of reassurance;

  Shhhh,

  Calming,

  Peacefulness.

  Two hearts have joined

  For the sake of love.

  My Fair Lady

  We sang songs in the sunlight;

  Good things of mirth and merriment

  That tripped off our tongues

  Chiming like bells in the cab of my truck.

  I was smiling because you were,

  Sitting there singing with you

  While the train held us up in

  Afternoon traffic.

  Red

  Baby, you look good in red.

  It makes you strut unconsciously

  Like a peacock, you sexy thing.

  It highlights your eyes and your lips.

  Red like cherries in crimson wine,

  Red like your jacket…

  Walk by me one more time!

  Red may mean stop, but baby,

  It means go,

  And I would if I could.

  But I won’t, no…

  You do look good in red

  Like ripe passion fruit,

  Ready for the tasting

  Or poison berries on a bush, inviting

  Me to pluck them one by one

  Damn, you look good in red!

  It sizzles on your skin,

  I feel the heat radiating

  Making me want to warm myself

  Against you until I’m baked crispy brown

  Come back this way, and let me feast my eyes

  On your smart lines,

  Your scarlet energy that smacks me

  Burning my cheeks and making me blush.

  I’m flushed!

  Oh baby….

  You look so good in red.

  Mmm!