Tag: poem
group name: basilsands
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April 13, 2006 01:59 PM EDT --
"Mommy & Daddy are in Love!"
© 2006, Basil Sands
Silken skin
Softer than a dream
Delicately smooth
As the back of my fingers caress
Up her arm
Across her neck
Tenderly pressing my . . . more
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March 22, 2006 02:40 PM EST --
Adventures in Cubicle Land
©2005, Basil Sands
Tick, tick, tick
The droll day drags on
Piles of paper to be moved from this side to that
Signatures to be appended to documents to be stapled to packets . . . more
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March 22, 2006 07:30 PM EST --
Prince of the Sky
©2005, Basil Sands
The day drags on,
moving in rhythmic motion
ticking like the hands of an office clock
waiting for the end to come.
I look out my window towards the sky
And suddenly, . . . more
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April 21, 2006 06:40 PM EDT --
I saw you
(c)2005, Basil Sands
I saw you
Just the other day
Although you couldn't have a known it
It was in a dream, I think
At least I had thought I was dreaming
Or maybe just waking
In that early . . . more
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April 06, 2006 07:03 PM EDT --
To the one who is my love
©2006, Basil Sands
Though up the mountains height I climb
No pool of water could I find
That reflects the sparkling sunshine
As the eyes of my love
. . . more
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May 12, 2006 06:49 PM EDT --
Questions from a five year old
©2006, Basil Sands
Does eating too many pickles turn you green?
If I hold my face like this will it stick?
Is it OK to kick some one who is mean? . . . more
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July 07, 2006 06:39 PM EDT --
Souls Intertwined
©2006, Basil Sands
Sunlight flashed across my eyes
Breaking the darkness of morning slumber
And in a brief moment of perception
I saw your face
Sitting, serious, . . . more
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March 29, 2006 08:34 PM EST --
The Dreams we live on
©2006, Basil Sands
Dreams
Good or bad
Are what we have to live on
They come to us in the night
Maybe even during an afternoon nap
They tell us things we will not listen . . . more
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April 19, 2006 02:52 PM EDT --
Allowed to Dream
©2006, Basil Sands
When I dream
Your face is there before me
Shining, radiant, smiling
Eyes that glow with the sparkle of stars
When I dream
You touch me with . . . more
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March 22, 2006 07:29 PM EST --
I saw you
(c)2005, Basil Sands
I saw you
Just the other day
Although you couldn't have a known it
It was in a dream, I think
At least I had thought I was dreaming
Or maybe just waking
In that early . . . more
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March 22, 2006 02:42 PM EST --
Son of Adam
©2006, Basil Sands
Son of Adam
Where are you going?
I am going down this road.
Son of Adam
Why are you so swiftly travelling that road?
It lies before me, and must be travelled.
Son . . . more
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April 07, 2006 07:27 PM EDT --
The Package
©2005 Basil Sands
They moved swiftly across the field
Take the package across to the enemy's zone
That was their order
Fanning out in a line
Space between each man to protect against . . . more
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April 12, 2006 08:28 PM EDT --
Wonder
©2006, Basil Sands
Amazed
Mesmerized by this mystery
My heart beats the sound of her name
My voice breathes a soft whisper
A whisper of beauty unveiled
I see her face and wonder
At how so . . . more
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April 26, 2006 03:27 PM EDT --
1940
©2006, Basil Sands
Mummy?
Look, mummy, up in the sky.
So many planes.
The blue sky is filled with planes
So high up they looked like tiny birds
Loud birds
They sound like thunder that never . . . more
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April 26, 2006 01:28 PM EDT --
Cure for Cerebral Flatulence
©2006, Basil Sands
Due to the plethora of irrational thinking and outright silliness induced by the overworked masses, my sons have decided to take up . . . more
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May 19, 2006 05:46 PM EDT --
If I Fly
©2006, Basil Sands
If I fly
Will you fly with me
If my feet lift off the ground
And I rise to the clouds
Will you take my hand
And scale the lofty heights at my side
We will climb
Through . . . more
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September 25, 2006 03:40 PM EDT --
Straining for the Voice of the Muse
©2006, Basil Sands
It rained
As I walked along the path
Between the houses and buildings
Walking to the place I saw you last
There was no one there
No smiling . . . more
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October 10, 2006 03:40 PM EDT --
Intoxicated
©2006, Basil Sands
He inhales deeply
The flowery scent of beauty hangs in the air
Her nature given perfume
That which is felt more than breathed
Quietly permeates
The places she has been . . . more
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October 18, 2006 06:13 PM EDT --
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I just found out that some time recently was bosses day, sorry to say I am not good at keeping up with those things, but wanted to send you each a bouquet of roses for being good . . . more
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January 05, 2007 06:33 PM EST --
A Dreams Caress
©2007, Basil Sands
I saw you in my dream
You touched me
And warmth wrapped my soul
Your hand caressed my body
Sending waves of pleasure
Through my very being
I felt like I could . . . more
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