nectar nuggets

quick bites designed to entice

31 December 2024

It’s New Years!

"Some are rocketing to the stars of tomorrow. Some are mind expanding into the vast unknown."
28 December 2024

Musings to a Muse … Reflections

"Who would ever think this life would be possible—the risks we take, the unknowns we face, the deep secrets we reveal."
15 December 2024

Rhapsody

"Our lives are a rhapsody—a harmonic but sometimes dissonant arrangement we gift to those we know and those we happenstance."
15 December 2024

Is There Anything That is Just a Flower?

"The world would not have a rose if not for your prose, nor the wisdom that it shows."
15 December 2024

The Word I Have Never…

"I have never penned the word—but perhaps it dances in invisible ink, lingering on the page like a ghost's whisper."
15 December 2024

There is Nothing Sexier Than a Body in Motion

"A view of you—pleasing, pleasing, very pleasing."
15 December 2024

Someone Asked Me…

"I prefer to keep my demons to myself. I invent a lighthearted reply."
15 December 2024

A Midnight Musing

"I'm not Homer, Emerson, Poe, Whitman, Dickinson, Yeats—but I know what's right and what's valuable in my world."
15 December 2024

Spider Lore (Or the Spider’s Lure)

"I fell in love instantly—I do that. It's a personal failing."
15 December 2024

Design

"Design can be an inspirational enlightenment. It can also be an iterative process. It can be a dream."
15 December 2024

Gift Us a Smile

"A smile is a butterfly's wings of beauty unleashed on a knowing breeze of uncertainty and possibility."
15 December 2024

Life is short. Art is long.

"Someday I'll be so old I can't remember my own name—but I will never forget your smile."
15 December 2024

Five

"Five years ago, a momentous chance meeting happened—five lifetimes later, it's still momentous every time I see you."
15 December 2024

The Cycle of a Garden

"Birth. Growth. Sustenance. Gifting Life."
15 December 2024

Good Morning

"The Core Buzz—what happens when the left brain and right brain are equally stimulated, involved, active, and intensely provoked."
15 December 2024

A Garden is an Art Form

"In the beginning, a vision of simplicity—eminently organized, an oasis of calm and peace."
15 December 2024

From Thunder and Lightning

"The lightness of a drop of mist gently grazes the eyelash—dreams of peace, sometimes not quite in our grasp."
15 December 2024

Chocolate

"You introduced me to a Pound Plus—now we shall be friends forever and ever."
15 December 2024

You Are So Beautiful

"Statues crumble to their knees after you pass."
15 December 2024

In an Instant

"A beautiful smile from you can make a home in my heart."
15 December 2024

The Tale of the Little Toe

"Staring at the ground in a funk, you first see a little toe—and realize how pretty it is."
15 December 2024

Feminine Worth

"A girl says her worth. A woman acts her worth."
15 December 2024

Only For You

"My arms are not weak—they hold not only strength, but also you. Every hug is important."
15 December 2024

Clarity Through the Fog

"The gentle morning fog kissed your feet, caressed your cheeks, drew your focus inward."
15 December 2024

The Door

"Everyone has a door—an opening, an opportunity, or a way to close it."
15 December 2024

What is Romantic About a Stick Stuck in Mud?

"Who would ever love a muddy stick that had no shape or color, or a face?"
15 December 2024

Dreams

"Sometimes I fall down the rabbit hole—lose myself in all that makes me smile, happy, and feel useful."
15 December 2024

Virtu

"It only has five letters—how important can it possibly be? It's been five years since I met you. That's what's important."
15 December 2024

I WANT

"Show me beauty in the simplest things—in the dew on morning petals, in the laughter of a child."
15 December 2024

Adore

"I am the rock unbreakable. My muse smiled—and instantly turned me into a gift of diamonds. Just a smile."
10 December 2024

The Black Chalkboard

"I don't know what it's like to kiss, to hug, to feel, to be touched—to love, and be loved."
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The "Nectar Nuggets" page features maxims of David's poems. The maxims are organized in batches from David's most recent poems at the front to his earliest submissions at the back. You can use the page number and date buttons below the boxed content to navigate. Recommended for use when browsing. You can also locate maxims for David's poems by visiting the Poetry Blog, selecting a poem and clicking on the "Maxims" tab. Recommended for use when reviewing specific poems.