nectar nuggets

quick bites designed to entice

23 July 2025

The Moonlit Walk

"The moonlight is our life's silver flashlight and memory's flashbulb."
21 July 2025

The Educated

"When we have a lack of education, we have a lack of words."
19 July 2025

Just a Small Share

"Two hearts, with more than enough—a sacred combination of abundance."
18 July 2025

Breath, Blood, and Coffee

"My critical thought supersedes your manipulation."
17 July 2025

The Rockin’ Chair Gospel

"If I think of you, everything becomes clear."
16 July 2025

Laugh Out Loud!

"I know nothing on Monday, you know nothing on Wednesday—we manage to know everything on Friday."
14 July 2025

The Beauty You Carry

"This beauty is not fleeting—it resonates. It is felt, not just seen."
14 July 2025

Musings to My Muse

"Your smile—a loving, silvery, shimmering, fiery slash across a flat black plane of emptiness."
14 July 2025

Epilogue

"A simple addict in that pursuit for ????—you say the word."
14 July 2025

The Mythology of a Poet

"Buzzes pretty. Stings hard. Dies for love—he drinks from divine bloom and sings pollen prayers."
14 July 2025

Prologue

"Every addict is seeking something—what mythic are you pursuing?"
14 July 2025

Hush

"Do you feel it? That silence blooming—before art is born?"
11 July 2025

Not Always

"Life is full of clichés, all of them true? Of course not—that's why you are not one."
10 July 2025

I’m Just A Dude

"I'm a loving dude with a heart open wide—but I can also be a self-defeating dude, tripping on my own strides."
10 July 2025

Funky Fusion Twice Baked

"Jazz is the language between you and me."
10 July 2025

Stars in My Eyes

"How beautiful are you? Only the universe will know for sure—but my mind's eye will know for certain."
10 July 2025

The Authenticity of Beauty

"How is it that beauty grows with age? Must be the wrinkles."
09 July 2025

The Art of Not Saying the Word

"It's enticing, it's inviting, and still, it's never heard—the art of not saying the word."
09 July 2025

Think in Blue

"I'm hot, you're so hot—I have to think in blue to cool things off from my thoughts of you."
09 July 2025

Tomato Guardian

"We find personal shelter in simple acts of kindness."
09 July 2025

Mended Valentine

"Our hearts sometimes get full of holes—but then, unexpectedly, someone steps in to fill them."
09 July 2025

Gee-Wizzy’s G-Code Dance

"That sacred pause—with an appreciative smile, a wink, a brush of our lips—before the gentle nudge to continue the dance."
08 July 2025

That Treasure is You

"A magical moment—a complete personal extraction from the mundane of daily living."
07 July 2025

The Together Dance (The Backside of You)

"I have your back—you have my back—arms entwined, we dance side to side."
06 July 2025

Death of a Muse

"Not a chance—they know how to come back, laughing, cajoling, wrestling, involving."
04 July 2025

Ripples of Truth

"The ripples don't spread out evenly—they only flow in the direction of beauty."
03 July 2025

HOW (Hell on Wheels)

"Life is sometimes what it gives us—or takes away from us."
02 July 2025

What Are You Worth?

"What is a thought worth? Zilch!—yet it can change everything."
02 July 2025

It’s Not the Light

"It's not the light that loves you—it's the darkness that lets you feel it."
02 July 2025

Symptoms of You

"My lower lumbar itches—but it feels exotic when you rub it."
02 July 2025

Endear You (To Me)

"You own them all—and wear them well."
02 July 2025

A Valentine Recipe

"If qualities like courtesy, grace, and sincerity could be crafted into a recipe, you would be the essential ingredient."
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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.