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The Poet and The Perfumer

By E.L. Means

Illustration by Allen B. Thangkhiew


A garden blooms in chaotic minds.
It flowers for a bouquet that the heart may find.
A Poet prunes a poem. A Perfumer plucks a signature scent.

Ink dances with smells and sensations;
The creation commences:
Glees swirls with frustrations.
Rages mixes with lamentations.
Enticing machinations -
Of memories and temptations.

Lavender twirls with oud:
A potion that soothes,
The past who made a mind so cruel.

Rose crushes with clove:
A scent of yesterday’s love;
My nose, that nestled in a flame’s embrace.

In the Garden of their consciousness.
Our souls surrender to creation.
Emotions distilled onto paper.
Passions, frustrations,
Experiences, sensations,
All in The Poem.
All in The Potion.

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Posted On: November 13, 2025
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