I miss my mind at seventeen,
wide open, inhaling scripts whole,
tape recorder, keeping copies clear
I miss my heart at twenty four
pulsing with hope, confident
love would withstand every storm.
I miss my body at thirty two,
strong, graceful, life iving,
confident in the flow of the dance.,
I miss my soul at fifty five,
sheltering matriarch soul, steady,
root, trunk, branch and leaf.
At sixty four, mind slower,
heart sadder,body stiffer,
soul weary, I am myself still.
This poem was written for dVerse Poetics
And Now Poems
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Monday, November 9, 2015
Told
Five years old, elective mute.
Her
parents brought her to therapy
on employee assistance - five sessions
max.
Four and a half sessions, she played.
I talked, waited, hoped. Twenty
minutes left.
I told her "Last chance, Please tell me now."
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Tranquility
After flash and crash of storm,
tranquility hangs silent, perfect,
a single shining raindrop caught
for one moment, gone the instant
squirrel shakes branch. Transient.
This poem was written for Poets United Midweek Motif, where the theme istranquility.
tranquility hangs silent, perfect,
a single shining raindrop caught
for one moment, gone the instant
squirrel shakes branch. Transient.
This poem was written for Poets United Midweek Motif, where the theme istranquility.
Sunday, November 1, 2015
Visit?
Scent of fresh peaches boiling in
sugar
water woke me from well intentioned
nap.
She leaned over the bassinet, her back to
me.
Familiar blue dress, red scarf, neat white
bun.
Time creased hand stroked soft
cheek.
My grandmother crooned over my
firstborn.
No matter she was fourteen years
dead.
This seems right for All Saints Day (and yes I know Jews don't celebrate All Saints Day but what the heck?) Some possibilities seem to cross traditions. Anyway, this one is for Poets United Poetry Pantry
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Rainy October Night
Wind shakes windows, roars and
croaks against illusions of protection.
Walls resist intrusion, push banging back.
Water pounds roof, knocking insistenly
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Writer
Writer breathes soul into characters
creates life from memory and word
orchestrates details, crafts world
until finally characters rise up real
to make the story their own.
This is written for Poets United Midweek Motif. The theme is "Animation."
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Haunted
I am dry in my house, this rainy
night
but cannot settle to sleep. He haunts
me.
Can you spare a dollar? he
asked
and I could, I did. That was all I
did,
placed crisp dollar in shaking
hand,
got back into warm car, laughed
with
grandson, ate a Rollo, wound my yarn.
And the man sat in the rain
behind Savers
with his crutches and his cast and the
sense of death surrounding him. I
gave
him a dollar, left him there. He haunts
me.
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