Remember when you and I looked both ways in search of tomorrow’s promises Giving and receiving all those second chances and when they ran out, we parted friends blessed with memories of a lifetime This lifetime framed with our photographs, the ones that captured shared hopes and dreams and marked with twists and turns that brought us to this day A chance meeting, a forgotten … Continue reading What Once Was
If I were you I might be nervous If I were you I might be afraid afraid that your carefully constructed facade is cracked afraid to face the face in the mirror that never lies lies told again and again don’t make truth lies told for purposes of your own making making false realities that lead to failure making choices that you own own up … Continue reading Afraid of Alone
Vulnerabilities as treasures collected Unafraid to begin again, again Masterpieces painted with each imperfection Mysteries hidden among the unexpected Celebrating those cracks every now and then Vulnerabilities as treasures collected With new eyes, we see the world as it was What is could be, all that we are making Unafraid to begin again, again Slipping through each flaw to rewrite those rules We are the … Continue reading Beauty and Imperfection
moments of madness moments of clarity clarity as awareness personified clarity cutting through curtains of lies lies spewing from your crooked mouth lies making a home in my troubled mind mind whirling as yes becomes no mind vacillating between up and down down to depths I didn’t know I could reach down a rabbit hole of my own making making poor choice after poor choice … Continue reading Clarity Between Weeping
The mind is a creature wandering in spaces between awe-inspiring light and absolute darkness It spools polychromatic prisms just to skew what we think of as real Perhaps to force us to think of things from a different point of view, it makes polka-dots of what was once striped and fragile that which was always armored And somewhere in those mystical margins we discover even … Continue reading The Mind and Other Strange Creatures
Songbird sings poems I wrote today just for you, Love Listen photo: Pixabay prompt: #OctPoWriMo – Day 2 Continue reading Songbird Serenade
Today is the first day of #OctPoWriMo – 31 poems in 31 days. I hope you’ll consider joining us! Love is the overall theme and today’s prompt is Surrender. This is my response. It wasn’t until you that I learned to surrender that yesterday didn’t have to define today that true strength comes from within Even now when I’m tempted to resurrect old walls I … Continue reading Unexpected Gift
Are you ready for the challenge? OctPoWriMo is in its 6th year and is a great way to meet other poets. Daily prompts are posted for inspiration. Find more information here. I hope you’ll join us! Continue reading OctPoWriMo 2018
Thank you to the talented writers who host this annual event! Morgan Dragonwillow at Wild Woman Mysteries Amy Phelps McGrath at The Rabid Artist Beverly Tan at @BeverlyTanFilm Tamara Woods at Pen Paper Pad Annis Cassells at Poems by Annis It was so much fun. I’m already looking forward to next year! Continue reading OctPoWriMo
Moonlight hidden on a foggy night yellow eyes glowing under a scarlet veil shadows soaring on abandoned walls this could be the stuff of nightmares even as bells toll at midnight and ravens gather at cemetery gates images haunt, ghoulish and ghastly old wolves whine and howl until the last survivor is silenced photo: Goodfreephotos.com prompts: OctPoWriMo, WordPress Daily Post Continue reading Halloween Horror
A taste of forbidden honey is never as sweet a chance to reach fruition is never quite complete when the task of arduous lovers becomes a simple swan song How can the goal of faith, hope, and love be wrong? A new adjuration falls ambiguous against her laconic replies Posturing in ill fitting costumes, the chasm widens as she denies Undeterred, he cantors … Continue reading Endless Love
Take me to that place the shelter from this storm Gratitude mimics need as I try to find space Somewhere in the mist my walk becomes a chase I search for you by the pine and pebbles as my thoughts swarm Take me to that place I lose my breath as bells chime and my heart keeps pace Wilted petals dropped by the … Continue reading Dreams and Nightmares
An old man whistles as he shuffles down the sidewalk Each step an effort The effects of time his constant companion A well-lived life his source of inspiration His old dog limps along beside him Each step an effort Still he follows A loyal companion His well-lived life with his gentle Master They make quite a pair A familiar site As they make … Continue reading Faithful Companions
tender memories peonies in the driveway childhood dreams linger I am combining two prompts today. The first asks, “Do you have a memory attached to a flower?” The second asks us to consider this haiku by Issa and respond to it. Here it is: blades of grass– lost among the raindrops autumn dew My grandparents had a row … Continue reading Time’s Blossoms
Satisfaction lingers long after the chatter Accomplishment mine to hold In secret, I sample both the fiery and bland My smile a shadow as I savor each victory Haunted nights released, the ultimate success What’s done is done and what is not, no matter Accomplishment mine, calculated and cold Refreshing – this final stand I embrace those who would name me contradictory A … Continue reading Exasperation
None as complicated as the game of love Love as a puzzle Love as a gift Gift immortalized in music Gift celebrated in poetry Poetry both savory and sweet Poetry legendary and true True emotions lost in constellations True boundaries defined by irregular borders Borders on the mad Borders on the effervescent Effervescent ingénue is radiant Effervescent martinis shared on a romantic night Night spies … Continue reading Love of One
When the story is wrapped in the sound of silence, angels gently weep Messages veiled in sugar and scrub only lead us to isolation A singular betrayal of truth looms photo: Fire and Spunk Productions prompts: OctPoWriMo, #TastyPoem, #WrittenRiver, #BeautifulMess Continue reading Lessons Lost
She loved him first Connections their past, our future Her memory, one we honor I hold this gift in my heart A shared family from one woman to another photo: Jewels For Me prompts: OctPoWriMo, MLMM Saturday Mix Continue reading Rings
Any day, any time now before it’s too late change will come Delays battle deadlines even on a small scale Frustration is inevitable Garner that resolve, hunker down for the long haul Inspiration is borne of patience Justice knows no bounds kneeling before righteousness Long for vindication too long coming Many might reconsider not willing to endure old-fashioned hard work … Continue reading Resolve
Stuck in a place where the world panders to the middle, assumptions are made defining what I need, what I want, what it is I desire, what might be attainable Things I must have to make me a person of value A constant barrage daring me to measure my self-worth against societal rankings I had no part in creating Having lived once in a … Continue reading Below the Middle
Stop to admire the playful fox cunning mischief unorthodox Crafty, some might say creative This skilled hunter prowls the native folk on city blocks Beware images eyes may see Deception varies to this degree when trapped in the lure of beauty That old fox collects his booty when the prey flees photo and prompt: OctPoWriMo Continue reading Crazy Like A Fox
My daughter says she listens to the sound of my feet shuffling each morning, my slippers scuffing well-worn carpet as if on automatic pilot. Even behind her closed door, she feels me move. Years spent locked in joint struggle does that. Or it doesn’t. We were lucky. This new life, the daily battle to make do with what we had, to … Continue reading Shared Lives
Safety and fear intertwine Corruption abided by rules and regulation All the while, the swain tramps across the fen to swear allegiance under the gibbous moon The waif, brunette hair matted by neglect, slinks into the corner of a garage filled with weapons she can not name Her lilliputian life, the perfect cover to grasp all that had once been taboo Once … Continue reading War
I see you. Mired in madness, struggling to be free, you search for a way out. Embrace this journey as those butterflies in your stomach feel more like carnivorous crabs piercing the pit of your soul. Sometimes we must descend into darkness. Sometimes we must view reality through a skewed lens to gain perspective. I see you. We belong to the same kind, the … Continue reading Migration
A mother’s mission to protect her child She holds him above the fray, the inhumanity in this place where good and evil are reconciled knowing claims of decency present as beguiled profanity Her tender love and warrior spirit juxtaposed At one moment encouraging him to fly while her heavy arms resist letting go, letting go, letting go Bitter and sweet, this role nature has … Continue reading Mother’s Love
Imagination stands in the road, conducting music, ubiquitous as a little girl dreams She is a prima ballerina dancing in the clouds Rain, no match as she clutches her skirt in her hands Her steps measured, softened by the mist Arabesque, En Avant, Chassé Her arms hold a dozen invisible roses as she moves… chassé, chassé Skies simmer as she raises her sapling … Continue reading Little Ballerina
He watches as I slip away each afternoon, keeping time with the afternoon sun as it dips below the horizon Such is our routine I disappear…completely into a world set to its own soundtrack I dance with my muse as she reveals the day’s secrets He is satisfied to wait as I wander the walls I’ve built Witness to the images I … Continue reading Perfect Partners
Relinquish control Allow the powers that be tame your wildest dreams Beauty inspired in the dark weeps with tears of the artist photo: Wikimedia Commons prompts: OctPoWriMo, #weeklytankachallenge-66, WordPress Daily Post Continue reading Inspired Art
Enthralled by the prospect of new adventure she followed blindly, slipping into a world where smoke and ash painted forgotten corners with the blood of the innocent Whispers in the mist fueled the mystery as anxious breaths betrayed bravado Initiation demanded participation as she tried to strike a balance between temptation and courage Last minute misgivings guided her spirit A feeling no … Continue reading Intuition
I remember all the little things superficial to sacred an exploration of life Grandpa taught me this I miss him Now I cherish memories we shared to celebrate family he created with purpose Legacy preserved I miss him How could I know the gifts he bestowed would linger even today I whisper Happy Birthday and light a candle I miss him photo: … Continue reading In Memory
