
his promise
24 Jun 2022 Leave a comment
in american sentence Tags: faith, grace, love, promise, rainbow

dibble~toes
08 Jun 2022 11 Comments
in ekphrastic Tags: sand, sea, surf
seaside holiday
playing cat-and-mouse with surf
transport sand home
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A senryu for dVerse poets where Merril hosts ekphrastic poetry.
dissonance
04 Jun 2022 12 Comments
were you?
you both WERE in love…then
made vows before (witless) witnesses to
foot washing with ice water (frozen heart…hidden feat)
no one spoke against your onion
(later revealing layers of stink)
i was happy for you, me, all of us as our family grew by one – won!
first daughter-in-love, my friend; later by three (really grand) babies
but marriage (on a lease)
miscarries
i can’t make sense of… how? why? mutually exclusive/abusive truth?
untreated mental illness maybe, but who of us isn’t crazy?
too much loose talk creates looney ‘toons (LIVE!)
money-hungry maven (& lawyers) leave husband homeless
he’d rather be trucking anyway
any day divorce. will. be.
final.
broken homes – bleeding hearts = shared misery
we all fail each other excruciatingly (like torn parachutes)
relationships nullified or replaced
you rejected him…
and me.
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Linking to dVerse where Bjorn challenges us to meet the bar with dissonance…i get the theme if not the form.
II. imbalance of power
01 Jun 2022 16 Comments
“Many stories which are not on paper are written in the bodies and minds of women.“ – Amrita Pritam
in our weakness we find strength
to be a woman is to weep
love hurts because our hearts love deep
and for love’s sake, women lose sleep
to love and nurture is part of our nature
monthly cycle of cramps and blood
hormonal emotions of changing mood
endometriosis, cervical or breast cancer too
even childbearing brings tears of joy and grief
belly stretch marks, skin tags and bags
age and gravity means beauty sags
hot flash sweats feel like dishrag
have women not bourn and mourned enough?
must we also suffer the shame of porn,
abuse, rape, abortion, sexual scorn,
abandoned by lovers in the morn?
godly women clothe themselves in dignity and honor
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Linking to dVerse Poets where Punam introduces us to poetry of Amrita Pritam.
I. balance of powers
01 Jun 2022 8 Comments
“I am my beloved’s and he is mine…he browses among the lilies.” – Song of Songs
like graceful gazelle, newlywed
lover grazes among the lilies that
bloom from his beloved’s garden:
raven hair, sun-ripened skin, full lips;
he browses the delicacies of twinned
breasts, curving hips, generous thighs;
she sighs…as her lover’s tender touch
grows evermore insistent and intense…
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A quadrille of 44 words on theme of “browse” at dVerse Poets
red, white, and blue tears
20 May 2022 16 Comments
america bleeds while dying
when emphasize issues of race
hate’s evil violence makes its case
all patriot hearts are sighing
where has our love of country gone?
can’t we together build safe home?
people with power caught lying
and president without a spine
tempts dictators to cross the line
foolish to send taxes flying
inflate the price of groceries, gas
baby formula may not last
while vulnerable still crying
abortions mean workers are few
and immigrants need gateway through
america bleeds while dying
all patriot hearts are sighing
people with power caught lying
foolish to send taxes flying
while vulnerable still crying
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A constanza is two poems in one. The final stanza is the original poem expanded into 5 three-line stanzas in iambic tetrameter (8 syllables, 4 feet). Rhyme scheme: a/b/b a/c/c, and so on. Thanks to Bjorn at dVerse Poets for an interesting challenge.
I don’t want to get into political arguments but my heart breaks for my country!
compounded fun
18 May 2022 12 Comments
so you want to splash in the water?
proof that your heart is still a child
like dear granddaughter’s young age
less concerned if people might watch
man, it feels free to ride high in a swing
set on a flying seat pumping warm air
born(e) for this, another glad-gifted day
time to spend with children at play
ground covered with dandelions’ sun
dance around each blooming flower
bed welcomes you after noon of fun!
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A dVerse prompt by Lillian to use compound words in a poem but separate them (eg. split at line breaks). I used 11 compound words 🙂
lust & lies
16 May 2022 31 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: integrity, Joseph, lies, lust, sleep
A quadrille for dVerse Poets on theme of “sleep”….
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things got hot in egypt
when potiphar’s wife urged
young servant joseph
“come, sleep with me!”
he refused to dishonor master;
resisted by fleeing without cloak
which became false evidence
potiphar’s wife deceitfully
cried “rape!” which swiftly
landed joseph in slammer
integrity is costly!

irony
08 May 2022 4 Comments
American sentence (17 syllables)
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Pro-choice demonstrators who scream for abortion rights on mothers’ day.
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