movement of life

23 Jul 2019 18 Comments

by lynn__ in free verse Tags: , , , , , ,

 

salmon flash upstream

an urgency to breed

eggs float underwater

 

seed coat splits open

sprout pierces into light

leaf nodes bulge green

 

ripe chrysalis rips gentlyIMG_5294

wet monarch emerges

stretches sticky wings

 

moment of conception

multiple cell divisions

quickening in her womb

 

strong uterine contractions

now little hooves appear

cow licks fresh calf

 

mare wickers softly

new foal stands wobbly

searching for teat

 

chubby babe rolls over

sits up with support

takes first steps to daddy

 

 

Linking to dVerse poetics where Amaya invites us to write about movement…

ethical questions

05 Dec 2017 17 Comments

by lynn__ in quadrille Tags: , , , ,

 

 

how long believe
blind rhetoric?

why hire doctors
to do harm?

instrumental rape
violates mother with child

what kind of ghastly
choice is offered?

by salt poisoning, chemicals,
or crunch of infant skull

when will men honor
mothers’ calling?

where have hope’s
children gone?

 

 

Linking with dVerse Poets quadrille prompt…sorry this topic is neither pleasant nor Christmasy. Yet our brokenness and sin is why Christ came…as an infant to a poor, young woman in seemingly scandalous circumstances. Would we have aborted Jesus?