Hi all,
It's National Poetry Month, and I'm excited to write a new poem inspired by Sunday Whirl.
An Ode to Fallen Hair
You have made plans,
Split ends
Mourning, musing, mocking
My beauty
At the root.
Fuchsia comb growls
Runs its hot teeth
Through my scalp.
No heaven in this falling out.
A final farewell
To heal these tortuous acts,
The blow dryers breath,
And your foes:
Bleach, dye, and sun.
It was the summer of 99
And I thought beauty
Were rows of thick braids
Tickling my back.
My scalp gleamed like a cornfield
Shivering, sashaying
In one bountiful motion
When I shook my head.
But my heart bursts
The night my hair tumbles,
Cascading black tufts
In a porcelain sink.
With prayer and time,
My mother's mending fingers
Tamed the flyaway's broken song.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Dali's Rose
A rose bloomed
In that patch of blue
With love and lust imbued
Perfumed, made the sunlight blush
Levitated
In that land of ash and dust.
Inspired by Salvador Dali's Meditative Rose
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Van Gogh's Sunflowers
I will be buried
In a sea of sunflowers
I will traverse the land
While it is young
I will carry a bouquet
For your tears
As blossoms splatter
On my jacket and trousers
I will reach heaven's spire
Etch the luminous profile of God
Regalia in that summer flower's crown
Art by JK Potter
Friday, February 28, 2014
Warmer Skies
The sky was fairer
The air warmer
For my hopes to soar
Sharing a snapshot from an October sky and hoping for warmer weather.
Happy Sky Watch!
Monday, February 10, 2014
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Winter's Touch
Shiver
Down my
Bark
Winter
Cleaves
Her touch
Reigns frost
Written for Sky Watch Friday & my blogging friends.
Friday, December 20, 2013
Glimmering Trees
Luminous spark in your eyes
Anticipate Christmas surprise
Real angels glimmer in trees
For Sky Watch Friday
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