Retro-Wednesday: Poem

Every Wednesday, I am going to share with you a poem I wrote several years ago. I am posting it simply because I like to share my poetry and I have a lot of poems from my past. If you would like to join me in honoring your creative past, feel free to share your link below--it can be a memory, a poem, a photograph, a drawing, whatever you feel like!

The following is a poem I wrote about fifteen years ago:

Memory

We dance in a cafe,
Nicotine mist makes a spell
around us.

How sweet this night,
The coffee scents,
the stained porcelain,
Your mocha eyes...

We do not mention immortality;
It is delicious and unnecessary.

One Single Impression and Haikubones

Has it been another week already!!! The prompt from  haikubones is infestation:

(John's daughter painted the above picture on a whim.)

Your love was disease,
crimson, juicy, decadent.
magic infestation.

The prompt from onesingleimpression is hesitation:

Kiss

Amy Winehouse played
on the radio
singing "no,no,no"

I watched the curve
of your tanned face.

I sing along,
you smile,
I've never even smoked
a cigarette.

I'm stalling
for the moment
wonder if you know
what I'm waiting for.

Fiona Apple comes on next
and I cringe--
enough of these skinny girls
singing
being so meaningful.

Your lips tender
seem to hesitate,

I draw in my breath
across the universe
that is between us.


If you enjoy my poems, here are some more:
haiku: fraught
sestina: rainy day existentialist

Six Word Saturday

I am going to get organized.

Poem: Beacon

The prompt for readwrite poem is a photo by h.koppdelaney called "Charon".  You can see more of this artist's work at http://www.flickr.com/photos/h-k-d/2513509197/



Beacon

A light shined
in a far off bay,
reflected on water
like gold
to call me home.

If you like my poetry, you can check out some of my other poems at:
winter awakening
winter watch
love poem in a snow storm
sleep and running

Friday Shoot-Out: In Remembrance

This week's assignment comes from Chef E.  The idea is to honor those we have lost.  Although Chef E pointed out that this may not be a typical FSO, I think it is a wonderful idea!  I think it is always a great idea to take the time to remember those we loved who were lost as well as remember those who died as part of wars and political conflicts.  The picture above is from a visit to the Vietnam Memorial where people still left items for those that they loved and missed. 

We also visited the Lincoln Memorial on our visit to DC which was a great experience!

On a more personal note, I lost my cat Godiva in October 2008.  I had gone out for a garage sale at my sister's.  When I got home, I found her.  She looked like she died in her sleep.  She was thirteen so she had a good life.  She was a very nice cat and I miss her quite a bit.

So, for all those that have been lost, I send out a prayer of love and peace.

I hope you enjoyed and I look forward to see others' FSO!

Haiku Bones and OneSingleImpression

The prompt this week for haiku bones is sleep.
Here is my haiku:

I carry the moon
and sun across the cool Earth.
Sinking in, I sleep.

The prompt for onesingleimpression is running:

The Running

He stretches his legs
feels the tendons taut
against his skin,
feels the blood begin
its beat, hot and full
through his body.

Time to run,
running is all he knows,
under this bleeding sky
and cool wind that wipes
all thoughts clean.
Purifying, runner's high,
he can forget.

First step,
goes her eyes
from blue cornflower
to black holes,
then her hair
like golden wheat
to vast blankness,
third step, her smile,
like a vast emptiness
inside his solar plexus.

His breath merges with the sky,
his heart a stone kicked
ahead of him,
his muscles burn
under a greying dome.

If you like my poetry, you can check out some more of them here:
The Hunger
cage
you, me, the moon after the fight
wallpaper
in the city

Six Word Saturday

I'm glad to have taxes done.