
Sky Smoked
Live ghostlya velvet cloud air lippeddrink warm nights vast & ferociouskiss a fool to brilliancelaugh dirty linger hotshe said, how naked must I be? *** Photo by Paul Wong on Unsplash Continue reading Sky Smoked
Live ghostlya velvet cloud air lippeddrink warm nights vast & ferociouskiss a fool to brilliancelaugh dirty linger hotshe said, how naked must I be? *** Photo by Paul Wong on Unsplash Continue reading Sky Smoked
Night BloomOur river path rustleswith ancient songDusk a blanket of fertile airTendriled moss thick and brightcovers a moist moon &we are a wild Eden seeding roses in rock Words chosen from the Nature Magnetic Poetry Kit. Continue reading Night Bloom
The Lure of Lightparted the darknesslike her handsparted my hair, gentlybut intently, her fingers braided wavering strands over and under, first upthen down. The sea was always inside, restless, driven. Salt water dripped,a broken pearl necklaceleaving invisible traces, refracting light … Continue reading NaPoWriMo 2022 day 28
Lattice WorkLike tendrils reaching for the sun I reach for youWrapped in our long love Thanks to artist Anjum Wasim Dar and Paul Brookes of The Wombwell Rainbow for inspiring this wee haiku. Continue reading NaPoWriMo 2022 day 27
We’ve Always Been HappyWe were together again last nightsitting on the patio in our old aluminumlawn chairs, ice clinking in our gin and tonics playing cymbalswith the low beat from the radio. Smallanimals rustled in the underbrushat the bottom of … Continue reading NaPoWriMo 2022 day 24
Each Minute, Each YearAfter the thickness of night, a salty morningmoistened by invisible strands of Gulf Streamthat I imagine are yellow like saffron meltinginto another day and another day. I watchtwo women stroll down the sidewalk, arms swinging like pulleys … Continue reading NaPoWriMo 2022 day 23
Nights on the MidwayBorn in a haunting of rhythm and steelA wild lingering skyI wake up there with youRemember a dazzlingand a salty fever on my heart It’s getting harder every day to come up with a poem! I don’t/can’t … Continue reading Napowrimo 2022 day 18
What it WasIt was how his hair matchedthe golden grain in the fieldshe tended, tenderly with work-roughened hands,focused with a singular vision,so much the same as he tendedme.It was his work ethic, passeddown by generations,that farming was a high calling, … Continue reading NaPoWriMo 2022 day 10
Moving DayYou held the key to my heartfor a timeIt’s trite but trueI was a cliche -a red convertible on the PCHa drunken tourist on Bourbon Streeta country come to town in NYCCliches are created by shared experiencesWe shared nothing … Continue reading NaPoWriMo 2022 Day 7
Too Close, Too Far AwayA strange bed sets a fluid stage, transposedin reflected lightof oranges and goldsheat lightning disappearslike confronted ghosts frightenedof a full stareYou brought me to this placethat was only a mirage in my mindA shimmer behind cloudsNow … Continue reading NaPoWriMo 2022 Day 6