I was useless as a rain gutter In Palm Springs in August, Wishing vainly for a cloud. Blank as a sheet of paper Staring at some pitiable poet Who’s lost his only pen. Then I found you. -~-~-~-~ For ReadWritePoem’s NaPoWriMo Prompt #2; RWP acronyms used as inspiration: rain water pipe, regular white paper.
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To What End
Posted in NaPoWriMo, poetry, read.write.poem on April 2, 2010 | 3 Comments »
A Story of Her Own
Posted in NaPoWriMo, poetry, read.write.poem, tagged NaPoWriMo on April 1, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Once upon a time the Hudson flowed Free and joyous past empty stretches of land, Its music punctuated only by The sound of the wind in the trees And the cries of birds and The occasional mammalian footfall. But that was long ago and Once you told me you loved me, too. And waking once, [...]
Revelations
Posted in 3 Word Wednesday, poetry, read.write.poem on April 23, 2008 | 16 Comments »
I don’t remember ever seeing The joy that is reflected So brightly in the picture – The brilliant smiles and Entwined hands, The leaning into one another That suggests an ease that I surely never witnessed. You buried your first husband At the age of twenty four, And then the second nearly Died of [...]
Sacred Ground
Posted in poetry, read.write.poem on February 15, 2008 | 21 Comments »
He was her sacred ground. Oh what need had she of Lourdes, Stonehenge, the Temple Mount, When she had his shoulder blade, The hollow at the base of his throat, The ticklish spot on the inside of his thigh? She was certain that it was the Purest worship of whosoever Had created all of life [...]
Family Legacy
Posted in poetry, read.write.poem on November 25, 2007 | 11 Comments »
Every year for several weeks The apples’ warm perfume Hung heavy in the house, Seeping under every door To tickle nostrils as we woke Each morning from our Candied apple dreams. No substitute was sweeter Than his humble ruby jelly, Made with juice and sugar, An expert eye and nose, A twinkle in the eye, [...]
American Sentences
Posted in poetry, read.write.poem on November 20, 2007 | 7 Comments »
This week’s prompt for read.write.poem: American sentences. They’re tough. -~-~-~-~ He craves attention, he comes when called, he sits; this cat should be a dog. -~-~-~-~ Scent of warm sugar and sweet potatoes – Thanksgiving is in the air. -~-~-~-~ I know times are tight; today we raid the piggy bank for laundry change. -~-~-~-~ [...]
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