5:23 am
Alarm!
What? No, weekend. Phone. Oh.
Mom. Ugh don’t want to talk to her
now, Sleep more…
Wait! Her, calling at this hour?
Oh fuck this can’t be right…
Nothing to say except
I’m on my way
Nothing to do except
hold her hand
He was already cold
20190312
https://dversepoets.com/2019/03/12/poetics-mardis-gras-mambo/
Bang
Sledgehammer rhythm
Bang
By Torchlight unfurl
Bang
No tentpegs suffice
Bang
Hold bigtop aloft
Bang
The sledge drives the spike.
The thrill of the show
The lights in the faces
…
Clownwhite washes off
The magic, packed in boxes
Shipping crates clenched with spikes
20190311
https://dversepoets.com/2019/03/11/quadrille-75-spike-up-a-poem/
Dear Woman,
Can I do anything but beg your forgiveness?
For being oblivious to your attention
For not letting you in
For being terrified of you
For not sharing the pain
Of that emotional wall you
Build between us, when I
Was still inside
For not opening my heart
More, more. More.
Christmases eve 1973
worst gift ever
For that spoiled prince
Murdered kisses
theres no st nick
share your throne
There’s no more mrs
just a dirty trick
j’ai trouvé une belle porte
richement sculpté
poignée polie
encadré avec moulure à battants
en bois de cerisier
je l’ai admiré
caressé la poignée de porte
c’était tellement bon
dans ma main
je ne suis pas entré
20190307
There is no kindness here for those who drive slow
In the left lane of the freeway, no.
There is no kindness near for those who
The lady of the lake
Had but one kindness to give
Mortal Arthur king
Had but one life to live
They say he will come again
And to the land return
A fathers kindness is cloaked
And seems distant and stern
If I saved some kindness for myself
Then, perhaps, I’d learn
20190306
For the prompt at :
Really struggled with this, as you can tell from the fits and starts. This is completely raw, unrefined, as it came out of the egg. A few smatterings of things that might be a good idea, to flesh out or expound upon. Instead, like this, it’s just a window into me.
now
gather ye stones
hold them in bare hands
wash them in the flowing waters
then when you are alone
tell your secrets to the stone
tell of your fears, regrets
what you hate, what you destroyed
put your shame into that stone
then bring that stone to me
this is a great gift you bring
put it here, with mine.
leave your tears
Now, take from here laughter
love and peace
now
