Drenched, I awaken.
Heart pounds. Heat radiates.
Panicked. Not immune.
* written in haiku form, inspired by real events, prompted by Three Word Wednesday ~ Drench, Radiate, Immune
Aug 102011
Jul 202011
She has that unique quality.
You’ve seen it…
Up early in the morning; set to take on the world
Spring in her step, jiggle in her jog.
Fears nothing. Loves it all. Glides through the world, pure confidence.
How wondrous.
*Prompted by Three Word Wednesday ~ Early, Jiggle, Quality
Jul 092011
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Walking heat-steamed river bank
My reverie does cease
The sight beneath the footbridge
Prompts immediate caprice
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The plot devised in early morn
A plan for my free day
Seems frivolous, no consequence
When proper heed I pay
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To life being lived around me
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Just there, at muddy waterside
‘Midst nasty, trash-tossed realm
A lovely man, bare-chested, strong
Makes home in shade of elm
~
He launders weekly work clothes
On limbs hangs them to dry
He sweeps dirt, makes bed, tidies cart
While sheltered folks walk by
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I wonder why
Him
Not me
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Now
An altered reverie
Jun 292011
Transfixed by the scene in the kitchen unfolding,
The child watched the father’s hand pummel the wall
Knuckles, now bleeding, rode waves of cruel shouting
The mother, loud too ~ wild-eyed ~ red-faced did bawl
“Get out of the kitchen! Now! Go to your room!
This is none of your business, damned child!”
So he ran and he hid
Bumped his head on the bed
As he slide underneath it, half-wild
With fear.
Does anyone hear?
*Inspired by Three Word Wednesday ~ Bump, Knuckle, Transfix
Jun 142011
Here’s a sneak peek at one of the poems from my newly released chapbook, Woman’s Evolution, by Finishing Line Press
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LETTING GO
Cradling you in my arms
~ all six feet of you ~
Is easier than you’d think.
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You,
This moment,
Are perfect.
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It will be our last, this exchange,
Until we meet on a different plane.
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Caught in the heroin snare,
You’ll leave this time, this place, this space.
And so I hold you here, now.
~
Cradling you in my arms
~ all six feet of you ~
Is easier than you’d think.
~
Letting go.
Letting go is hard.
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