Tanqueray and Perrier
with bitters, ice, salt rim
satisfies the evening yearn
when walls start closing in
turn the grill on
soak the shrimp
in lime and Sriracha
cook ‘em fast
eat em slow
desert summer’s
gotcha
*Posted for #OpenLinkNight – at www.dversepoets.com
Cinquain Delight process notes:
….. Delight = joy, pleasure
….. Being = existence, life form, living thing, organism
Delight equals Joy, available to all. It is there. Have you the eyes to see it? The will to embrace it?
JOY
Joy sits
awaiting recognition
your embrace
complete cognition
Joy,
ever accessible,
sits.
Waiting.
For you.
A few days ago my friend and mentor, Sherry , challenged us to write about our inner Wild Women. Reading my fellow poets’ responses taught me more, helped me more, than most other recent endeavors. We are a powerful crew! This poem was borne of those readings, along with gratitude and appreciation for gifts and talents that abound.
When we embrace
uniquenesses
and let our lights shine
bright
the brilliance enlightens
selves, each other
illuminates the way
for souls, younger
and blinds the fools
everybody wins
“Man is an extension of God and, as such, he has certain attributes in common with God. One is the power of creation. Part of man’s experience on the physical plane is to become a consciously aware and responsible creator, and to create those things which are positive in nature.”
- John-Roger
The easiest thing in the world would be
me spewing resentment, rage
page after page after page
age, however, has taught
not to hold then repeat
deceit, disrespect
neglect, but rather
gather the goodness that exists
insists on expression
freshen, release
peace
This poem is prompted both by John-Roger’s wisdom, above, and by Kerry and Hedgewitch over at Real Toads , who challenged us to write linked or chained rhyme in which the last syllable or syllables of a line chimes with the first syllable or syllables of the next line.
