tentative
re-connection
fragile
as an ember
coaxed to life
with gentle breath
from dry grass
laid where flames once licked
hot
high
bright
no kindling added
to build
what was
or might yet be
since passion, trust, connection
smothered
sand-kicked by selfish breach
I lay here
thinking
knowing
from this moment
I will be alone
fear does not consume me
neither sadness nor regret
resignation and acceptance
yes
and the knowing
that I enjoyed
perfection
Eternal embodiment of wonder and lust
hips, thighs, torso
breasts
forward thrust
every color
every hue
every woman
Me
Her
You
Wondrous
*inspired by Imaginary Garden With Real Toads
Want the change.
Be inspired by the flame
Where everything shines as it disappears.
The artist, when sketching, loves nothing so much
As the curve of the body as it turns away.
— Rainier Maria Rilke
And now, a rondelet, inspired by Rilke…
Change beckons, “Come!”
Turn, curve, open up, discover
Change beckons, “Come!”
Hone not pieces, parts, but the sum
Heed not carping of another
Stoke your fire, let no-one smother
Change beckons, “Come!”
… little excerpt from the fun interview Sherry Blue Sky posted over at Poets United.
Poets United is a supportive, educational and enlightening site for readers and writers of poetry. I count the site and the community of people who participate there amongst my many blessings. Here is the text of the interview:
Poets United: Wow, Kim, what an impressive track record! Good for you! Can you tell us a little more about yourself, your family and life in your part of the world?
Kim: … I have an eclectic career past, beginning with twelve years as an educator in California and Arizona. Always a passionate gardener, I turned that interest into an avocation by becoming a Certified Master Gardener and coordinating a community plant-clinic for several years. During this time a publisher’s rep attended one of my presentations and saw my copious notes. This meeting led to my first two books, A Desert Gardener’s Companion and Southwest Kitchen Garden, both published by Rio Nuevo Publishers. I also wrote a gardening column for Sunset Magazine and did additional freelance work in garden writing and design for a number of years. During most of the garden-writing years, I was entrenched at home caring for two teenagers with early-onset bipolar disorder; and I poised my pen on that topic. I wrote for a year, and then shopped the manuscript to agents and publishers for nearly nine months before Behler Publications made an offer and published Mommy I’m Still in Here, which I produced under the pen name, Kate McLaughlin. As an adjunct to Mommy… I ran a website for families with kids and teens diagnosed with serious mental illness for several years.
Poets United: Kim, you have been a very productive woman! I am so impressed with your writing a book about bi-polar with that title. Parents need to know, when this happens to a family, that their child is still in there. So, what led to your starting a poetry blog?
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