October '15 Poetry Project

Moleskine

October 04, 2015


It has been a long time

I have not wanted to face
the honesty
the bleakness
the harshness
the reality

that becomes undeniable
once stroked

that space
between the lines

 at last...

the wine flows
lush and long
ribbons
warming words
like velvet


October '15 Poetry Project

9th Step

October 03, 2015




I am alone
except for those
that run 
hot and cold
circles 
around me

A howling maelstrom 
whips wild
long brown hair and intentions
like an afterthought
onto the sidewalk

oh sweet friend
all blush and coy
you pull my truth
out like a splinter

I long to be free
of the fierce transfixion
but dread birthing 
the jagged point
that rips both ways

My swollen lower lip
throbs
threatening
 to split
a gossamer scar
betraying
 a slip
in judgement long ago

When in the shadow of his glistening hopeful words
       I could shine no light

A decade had passed
when I received his release papers
an oblation
a curse 

Forever entrapped
I must remain 
burdened
blistered
in the shadow of silent amends



October '15 Poetry Project

Binge

October 02, 2015


I hear my name
being called 
in the soft static hiss
as the world 
turns vague
flickering
notions
into poisonous medicine
I cannot stop
swallowing


Hours 
stretch 
into days
seep
into weeks
bleed
into years

The last words

I hear
my own 
silence

Where did my life go?

The plasma shimmers
blissful
into 
the void



October '15 Poetry Project

Eos

October 01, 2015


Words 
like clouds at dawn
cluster and fan
out and across
an endless intention

Their brilliance 
glows
ripe
behind the blinds
Urging me 
upwards
and out
above the sleeping city
my complacent comforts

to witness
inspiration
if only for a few moments
my blues
burn
orange




Random Poetry

Lost and Found in Narnia

April 04, 2015



Fleeing the confines of the day, the mind
All loose and well worn
Becomes the wanderer forever
Under the hazel skies  
Light drapes through branches, clinging to every willothewisp curve
As though the accidental forrest dances
Right before your eyes


*Poetry prompt: write an acrostic work based off a word chosen at random - Oct 8,2014 OctPoWriMo  Fabular: of or relating to a story, novel, or the like written in the form of a fable.




Random Poetry

By the Bayeux

April 03, 2015




It begins 
Finding rhythm 
in steady
beating

stitching slowly
piercing 
swollen mesh

Pulling back
against the bone

Unfolding
 urges

 dew drips down
into your hands

yielding
surrenders

Crimson splashes
white hot streaks
shuddering violet

the pink
sighs

Random Poetry

Coronal Mass Ejection

April 02, 2015



The early evening empties
with stillness
as the fog of the week rolls in from the sea

No resemblance
to the riotous gatherings
spilling out
on the sidewalk
spilt wine stains
on the pavement
the body
chalking evidence
of the balmy night before

I return here
time and time 
again to the place
of a now estranged family
because it knows my bones
as the many stories 
stacked neatly on the entrance table
Flirtations once swelling
crashing into the midnight hour
with slick fingers and overarching intentions
receed back
as he escapes
to his matrimony bed

Here there is no heat 
Just wine
and a short walk back 
to familiar walls

Random Poetry

Mindspace

April 01, 2015

It's far 
from the promised
Spacious 
Southern exposure 
Natural
Light filtering 
Through 
Blinds graciously
Left behind  

Yet this moment
In the creaking
Corners I find 
Comfort
Settling
For now
And call it home




MuZings

Harvesting Words

March 28, 2015



The NaPoWriMo this year did not prove fruitful.  I was nervous about this creative endeavor; my abandonment of the October poetry project left deep wine colored welts on my confidence.  

The only cure for this ever present sting is to write daily with the disclaimer that all works are drafts.  Readership and feedback are welcomed - Kindness most appreciated.

Off to dig and root and tug and clip as much inspiration as can be found....  I hope you join me on this adventure. 



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