Wild

out in the open -dreams I nursed secretly tend to go wild they wanted a separation ardently, secretly so… https://dversepoets.com/2020/05/21/mtb-5-line-japanese-poetic-forms/ https://dversepoets.com/2020/05/28/openlinknight-267/

Portrait

venom concealed in expressions eyes belying fake smiles  I tried to make you look good without computer applications…. I mourn dried collars in my palette they shrivelled of inadequacy Black dominates your depiction  https://dversepoets.com/2020/04/09/the-perfect-seven-lines/

Slayers

stacking chocolates in the fridge heading to the kitchen to grate cheese for a pasta sauce while the cake baked in the oven is bliss   drooling over the scene that would follow on the dining table I check my phone and am deflated instantly   It is the diet app sending notifications I can’t … Continue reading Slayers

I did not mean to demean

I did not mean to demean your puny existence or make you aware of your hollowness when I shared my thoughts which were too lofty for all that you’d seen and experienced so far but believe me the intent was only to share not knowing that people who could share mind space are extinct now … Continue reading I did not mean to demean

Ending

life, love, laughter lilting merriment surreal   slipping away in somnambulistic silence knowing nothing of netherlands but landing there   A leafless forest lakes leaving earth listening to lazy lullabies   -Lifeless   https://dversepoets.com/2020/01/30/the-music-of-alliteration-assonance-and-consonance/

A surprise at sunrise

A surprise  at sunrise under the pillow turns my mood mellow It’s been a long time celebrations and wine replaced the small joys of candy and toys Santa in my dreams Ho, ho, ho… he beams Find me in your heart decorating is an art hopes in strings of light cottony warmth just right shining … Continue reading A surprise at sunrise

You were never there…

Where were you when tears dried, when commitment broke to be replaced by another? I will now live for myself….   Where were you when something cracked deep inside to change forever? I was not the same any more….   Where were you with outdated norms threatening to punish non-compliance, strutting around on stitched wings? … Continue reading You were never there…

Climbing down

I choose the form "one sentence poem" to imitate Example MY TAKE Enveloped iN Fluffiness oF Grey cloudS I wonder whO Wrote poetrY On ladders tO The azure skY I step dowN Gingerly, slowlY Back to GrounD https://dversepoets.com/2019/11/21/imitation-practice/

Tell me how

Hey Hi, Fair Dame Can you sing for me? Yes Sir, Yes Mam From where do you come?   A choir for the office dancing to tunes A distracted family will need a Rap soon   Hey Hi, Fair Dame Can you pose for me? Yes Sir, Yes Mam From where do you come? I … Continue reading Tell me how