snow joke

  here i am still and centered and calm   all is perfect   until the world tilts and shakes   and a blizzard of love tumbles from the sky obscuring what was with its mystic crystal snow-flakery   i am taken apart my heart cracking open old and over used in service of everyone …

Letting Go

                         "The Pain shows you what is left to investigate." Byron Katie   I can’t let you go- because in reality- you are not mine to let go of – You are You- And being the most wonderful version of you that you can …

free(fall)

You don't walk out of a marriage unless you got faith. In yourself. In the soul mate who called you. I had faith oozing out of my pores. There was no question that this was the right thing to do. It was the most difficult decision I ever made telling my wife and children I …

eggsistential

this egg at the centre of me it's beginning to crack   i saw a tear drip from it yesterday fashioned from old pain   falling it grew wings   i saw hands reach outward only to turn and embrace the only heart   they could truly hold   submission for dVerse Quadrille hosted by …

more

  melt me a kiss to: ~ rock my being a whisper of soul ~ slip a bounce into my heavy steps ~ set a blazing phoenix fire to my life ~ leap-start my raw and tender heart ~ s(crunch) my defences like a paper cup it's not so hard.   A second submission for …

pillow talk

Having hosted a dVerse prompt recently on the ghazal form I have spent some more time studying it and decided to pen another for myself. There may be a series of these as it is a form that speaks to me. Here i make use of both the refrain (RADIF), this lone pillow, and a …

look less leaps

how many times have i leapt and landed bruised and broken how many times did the siren's song pound my heart onto the smashing rocks how many times did i swerve from the realisation that I am the only true keeper of my heart   submission for dVerse Quadrille #47          

in/out

borne on the wind   of a waft of butterfly wing   or wrenched   from the heart of loss     love's crucible   is breath   or lack of it   Sanaa is prompting today at Real Toads offering up a poem by Carol Ann Duffy as inspiration. You can read the poem …

i’m so amazed

Kerry hosts the Tuesday platform at Real Toads today. Greetings to all poets in this one month of the year dedicated to the art of poetry writing. I have been so inspired in the first 10 days, and I know that resolve may be flagging but taking a target-free approach has enabled me to enjoy …

love is a boat

Mish is tending bar tonight for our quadrille#30 prompt at dVerse. Here is what she has to offer. The weather in my part of the woods has been very unpredictable. Winter coats one day, summer shorts the next. Welcome to my world of sun, rain and snow served with a side of drizzle. I will …