crazy love keeps
knocking me off my feet
blowing hazy smoke
in my eyes making
my brain all dazy
until I tumble dizzy
fizzy head over tizzy
into your arms
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Month: October 2015
Dear Me
Dear lovely head, hold thoughts of hope and joy – do not let darkness in.
Dear sparkling eyes, find the beauty in all you behold – it is there.
Dear pixie ears, listen to the music of nature – in all seasons.
Dear smiling mouth, do your best to speak truth – but always kindly.
Dear gentle hands, reach out to give aid to others – and accept aid when you are in need.
Dear slender fingers, touch others with love – hold tenderly those who are precious.
Dear faithful feet, travel the path of your own making – the crowd is often headed in the wrong
direction.
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The OctPoWriMo prompt today is to write a “Dear” poem.
Each line starts with “dear (name)”. It is one sentence with one word after thr sentence
I didn’t quite follow the form exactly 😉
Vertigo
   I spin
round and round
until
I can stand no
longer
sink to the cushy
grass,
close my eyes and
twirl
with the cosmos
ink stains
No. 8, Black Flowing, Jackson Pollock
black birds migrating
like ink stains in the blue sky
silently pass by
Prone to Falling
she should wear a wrist band
like in a nursing home –
“fall risk” it reads
in bold letters
she falls for anything
the chop-o-matic that
doesn’t chop onions
the sham-wow that
leaves streaks on her car
a money back guarantee
with fine print
the promise of free shipping
one size fits all
and the man who promised
he would never leave
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Things are not always what they seem – thats the prompt at OctPoWriMo today
leafy ballet
wind blows
leaves dance
like ballerinas across the grassy lawn
dressed in red, orange, and yellow
tutus flutter
in rhythm
with nature
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here’s another Trinet using word count
last dance
The prompt for OctPoWriMo today is “dancing” and, over at B&P Shadorma and Beyond, Bastet has challenged us to write a Trinet ( 7 lines, non-rhyming, with a 2, 2, 6, 6, 2, 2, 2 syllable count)
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dancing
alone
as the wind brushes past
holding tight to the branch
last leaf
on the
maple
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frog pond
green pond water
undisturbed, calm until
frog jumps in
boy’s day
determined carp swim
through the currents in the wind
proud father looks up
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Today on Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Chevrefeuille featured the Kodomo No Hi festival – Childre’s Day (formerly Boy’s Day)
Moon Dance
Tell me secrets of the stars
Tell me secrets of the stars
Whisper in my ear
Whisper in my ear
The stars whisper-
tell me of secrets, in my ear
Show me galaxies that dance
Show me galaxies that dance
Hold hands with the moon
Hold hands with the moon
Dance with me moon
Hands that hold the galaxies’ show
Sing the melody of the planets
Sing the melody of the planets
We’ll wake the sun with song
We’ll wake the sun with song
We’ll sing of the planets –
The sun song, wake with the melody
Sing with me songs that dance, hold the moon
Hand me the sun – we’ll whisper secrets
Wake the planets with the melody in my ear
Show, tell me of galaxies of stars
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The OctPoWriMo challenge today is to write a Paradelle
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