What About the Pumpkins

~ Candace ~ 6 Comments

Does anyone ask the pumpkins
if they want a silly grin or
mouth wide open in some ghoulish
hoooowl
And do they enjoy sitting on
scratchy cement porches
while children run past
in search of the best treats,
candy not apples
What of the candle
burning deep in its inner-most
parts – does the flame
warm it or remind that pumpkin
of friends lost to baking
What about the pumpkins
Who will speak for them

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written for the prompt on Phoenix Rising Poetry Guild

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I Hear the World

~ Candace ~ 15 Comments

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(George Tooker – self portrait)

i listened
and i could hear
the whole world
singing
some were songs
of peace, some of war
songs of laughter
of pain
delight
anguish
love
heartbreak
lightness
mourning
and all these voices
in their dissonance
became part of me
my song
part of the universal
chorus
lifted up to the unknown

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Wild Music

~ Candace ~ 9 Comments

come dance with me
we don’t need moonlight
or orchestras
untie your hair and let
down your inhibitions
take off your soft shoes
tap your toes on the
ancient earth
come sing with me
with no conductor we
will howl until our notes
float away in harmony
an opus to the muses

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image by Morgan Dragonwillow
image by Morgan Dragonwillow

Deep in the Night

~ Candace ~ 15 Comments

Sometimes when I’m all alone
When light has surrendered
Darkness blurs the lines
Then fantasy rules the night

When light has surrendered
I quickly take to my bed
Pull the covers over my head

Darkness blurs the lines
Right and wrong are blended
Into imaginary possibilities

Then fantasy rules the night
I peek from my hiding place
Watching as dreams perform

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