Tag: dVerse

Lost In Dreams

~ Candace ~ 20 Comments

At d’Verse Poets, Mish  has us singing our own tune,

Lost In Dreams

I follow the path
laid out for me
eyes wide open
but heart clenched tight
and when the sun goes down
I get lost in dreams

I spend each day
as others see fit
like a mannequin
no thoughts or feelings
and when the sun goes down
I get lost in dreams

I speak in words
that are not mine
opinions muted
until the day ends
and when the sun goes down
I get lost in dreams

I’m lost in dreams of you
lost in dreams of you

~~
d’Verse  Poetics – The Music in You

Forgotten Promise

~ Candace ~ 28 Comments

d’Verse Poets Quadrille 10 – breeze

it was a breeze that brought the scent
of summer roses to my room
I closed my eyes and thought of you
and nights we spent along the stream
I felt your kisses on my lips and heard you
whisper words of promised love

Take Me Instead

~ Candace ~ 26 Comments

d’Verse Poets – Meeting the Bar
Victoria has us getting in shape for summer with an Etheree
I’m counting from 1 to 10 and back again

~

you
want to
drive to the
ocean with the
throng and the clamor
where the sand burns my feet
so I have to wear sandals
and the sun turns my skin scarlet
so I sit in the shade, covered up
in a shirt and hat, wearing dark glasses
take me instead to the cool green mountains
where a stream trickles over smooth rocks
and birds sing to me from the trees
where I can follow a trail
and search for wildflowers
to weave through my hair
then in the dark
I can count
stars and
dream

Dag

~ Candace ~ 8 Comments

d’Verse Poetics : Character Study
Walt has us thinking about someone who is a “Memorable Character”

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he was a whistler
not by birth but by
inclination
no humming or one note tunes
his songs would swirl
through the house
perfect pitch
blue eyes sparkling
and we all smiled

green season

~ Candace ~ 16 Comments

it was the green season
the perfect time
to sow love
in the fertile soil of
a new relationship
water it with
gentle tears of joyfulness
warm it with smiles
then watch the tender shoots
of fancy become strong
enough to bind two hearts

~
d’Verse Poets Quadrille # 19 – green

& Tuesday Platform at Real Toads

Dogwood

~ Candace ~ 13 Comments

d’Verse Meeting the Bar – Golden Shovel

“For one thing there is no snow”
Billy Collins  Report from the Subtropics

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I must thank the neighbors for
planting that tree, just one
that in the spring is a thing
most glorious a sign of hope there
among the evergreens it is
blooming white and shouts “no
longer are we bound by snow”

In Albuquerque

~ Candace ~ 13 Comments

d’Verse Poetics: Sentiments of the Southwest
Mish would like us to join her in the Southwest

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dry winds blow tumble weeds
across hot pavement chasing
each other like children
sunsets finger paint the mountains
a watermelon pink
spring rains turn dull sandy fields
into meadows laughing in flowers
and in the night the howl of
coyotes stirs my soul

Skip Toodle-loo

~ Candace ~ 11 Comments

Just skip it
flip it right
into the pond
let that ring, sink, I think
get lost in the muck
stuck in the ooze
skip the roses
weak psychoses
of apologies
skip town instead
go ahead
I’m through with you
so toodle- loo, buckaroo

~

d’Verse Quadrille is skipping along today

In The Dark

~ Candace ~ 14 Comments

sometimes in the dark I see you
the ghost of another lifetime
the plot of a story in rhyme
just a shadow cast in deep blue
a clouded lens, distorted view
a scepter that I cannot name
when morning comes you don’t remain
then once again I feel the loss
and long for calm of night and doss
the dark when you might come again

~~
d”Verse Meeting the Bar – Decima  (I missed out on the link to post this at d’Verse Poets. *shrug*)

Real Fantasies

~ Candace ~ 15 Comments

d’Verse Poetics: Fantasia

Lillian is asking for poems using fantasia, phantasia, fantasy, or any kind of”fancy”

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it was their fantasy
to fly into space
to dive to the depths
of the ocean
it was their fantasy
to see the person
on the other end of a call
to put dishes in a
machine to wash them
it was their fantasy
to cook food in seconds
to cure diseases
when will our
fantasies become real