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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image by Morgan Dragonwillow
image by Morgan Dragonwillow

here i stand

photo by Larisa Koshkina at PublibDomainPictures.net
photo by Larisa Koshkina at PublibDomainPictures.net

i stand alone on a single plank
the ones behind dissolved
the ones ahead like gossamer
not yet formed
i must not grieve for
what was behind or
reach too soon for
the next step
there is much to
discover on this single
plank if i but look
and listen
touch and taste

The Album

A neighbor
Boy who
Cherished her,
Devotedly
Enchanted
Followed her as if a shadow
Gave her gifts
Homemade offerings
Ink stained poetry
Jewelry crafted from stones
Keepsakes in a box
Long ago secrets
Made sweeter as they aged
Not intended for prying eyes
Or curious minds
Precious only to her, a lover’s
Quest denied
Remain only in her dreams
Silent images
Taped into an album
Undying desire now fading
Vows never spoken
War killed their passion
Xtinguished the flame
Young hearts now beat only in a
Zone of sepia remembrance

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image by Morgan Dragonwillow
image by Morgan Dragonwillow

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Wild Music

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

Everyday Relationships

I wake from troubled dreams
shuffle wearily to the kitchen
my hair sticks up in some
outer-space hairdo, my favorite
pjs have holes at the elbows
I grunt a morning greeting
and you are there – smiling
with coffee ready and news
of the latest visitors to the
backyard bird feeder

image by Morgan Dragonwillow
image by Morgan Dragonwillow

Farewell to Whimsy

it’s magic
when you’re only three
leaves change from green to
red and yellow flames
and caterpillars fall asleep
to awaken as butterflies
tiny black tadpoles swish
their tails through pond water
and slowly transform
into croaking frogs
until the school bell rings for you
the curtain is pulled down
and the wizard is exposed
whimsy dies and science takes its place

when you’re three
magic fills the air
changing leaves
butterflies
then science beckons to you
whimsy dies to facts

End of Our World

Let’s hold hands and sip red wine

while we wait for the dinosaurs

to trample us

We hear the roar of T-Rex and

the ground rumbles as Brontosaurus

ambles across fields of sweet corn

flattening barns and houses

Pterodactyls swoop down to

snatch grazing cows in their long

toothed beaks

There will be no happy ending

Let’s hold hands and sip red wine

until the children are in dreamland

and peace reigns in our world again

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image by Morgan Dragonwillow
image by Morgan Dragonwillow