Categotry Archives: Poetry
Elated
Anywhere is fine Among the skyscrapers around the Capital Square Or the tall grasses by Lake Monona I will search for you everywhere As long as your heart continues to turn toward mine When your camera takes you away I will wait When your sails can’t hold wind I’ll call them for you Anytime is fine I’ll rush to your side through snow drifts or rain I’ll hold your books or your hand As long as you are still mine […]
Theresa’s Chronicle – The Well of Light
He loves her. Each morning glistens like morning dew on the rose petals as she stumbles into the kitchen where coffee splashing into the cup warms his smile. She sets the toast to slow-burn and stops for a kiss that is never as quick as intended nor as long as either would like. When she heads out the door, his scent lingers giving her a Mona Lisa smile all day.
Theresa’s In Love
Strange man, chestnut hair and twinkling eyes, smiled at her. A year ago, she would have pretended not to notice. A month ago, she would have smiled, blushed, looked away, too uncomfortable in her own skin to be noticed. Today she said hello. An explosion of possibility unfolded in her mind. Morning at the kitchen table, handing him a cup of coffee while birds sang and she tugged at her bathrobe. Evenings at the movies, or an Italian restaurant or […]
The Belonging Set: Theresa’s Chronicle I
Too noble for the pitch and yaw of friendship, Theresa sailed the halls of high school alone. Waves of dewy friendship crashing all around her, she arrives at graduation high and dry. Sentimental speeches and crying friends clinging to one another leave her unmoved, but the simple crossing of the stage brings home the sure knowledge that passing through life alone is too hard. Too late for this stage of life, she has learned what will redeem her. She must […]
Stop!
Rolling fast through nowhere spinning wheels hurry to reach more nowhere. Quick, before the sun goes down and spinning gets hard. Monkey Man hosts the 160 Character Challenge. See what you can write in 160 characters or less, spaces included.
160 — The Handiness of a Windbag
Sometimes it feels as if I have in my lungs all the hot air in the world, If I stood in the right place I could power every house. Just ask, and I’ll tell you about it. Monkey Man hosts the 160 Character Challenge. See what you can write in 160 characters or less, spaces included.
The Flow
There is a flow, A rush of love, light, laughter Meaning, respect, and justice Running through all things in the universe Which we hide from ourselves. We close ourselves up, turn away, And claim all is barren and arid Even as the flow pummels our backs. Opening up to this flow Is the first step to a better life But makes us feel As if we are breaking. The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a […]
Tick Tock
Time melts tick tick tick away. Urgent tick tick taking with it last chances to hug, to love, to write. tick tick tick I see the sands of my life flowing down tick and yet tick tick tick I sit and stare doing nothing with this moment for fear tick tick of the next. This is another tribute to The Walking Man, whose poetry often inspires me. The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story […]
Candles on Shore
Beautiful moon hidden from the wooded path can not light the way. Shade trees cast midnight shadows. Dark water moving slow like molasses in the night, sluggish and dark where daylight had shown clear but deep. Wading across seems longer now. So easy to be turned around, lost, Until a friend arrives with a candle. The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words. Click on the badge to go to the […]
Mama Earth
While she slept we plundered. Clever children, we thought. We are getting away with murder. She stirred in her sleep, sending up earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, and drought. Did the dinosaurs know this fear? or even those before, that she didn’t bother to record? Mama Earth can take care of herself. It is only we who will die. The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words. Click on the badge to go […]
After the Affair
She rose from the ashes of her dismay a phoenix made new for a life far above her original dreams taking to the air in a fiery show of determined self confidence. She will not be laughed at anymore. She will leave behind all the ants who thought to take away her best parts and make them their own. The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words. Click on the badge […]
Shikigami Paper Doll
Paper man Made by a child Found on the floor Wadded up Thrown away When no one is looking Unfolds himself Runs across carpet To a neglected door Slipping through When the child Works her magic Wiggles a finger Calls him back To play Slave The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in 55 words. Click on the emblem to go to G-man’s site and hook up with other people who did this.
Band Aide
Cutting corners, making do. Enough, but never extra. One day I cut myself. Reached for a Band Aide. Fancy, with shaped corners and special glue I have to remind myself It’s leftover, bought on sale, okay to use. I can stop looking and bleeding Counting the cost against the need. I deserve this Band Aide. Click on the image to go to hub at G-man’s blog.
Good Bye Wise Friend
He walks slowly into a shroud, lingering, lingering, Talking to those walking behind, Giving his brave monologue of experience In simple words made vast by insight. I would call to him, plead, Please stay. Don’t leave us. But I know the futility. He does not realize his feet aren’t moving. What closes the distance is the shroud. The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words. Click on the badge to go […]
Bah!
Fluffy sheep jumping white pickets in Facebook aps never end. The same white fence, the same white sheep. Copy, paste, friend and tweet Sending round and round messages of almost-connection. Warmth from a name made familiar by kind repetition lulling the sheep with illusions of solidity, making them think it is safe to jump.
