Poem 20160408b

you are petals
and the scent of petals
haunting the tips
of my fingers
long after i have touched you

you are the rose in the morning
just opening to the day

the greater periwinkle
so like a star
so like the word twinkle

you are the hidden flower
at dusk
never seen but always there
the ghost of a fragrance

——

National Poetry Month
NaPoWriMo Day 8
Flower

Poem 20160407

i couldn’t wait to leave this town
by mule or bus or wagon train
and let the memories all fade
the bells though never seem to fade
i hear them ringing from the town
above the mournful clacking train
clack of wheel on iron–o, train,
the distance should recede, should fade
the hallmark past, the breathing town
the town is here, the train just fades

——
the secret keeper
Weekly Writing Prompt #31
(5) Words: | TOWN | TRAIN | FADE | HEAR | HALL |

AND

National Poetry Month
NaPoWriMo Day 7
Tritina

Poem 20160405

[the] bullnose bride
[served] atomic flamingos
[severed] legs [and] eggs
[and the dreaded] forbidden
chocolate dragon’s tongue

“[oh] mary”, [said] pascal
[her newly married husband]
“[this] explosive breakfast
[makes me] blue
bianca [prepared] custard d’argenteuil
[for] casper”

[with] egg [and] ember
[and much] panache
[the] bullnose bride
[served] pascal
[an] heirloom viking pan
[up side the] pumpkin

——

National Poetry Month
NaPoWriMo Day 5
The Cruelest Month