Monthly Archives: June 2019

Drawn to an unwritten page To what, disturb? Write words that conflict? No…but rest Just for a day I shall not erase its own stillness nor mine Until a cool breeze awakens And I see flowers dance   dversepoetspub.com wants … Continue reading →

I love me because I change. I hate me because I change. The seasons are as diverse and unpredictable as every one of us. The Silent rising of dawn wakes me only with its tender kiss, caressing with no expectations. … Continue reading →

Four stinkin’ lines In this stanza of rhyme That’s all he asks You would think it smooth as glass But this train I’m ridin’ Seems it’s ties are slidin’ The rails are bent While my mind is far spent This … Continue reading →

Some birds only mimic what they hear Dropping sounds and syllables inside my ears Alliteration without configuration Seeds may sprout despair My questions and your answers bring only stares Cause you don’t know the language that I speak Some birds … Continue reading →

She’s a lady Who stretches her skin Like jeans too tight Slipping it off But first, one placed beneath No reminders every day Leaving fur and fiber to be dusted away Not fretting who she was or becoming Free to … Continue reading →

How we recognize Poets by their poetry … Metaphoric malaise Swirls of subtle syntax I tell all without admitting any I reveal me In tones of enjambment Highlighted silhouette Or I just shout it boldly Because I can I am … Continue reading →

Warm bread from our oven, stuffed in white wax bags, no ties We sat on the back of the station wagon, laughing cries Mom couldn’t see and we ripped one in half filling our bellies So many aromas mingled and … Continue reading →

Silence lingered. His eyes dropped downward and not even a rustle of the leaves beneath his feet gave credence to any reality. He was real, he knew, for he could see and move and breathe, yet even his breath offered … Continue reading →

Personal Photo He crouches hiding from the sun with a salad of clover and grass Unaware of his beauty in someone else’s reflection Personal Photo   Attention is no more than light stopping by as it passes A splendid display … Continue reading →

Douse my flames Smother me Till I am not even a glowing ember Throw your dagger Aim at my heart The moon will howl The stars darken The sun will cease to rise Who is the dragon That you slay … Continue reading →