Monthly Archives: April 2022

I gazed into the canvasI saw only a blurAs I kept lookingColor filled my eyesOr perhaps my eyesPoured out color(I cannot tell the difference)OrangesYellowsRedsBluesGreensAnd every shade in between Then came linesParallelHorizontalVerticalCrookedStraightBlur, colors and lines I stepped back and squintedI crept … Continue reading →

How can one tellFriend or foeMoments spent together?Oh no…. Winter and summerNever meet…yetThank each otherFrom a distanceFor each part they givePreparing the soilSo the other might live Spring and autumn tooNever cross pathsLook how they longFor each other to last … Continue reading →

I chalk it up to livingI chalk it up to blameI chalk it up to fillingEmpty spaces with my shameI chalk it up to experienceIn the end I will findChalk is only dustIt fades away with time Dversepoets.com Monday quadrille. … Continue reading →

You may call this a rantA twisted bentA discriminating slurAmorphous blur I admire the artGraphics do temptFor years I triedFor years I relent- Ed my urge to resistThrough prod and insist-Ance she fought with persist-Ance and now I’m convinced Quality … Continue reading →

STOP!Before you say another wordSo you caught me in a placeWhere you think I should not be seen(Is she all talkThe way she placesHer words so pointed?)You may thinkMy wandering shoe-Strings came unlaced Before you looseYour tongue on meUnravel all … Continue reading →

Fleeting flurry throws me off-balanceWhite out detracts my attentionFull sun blinds in darkness sequesteredPeals of thunder deafen, yet strengthen my plightSilence subdues, chaos now orderFive answers to one questionThe author knows bestThe reader can guess nnapowrimo prompt. Dont ask, I … Continue reading →

I shall observe the birth of flowersBuds rise quietly. Announcing the dawnA light spray of color decorates the earthA soft collision infuses hope to the nightI must fix my eye to the trees and draw closeInspect petals, size and shape … Continue reading →

WantedUninterestedPeople only apply Must not care in earthly gainOpinions, deadlinesFinance, painLoss of attentionPride and lustAnd pleaseNo allergy to dust It is taking some trainingTo learn what interestI gain from misplacedInvestments So if I show no interestIn what you have to … Continue reading →

The leaves were restless, skittish I’d sayMoved from spot to spot in between the folkCome to say goodbyeSome got stepped on Words etched on a gravestone“Let the wind publish them”A few criedSome told storiesOthers stood, faces downAncient stares none could … Continue reading →

Its not always found in the mirrorOr through a window paneBlemishes and smearsStare back at me in vain Nor in my surroundingsI wade through dust and grimeI sweep and scrub and toss awayIn blind repose and call it sublime My … Continue reading →