Life Miss-staged
ramrod straight
they stood,
column unbroken,
with their
eyes riveted
straight ahead…
i.d. made,
cuffs applied
bail denied
door closed.
MeeAugraphie
04/24/09
Michelle at Poefusion picked five words for us to use our creativity with. Tonight I did not have the presence of mind to use the words exactly; I do believe Michelle stumped Muse for a few minutes, grin. I had to give Muse permission to use the words however she liked, so a few changes were made, but that’s OK. It was fun. The original five words were: ram riveted bail break column.
Heart Hide ‘n Seek
Wretched spark,
you revealed my heart
I must run!
You will not find us again
for I shall
crouch behind
a web of negative emotions
to hide again
from myself.
MeeAugraphie
04/17/09
17 of 30, April 2009 Prompt: Friday Five words, spark, wretched, negative, crouch, web
Check out where other Poefusionists took those five words, you may be surprised!
Left behind, she takes three steps
One Step, mind inches back in time
a sealed envelope thrown on a dresser
topped with car keys and pantomimed love letters
an unidentifiable sound playing in his head,
unable to buy it off
a chest constriction as unexpected as a rare bird
flitting from curtain to staircase in a hotel lobby
a broken clock,
ticking when it should tock
and then, her son’s orange sneakers,
as bright as his warped smile showing one missing tooth
Two Step, mind rushes back to now
first grade joyful grins
teenage years out of step
young adult crushed by thoughtless words
middle aged voices coming from all sides
today words left behind
Three Step, envelope’s pull too strong to deny….
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Marcia McLees Bogaert
04/03/09
03 of 30, April 09 Prompt courtesy of Michelle at Poefusion: Friday Five! She posts a prompt a day during National Poetry Month, but also, posts prompts, and other information on Poetry every month. Check it out:
39. Me
today I will just be who I think I am
because tomorrow I may find…
I am someone else
and if that proved true I would have missed the opportunity
to be someone else merely by not being who I think I am today
I walked in your shoes yesterday in my dreams
and though I walked quite well in yours
they were merely the ones you saved for show…
not the ones you wore to get where you were
today I will just be who I think I am
because tonight I may dream the future me
MeeAugraphie
01/11/09
Ongoing, though on no schedule, since June ‘07, my last line becomes first line of next poem. The relationship of one poem to next is not a requirement, nor preferred. To read all that came before in chronological order – and to see which line from whose poem inspired this Poetry Tumble, click on the Poetry Tumble page, or simply click here: Poetry Tumble, but you might want to come back when you have time, this is number 39.
This week’s poem is also offered for Poetry Train Revisited 10. Why not click the button below instead and jump on? The traveling is great!
snow – reindeer – carols – red – candy
Those five words were chosen by Michelle for Friday Five at Poefusion. They took me to Christmases past and brought me full circle to today, living in the moment, yet full of hope for the future. Where is your head when you think of Michelle’s words? Why not share them and link back to her post so we can all find out?
SRCRC Invoked
If I were to see snow again, I would feel at home in my heart;
Reindeer in flight would bring a child to my lap and the roof would be loud with their clatter;
Carols sung would bring the sound of Leon trumpeting in the car (no instrument other than his mouth) as we sang along (the words we knew, that is);
Red still brings sunburned cheeks or wind frozen noses and thoughts of the teeniest of toesies;
And Candy, well, candy is instant gratification, and transcends all holidays, though, today a baked potato or smashed potatoes with garlic would bring the same;
and a Merry Christmas to all, and to all, a future of smiles and memories alike.
My thoughts on 12/27/08
