https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/475/32159575532_e3eab80b08_m.jpg The child danced in her make-believe theatre, she practiced out of sight as the world slept a cold bedroom her stage, mute rag dolls her audience as the night breezes played their music to willing her to reach for the stars. Arching her...
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/595/32147481582_f58510d08a_m.jpg She stole into my bed again slipping so easily between the covers and i steeled myself against her touching me, but this time there were no harsh words shouting in the silence, no accusations, no demands of keeping me awake in her fretf...
https://c3.staticflickr.com/1/274/31795619530_d4b59d2e67_m.jpg I have forgotten to feed them and they sit there on cold naked branches patiently waiting as the frost stings spider webs. I in my soft bed ‘neath warm cosy coverlets cannot sleep for my guilt and they cannot sleep for their hunger; So ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peWWBdyFD30 He made a lonely, soft silhouette in the doorway against the bright rising sun, but i knew the eagerness of those green eyes still lingered, that even now blindly facing the light just one more time he was again making love with me. Standing in his own sh...
A beautiful and refreshing poem to start the new year with, we all need rainbows after the rain and this is delightful Adette, light and uplifting on a dull, dreary day
https://c2.staticflickr.com/1/362/31298839953_b19c1f4a6e_m.jpg I admire the faith you walk in as serene as the setting sun, it spreads calm on troubled waters dispels fear before it’s begun. I admire the light you walk in it lets no darkness have its play, and in the moments of despair shines new b...
You are the kindest poetess Karin, only your words could lift my spirits about the world situation today, your beautiful painting , alliteration and magical metaphors are sublime...my prayers are with yours for new portraits to be painted and peace to be woven within the canvas. Happy New Year my de...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SJZ18sLZE4 Such a magical time of year when children hope and pray that someone they hold very dear will soon be on his way. Father Christmas sings “Ho ho ho” he and Rudolph sleigh through the snow. Father Christmas Father Christmas down all the chimneys he will go....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDTph7mer3I You need to be broken to find the light to be weak before you can be strong you have to get lost to find yourself on a path that was there all along perfection is just a hollow vessel a beautiful voice devoid of song you need to know failure before you ca...
i think we all experience at least one person in our lives like this Cindy, false people who make false promises for their own gain. i have really enjoyed the rhythm in which you are written this and the repetition of the title words which has emphasized the whole meaning of the poem. Lovely rhyming...
https://c4.staticflickr.com/4/3846/14570400707_dbd06b8c97_m.jpg Dickie got very excited his friends wondered why that could be and then they all started chirping when he wanted a Christmas tree. “Oh you are silly” said his wife, “You live in a tree in the wood” but all his friends liked the idea so...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLnpusbrCvE Naked trees become silhouettes in winter’s pretty shawl snowflakes dancing in pirouettes so graceful as they fall. Oh so tranquil the silent snow soft and serene where ’ere i go oh so tranquil oh so tranquil I love this gentle warming glow. I caught a sno...
https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5627/30434450384_ee2dd9f344_m.jpg Fine vintage wine, feeling merry, cheeks ruddy as holly berry, more mistletoe to kiss beneath; front door adorned with welcome wreath. Roast turkey and trimmings, they are ready to dine and toast another Christmas with…. fine vintage w...
How beautiful Karin with some lovely alliteration. I could feel the love you portray coming through in each verse and the closing lines tell the story ..♥
https://c4.staticflickr.com/4/3846/14570400707_dbd06b8c97_m.jpg One day Magpie received a letter and he completely refused to share all the words that were within it, pointing his beak up in the air. The friends thought it rather strange that anyone should write to him, “It looks like it might be i...
Oh Karin, this wrapped refrain is so very beautiful. The refrains that wrap each verse at beginning and end have been placed perfectly and of course what better music than an accompaniment by Ernesto could the whole perfect poem have. I had never heard of or tried this format until you introduced me...
https://c4.staticflickr.com/6/5441/25303095899_db6c992f72_m.jpg At close of one dark war torn day I heard him pray “End this discord please take me Lord my pure life’s blood is almost bled my brothers dead there’s naught to gain from all this pain my duty done let me escape for war is rape it wants...
https://c8.staticflickr.com/1/636/22427465047_ebaf6d2139_m.jpg Bravest of the brave we remember you today bringers of freedom courageous young men fighting that the world might live in peace Freedom a promise for future generations an end to all wars for this you gave your future unselfishly and fr...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjFTVVqeQ_0 I knew her beauty and I felt her pain an autumn leaf that would not live again. My heart was saddened to see her fall as she spun and tumbled I could recall the day of her birth from my chestnut tree, and just how lovely she was then to see. All through t...
Hi Cindy, it is lovely to see you introduce a new format to the site, i like this very much it's not unlike a tanka poem but more interesting and you have included in it some wonderful imagery..
i hope things are getting better for you and yours
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIn2kEE5DfY Young men fight in such an horrific war each one fully armed and ordered to kill many lives are lost like often before Hundreds will be waiting at Heaven’s door so much earlier than would be God’s will young men fight in such an horrific war Commands give...
A lovely tribute to your grandfather who like many others went away to fight a war that they believed would bring peace for ever. Especially the first world war was horrific not only in the loss but in the dreadful conditions in the trenches... a very brave generation of men fought in that war their...
At this time of remembrance every year the families of those lost ask the same question "Why"? Every year still sees another bloodbath in the name of peace, it is nothing short of disgusting and we are disgrace to humankind, there are no valid excuses it is all born from greed and ignoranc...
https://c3.staticflickr.com/6/5518/30675351842_df1f9a368c_m.jpg I live in a mansion although I am small my bedroom is the clock that lives in the hall, no one ever cleans there and I have made a bed of pieces from the cushions and carpets I shred. I dine on only the best of good fayre from crumbs o...