Writer. Feminist. Historian. Person.
crazy love consumes
undone by your sublime text
heart eclipses mind
the moment permeates all
and the center cannot hold
Thanks to Reena and RDP for their inspiration. The words nutty, sublime text, and eclipse led to me this ode to crazy modern love, with a shout out to William Butler Yeats (and Joan Didion).
buried deep inside
embers turn to ash and bone
waiting for a spark
rekindled love fans the flames
the candle burns with fury
Today’s FOWC (CANDLE) and the WDYS photo prompt brought to mind fury and love and buried secrets… thus my bit of verse. Thanks to both for the inspiration.
draped in velvet fog
filmy thoughts and fingertips
a touch forgotten
reveal that moment
starlight strips back the curtain
the crowd roars your name
I love to try and create meaning with minimal words. Did I? Who knows?!
Thanks for the great inspiration.
at the beginning
the day dawns on the big game
my eye on the prize
seasons come and go
without beginning or end
from a bird’s eye view
Thanks to SoCS and SenHai Saturday for the inspiration!
Alternating verses By Tina and David
trace the shadowed lanes
the mind’s meaning hidden still
veiled in the dim light
chamberstick nears old keyhole
air tightens around the glow
wax seeps through cracks
that lost melody flickers
a dance remembered
warm mold on cool skin
death accepts this final cast
breath displaced by form
silence meets the needle scratch
the melody lost again
hands draw thread through gauze
grief hums softly in the weave
~ memory is held
This week I tried something new by writing a rengay with David from The Skeptic’s Kaddish.
I hope you like it as much as I enjoyed the process. Visit David’s site for more inspired bits of poetry.
What is a rengay? Rengay is a form of linked verse created as an alternative to Japanese renga or renku. The form was devised by Garry Gay in California in 1992. A rengay consists of six thematic haiku verses and is normally composed by two or three poets, although solo and six-person rengay are not uncommon. You can read more about this form HERE.
