In the Gyre

Image with kind permission by Tracey Grumbach

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Falcons fly
through the gloaming
oscillating double gyres
light and shadow
caught in time

For D Verse Poetics: New view for you

Velvet

Velvet night air,
slight pressure
of a down cushion
on my cheek,
dream oceans beckon

Childhood Gogyohkas

Scent of nasturtiums
taste of pepper
mustard hues
soldier beetles
orange spots

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Pirates stalk
hostel rooftops
a treasure island
sailing ships
from trees

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upturned umbrella
fairies dressed
in flower petals
a ballroom
for the finest guests

For The Gooseberry Garden prompt of childhood dreams 

 

Small Potatoes

Waxing and waning
measured days passing between
illusions and dreams
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Blue salvia
shivers
at the touch
of a hungry bee
sea breeze blows
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Scent of summer
promises of abundance
bees’ nectar dance

 

Rich Pickings

Collected talismans
stones, driftwood, shells
somewhere seagulls call
a fisherman has made a catch
rich pickings

Safe Return

Wait, I will return
we shall roll
broken spokes
against the wind
seeking safe haven.

Palimpsest Fragments

I am your palimpsest
illuminated
dragons
holding
lightning rods
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her body
his nectar
a palimpsest
traced
with love’s mark
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They wrote
sounds
of power
over and over
palimpsest prayers
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Scratched train window
screams
passing factories
photographic
palimpsests
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Voices slide
cut betwixt
indentations
floating out
a palimpsest
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Urban palimpsests
bulging
columns
graphics jostle
breathing space

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A page flutters
voices
spinning webs
untold stories
oozing 
palimpsest

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The pavement
beneath my feet
a palimpsest
of ghostly
footsteps

Palimpsest  Fragments series appears in The Poetry Tree, Edition 2
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Five Pebbles

In green half light
a stoic flourishes
soon to bloom
with a coy
pink blush

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Outside my house
a flower of the sun
in my camera’s lens

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Spring wind
petals cling
to my moist cheeks
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Sense of place
distinctive features
invented spots
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Shadows building
Interiors for dreams
of permanence

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Titbits

Rain diamonds
sparkle
on her web
natures gesture
abundant
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A misplaced key
he seeks
attention
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Commedia mask
an ant
crawls out
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Barks
rend the air
a spider
mends
her web
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Sky sweats
fiery glow
birds huddle under eaves
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Round raindrops
puddle
mercury and gold
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Iris Haiga