Urban Collage

Green shoes, red dress, an eagle smiles,
below, garden pools melt the sun,
water glints on wet chessboard tiles,
green shoes, red dress, an eagle smiles,
patchwork suburbs, car park  aisles,
a thin man eats a currant bun,
green shoes, red dress, an eagle smiles,
below, garden pools melt the sun.

Towards a Waterfall

Sitting on a soft river bank
waiting for some inspiration,
mosquitoes in the shadows dank
sitting on a soft river bank.

Thoughts gently flow into a blank,
a period of gestation,
sitting on a soft river bank
waiting for some inspiration.

Watercolour by Marousia

Blue Jazz Riffs

Street Rift

Lonely shadows needle
along alley walls,
a licorice stick plays
discordant scales
somewhere close by,
a puddle
melts the moon.

He crouches dazzled
in a narrow spotlight,
there’s no audience
but the moon.

She warbles hymns
self righteously,
a moth flies past her
to the street light
wishing for the moon.

Five men stagger
tipsy waltzes
in back streets,
gambling fights,
the moon shines on.

They laugh,
he speaks of gambling,
dust moats dance
in white penumbras,
the moon hides
behind silver’s cloud.

Triolet  Riff

Lonely shadows needle slick walls,
A licorice stick plays blue scales,
A waltzing tipsy gambler falls,
Lonely shadows needle slick walls,
In the street spotlight he recalls
His debts, as the puddled moon pales
Lonely shadows needle slick walls,
A licorice stick plays blue scales.

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Poetics ~ Say It Again, Sam over at DVersePoets

Tiger Lily

Bold sparks of inspiration fly,
Your buds reveal an orange heart,
Tendril stamens caressing the sky,
Bold sparks of inspiration fly,
Not for you a gentle lovelorn sigh,
Rather your love shall be a work of art,
Bold sparks of inspiration fly,
Your buds reveal an orange heart.

Harmony

They stand steadfast in harmony
A meeting place for light and dark
Where they seek verdant company
They stand steadfast in harmony
To exchange beads of chalcedony
While blessings pour from a skylark
They stand steadfast in harmony
A meeting place for light and dark

Wet Twilight

Portents of prophecies from aeons past
Indigo lights up as the sun sets low
Hedgerows quiver as long shadows recast
Portents of prophecies from aeons past
As golden light fades it’s time to hold fast
To fond promises made a long time ago
Portents of prophecies from aeons past
Indigo lights up as the sun sets low

Late Summer

Late summer sun gilding flowering herbs
A butterfly drinks while a spider weaves
A soft haze settles over the suburbs
Late summer sun gilding flowering herbs
A morning coolness where nothing disturbs
Bunches of lavender under the eaves
Late summer sun gilding flowering herbs
A butterfly drinks while a spider weaves

Volcano

Too long dictators let the masses bleed
Over a volcano crackles lightning
Increasing repression sows a  seed
Too long dictators let the masses bleed
Gunmen with  rubber bullets intercede
The tyrants’ fists of fear are tightening
Too long dictators let the masses bleed
Over a volcano crackles lightning

Flame

A violet flame burning in  my blood
Spinning  through the atoms of my body
Golden heart hides in lotus lily bud
A violet flame burning in  my blood
Catching my dark lies in a flowing flood
Molecules sing an unsung melody
A violet flame burning in  my blood
Spinning  through the atoms of my body

This is an experimental symbolist triolet for One Shot Wednesday

Enchanted

A meandering river swiftly flows
Beneath a medieval city keep
A chivalrous youth sits in sweet repose
A meandering river swiftly flows
In his hand a summer briar rose
Enchanted by the sun  all creatures sleep
A meandering river swiftly flows
Beneath a medieval city keep