Red Jewels In the Pomegranates

Outside the city where the pomegranates grow Inside the doors where the bowls brim in a pink glow Beside the river where your warmth melts in my shiver There I would like to release my red birds in blue quiver Birds playing perching pecking and penning lyrics Birds leaning lavishly on the lovely luscious lychees Jingly the waves arrive at the bank looking in purple envy At the drunk birds satiating their lust in the chocolate glee Open your dense door for I have to write a poem right now Come on the dance floor or the river shore as you choose Whisper in my waiting ears what poems you wish and how The air is tipsy the moments gypsies please do not refuse Come dear, time passes, my words are in a marvelous flow In the starlight where my pomegranates expectantly glow ________________________________________________________ April 8, 2016 For A First Line Prompt - Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Julia Ward