James Inman Poet Free verse

Crepe Myrtle

Lost like unused syllables in unrhyming words
petals of frilled sorrow drip to the earth from weeping trees, 
crying each filigreed petal slowly, one by one, 
in cascades of gentle tears to their tender rest,
shaping billowing beds of brightly colored pillows,
until soft breaths of evening breeze exhale long sighs
through longing limbs creating whirlwinds of smiling fragrance
in the fawning dance of each nectarous petal.
Like lover's swirling in life's last dying embrace,
reflections of cold loneliness slip past with each fallen bud.
Soon the flowers will be lost in winter's stark gray advance,
and the smooth bark of the Crepe Myrtle will lie dormant 
yearning for the elongating warm caress of Spring,
and its delicate chiffon cloak of humbled innocence,
again hiding its discomfiting gnarled nakedness 
behind silken vales of scintillating incandescence.


11/07/15

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Eileen Manassian November 13, 2015 at 3:36 PM Oh....wish I could write like that. Enthralling imagery. You made the words dance. Hugs James Inman November 13, 2015 at 4:30 PM What a special comment, Eileen. Thank you, but I love your writing.

CayCay Godwin November 12, 2015 at 3:51 PM So very lovely, James ... CayCay James Inman November 12, 2015 at 6:37 PM Thanks CayCay. I don't have a favorite flower (I like them all) so it was difficult to decide which one to use. For some reason I remembered watching the Crepe Myrtle flowers blowing in the breeze and this is what I came up with.

Skat A November 10, 2015 at 11:49 AM I like the fawning dance line, James, Congratulations on your "Favorite Flower win." SKAT James Inman November 10, 2015 at 12:31 PM Thank you SKAT, always there with a kind word.

Edlynn Nau November 9, 2015 at 5:28 PM Just AMAZING! Love the alliteration and the lush lyrical long lists of adjectives. Nice! Congratulations! James Inman November 10, 2015 at 12:27 PM Call me Mr Run-on-sentence. I sometimes think I overdue. Thanks for the great comment.

Neva Romaine November 9, 2015 at 3:06 PM Hey James, a hearty congratulations on your winning poem in the contest! Beautiful and very descriptive imagery. Be Blessed, Neva James Inman November 10, 2015 at 12:25 PM Thanks for your sweet comment, Neva.

Jan Allison November 9, 2015 at 2:30 PM Dropping back with my congrats James:-) hugs Jan xx James Inman November 10, 2015 at 12:24 PM Thank you Jan.

Nayda Ivette Negron Flores November 9, 2015 at 1:34 PM Congratulations in your win. James Inman November 10, 2015 at 12:22 PM Thank you again for hosting this wonderful contest. I haven't read them all yet but you had some beautiful entries.

Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser November 9, 2015 at 6:27 AM James, first line is incredibly catchy, and the way you describe the petals... beautiful!!! love the alliterations within the lines!! imagery at its best!~Olive Eloisa =`) James Inman November 9, 2015 at 7:35 AM Olive, very sweet comment, thank you so much.

Andrea Dietrich November 8, 2015 at 10:40 AM I sure know how to pick talented friends at Soup. This is incredibly gorgeous! And no, I did not revise that "oldie" of mine you read. I enter oldies when I can, as long as they don't ask for new poems! James Inman November 9, 2015 at 7:29 AM Aww, Andrea, sometimes you make me feel like I'm getting pretty good at this.

Lin Lane November 8, 2015 at 9:00 AM I love crepe myrtles, and this poem saluting them. Well wishes, James. Lin Lane November 8, 2015 at 10:44 AM Oh yes. I used to have the dark fuchsia colored trees, Your description of them looking like their dressed in chiffon is perfect. And the smooth trunks do look like they're naked, waiting to be dressed in chiffon again. James Inman November 8, 2015 at 10:39 AM Thanks Lin, have you ever watched the flowers being picked up by the wind and swirled around, dancing in the light? Beautiful!

Constance La France November 8, 2015 at 8:29 AM James, oh so beautifully penned, a dripping 7 James Inman November 8, 2015 at 10:37 AM Thank you BW

Jan Allison November 7, 2015 at 5:44 PM such wonderful imagery James this is very beautiful:-) hugs Jan xx James Inman November 7, 2015 at 8:00 PM Thank you sweet Jan.