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New Chapter After Disaster

Moonlight hitchhikes on green pines Slipping away like maroon mind Melancholy music rides breeze I find Comfort and peace in warm red wine Escape in a bottle isn’t the worst crime Running full throttle from dilemma time No longer on top not in my peach prime Want it to stop this inner indigo whine I failed and wail wildly in pantomime Tell the tale smiling fallen star still shines Hear them talking judgement like sour lime Despite squawking new day new grace will chime Turning the page on the drama of wintertime Looking forward to redemption in green vines Not dead yet despite my fret I will be fine Know how to grow be bold and draw new lines

Copyright © | Year Posted 2025




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Date: 2/25/2025 8:14:00 AM
Hi Karen. I relate so easily to "drawing new lines." I don't think my parents even knew the word 'Boundaries'. So, like yourself, later in life I had to learn this lesson alone. I enjoyed your poem. Hugs, Catie
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Karen Jones
Date: 2/25/2025 11:10:00 AM
Cathie so glad you persevered. Thanks for liking my poem. Hugs
Date: 2/24/2025 4:44:00 PM
Awesome monorhyme, Karen, as you tell your story of endurance through hard times. Enjoyed this one! :)
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Karen Jones
Date: 2/24/2025 4:52:00 PM
Appreciate you reading Laura!
Date: 2/23/2025 8:03:00 PM
This is the kind of 'going green' that we can be all in on!! Here's to Spring. ~ Gershon
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Karen Jones
Date: 2/23/2025 9:43:00 PM
To Spring! Hugs Gershon!
Date: 2/23/2025 2:16:00 PM
I have not read you for awhile. Nice to read you again dear lovely Karen :-) Have a nice day ~ AA
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Karen Jones
Date: 2/23/2025 2:55:00 PM
So appreciate your support Abdullah! Thank you!
Date: 2/23/2025 12:09:00 PM
Your poem fixes my attention on the decision to better life, now that winter's gone. We wait for time to move on so that we can move with it. I love the concept you've written. Good luck with the contest.
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Karen Jones
Date: 2/23/2025 12:22:00 PM
Thank you Hilda. I don’t usually do well in contests lol as the other poets are so gifted. But I feel entering inspires my growth! This one is not for contest by the way.
Date: 2/23/2025 11:47:00 AM
Ps. I love your new contest theme
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Karen Jones
Date: 2/23/2025 11:58:00 AM
I appreciate that Andrea! It’s a standard contest and I’m hoping for many entrees! Hugs
Date: 2/23/2025 11:01:00 AM
I love your imagery in this one, Karen. Loved that line about escape in the bottle.
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Karen Jones
Date: 2/23/2025 11:38:00 AM
Thanks Andrea!

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