Wastrel Summer

The cloying sangria
of freesias
invades the screen.
Amber bees whine
in wastrel air
like breezeless fans.
My shirt 
is porcelain skin.
I dangle one metronome leg
off the arm
of a wicker chair
on the porch
as icebox rivulets
trickle down my sides.
In a far corner
dead flowers 
curl
in a glass vase.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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Gauthier Avatar
May 19, 2018 at 9:42 PM
Congrats on your top win with this beauty. I particularly love the perfectly described imagery in your lines "I dangle one metronome leg off the arm of a wicker chair"
Cozart Avatar
May 20, 2018 at 7:44 AM
Thanks as always, Line.
George   Avatar
May 19, 2018 at 2:48 PM
I agree with Susan. Many congrats on your win, Dale. Elaine
Cozart Avatar
May 19, 2018 at 2:50 PM
Thank you, Elaine.
Gentry Avatar
May 19, 2018 at 9:34 AM
Congratulations on your win. Well done
Cozart Avatar
May 19, 2018 at 2:50 PM
Thanks, Susan.
Ashley Avatar
May 18, 2018 at 10:40 AM
Metaphorically beautiful and intensely vibrant, Dale. Congratulations on your excellent win! Warmest wishes ~Susan
Cozart Avatar
May 18, 2018 at 10:49 AM
Thank you, Susan.
Gentile Avatar
May 17, 2018 at 9:36 AM
Dale, I agree, You have portrayed the scene so well, I can really feel it. Great poem !!!
Cozart Avatar
May 17, 2018 at 9:43 AM
Thanks a lot, Mike!
Pandit Avatar
May 16, 2018 at 3:57 PM
Insightful in every way to imagine cloying sangria and bees whining in wastrel air. A special eye to observe bees as breeze-less fans and dead flowers curling! Precious words in your poem Dale.
Cozart Avatar
May 16, 2018 at 4:11 PM
Thank, Vijay. Good to hear from you.
Allison Avatar
May 16, 2018 at 3:50 PM
what intense descriptive imagery Dale!!! I adore the line about the metronome leg - i can picture that so vividly! Adding this gem to my faves:-) hugs jan xx
Cozart Avatar
May 16, 2018 at 4:10 PM
Thanks so much, Jan!
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