Husband hurts dear wife
midst her great presence
while swooned by dame’s looks…
Displeasure reveals
angst of wounded heart
when temptation* wins.
*1Corinthians 10:13 ... God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
March 28, 2021
2nd place, "Tableau 2" Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Joseph May; judged on 3/31/2021.
middle of winter
astringent environment~
wolf howls displeasure
The garden lies dormant all winter, dreaming wet dreams, visualizing March and April's growth, keeping the perennials close to her chest, warming their bulbs.
Anticipating the new annuals the gardener will bring to her. Geraniums, lilies and tulips, only a few of her favorite. Smiles in her slumber as she thinks of the lilacs and daffodils who will lead the way to spring.
gardens displeasure
her geranium madness
alarming lilies
gardens redundant
dependent and cyclical
glowing in springtime
And the sky brightened and the moon sang songs.
The mood setting fraught with many more wrongs.
Anne wore dark sunglasses.
Music’s like molasses.
The full moon kept her up all night long.
3/2/2018
Come talk to me and say something,
Do not be angry with us.
Love is a moment, look at the four blissful ones,
You fill us today, love us,oh my dear,
Now you are my talk.
Hate whatsoever you do me,
In the same way I am in love with you,
Understand me make me talk you love too,
Fill in life joy of happiness.
Come talk to me and say something,
Do not be angry with us,
Just like the days of the old Pharisees,
they who accused Jesus of heresies;
She points with self-righteous indignation,
yet herself, is the naked temptation.
Miss High and Mighty, thinks she’s always right,
makes computations with limited light.
Monochromatic malicious mindset,
jealous of someone, she aims to upset.
You poke and pry, think I’d quietly die,
go stick with your tribe but don’t multiply.
I have been patient, been lax but not blind;
I'm rarely this mad, enough with your kind.
Think twice before you start breaking my bone;
“Let him who is blameless, cast the first stone.”
28 October 2015
Mad as a Hornet Contest
Sponsor: John Lawless