Listening to the Blues
Slouched almost supine
Next to special person,
Her hand clasped in mine:
Mississippi picking,
Bottle neck used as a slide
St James Infirmary playing,
End of a long Blues ride.
Now a mouth harp break
Exhilaratingly raw,
Finger picking guitar
Carrying the music before.
House rent music that
Spread the world around.
Borrowed, refined, adapted
Into a multitude of sounds.
Music to relax to that
Seeps slowly, and with style,
Down into the soul
Satisfying all the while.
Voices of gravel,
Voices that moan and wail
But voices of power to tell
Some of life's varied tales.
At times when I'm stressed,
Or at times of despair,
At times of great joy
The Blues are always there.
I first listened as a child,
A period so long gone,
But still my favored listen
As my life speeds along.
Now almost in my dotage,
Slouched almost supine,
Still listening to the Blues with
A very special friend of mine.
Categories:
exhilaratingly, feelings, memory, music,
Form: Rhyme
When we first met,
You danced into my heart.
It was beyond astonishing,
Right from the start.
It was more than just physical,
It was a life-changing experience,
Your captivating uniqueness,
Was so exhilaratingly mysterious.
Categories:
exhilaratingly, beautiful,
Form: Light Verse
The Sieve of Time
Cast ashore,
along the banks of time,
whirling through the passing years,
clinging to my futile scribbles set in rhyme,
Cast ashore,
thrust into an unrehearsed pantomime,
clenching slivers of joy as weariness descends,
lulled into a peaceful slumber exhilaratingly sublime.
Cast ashore,
hazily adrift, a dandelion seed on the wings of time,
trapped in the sieve of spiralling memories,
caught between pristine bliss, and reeking slime.
Cast ashore,
flung aside for no discernible crime,
my human heart thuds with elusive hope,
though battered, bruised, and covered in grime,
I stagger ashore,
alone,
embracing each moment of detached, oblivious time.
Categories:
exhilaratingly, allegory, angst, beach, beautiful,
Form: I do not know?
Quests
Exhilaratingly escapades
Excitingly pursuing serendipity.
Elevating, stimulating, invigorating, elating,
Adventures
© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
February 22, 2010
Poetic form: Cinquain
Categories:
exhilaratingly, adventure
Form: Cinquain
strange relief, since she left,
he had been feeling so right,
though down and out, yet so
exhilaratingly high and light,
so unexplainably much better
though beaten and battered,
his self-respect stood strong
where it ultimately mattered.
Categories:
exhilaratingly, people, philosophy, social,
Form: Rhyme