Glinting Poems

The Note in Your Shoes

...The wedding venue burnt without flame
the moment we stepped in.
You and I, hand in hand, step by step—
we laughed till our facials started aching,
we danced until the floor grew tired...

What a Pair?

...Tucked away glinting thoughts 
like seeds beneath the bark 
of half-remembered dreams 
that echo autumn’s needs
     tend to duck. 
     Pluck them out
     under muck
     stuck well fast—
 ...

Along the Sea Shore

...They walked barefoot on the wet sand.
The hot sun had dipped beyond the horizon.
The brine and fresh air intertwined,
How pleasant to walk hand in hand!

Occasionally she would stoop, 
Her wedd...

Wily Whispers Before Waking

...
I recall thinking of the response,
when you murmured asleep in the night,
the bubble whirls, set to collapse,
where words shimmer with resonance.

Like a rolling, flip-roll calendar on desk,
...

I Am Peridot

...I am yellow-green! Peridot the color of self-esteem
Protective against life’s rife that may stream 
I come from the earth’s rich interiors ore, 
xenolith layers that make up its inner core
Purify...

meadows

...Your flowering wet meadows
reflected, wonder glinting in green eyes,
stumbling arms wrapped in
gentle padows,
tender individual silky drying strands,
elevate every blissful kiss of hair
fin...

Lost Love

...(Note: taken from a diary of a young lady)
 
In memoriam of Jose` Maria
aged twenty, drowned.
 
I lounge on an uneven stone
under the uneasy shade 
of an ancient carob tree,
away from the hot...

The River Remembers Nothing

...
I am a river,
surging, never still,
never bound,
within walls, 
I’ve never had,
nor cherished, nor craved.

You ask me to remember —
but where would
such memories be 
forged or stored in ...

A Lonesome Catharsis

...He never questioned the weight behind his eyes until the day he finally woke up. For as long as he could remember, the mud had been a part of him. A thick, caked crust beneath his skin that h...

A Tress of Hair

...Cocoon of late afternoon, amber-shuttered,
the day on hold for each secret moment
in sweet suffocating gold, trembling to touch

the sensual warmth of its coiling comet;
to let it travel, let it...

In the Green Garden

...In the green garden there's a young lady 

She runs her slender fingers across the fresh lilies' 

The suns soft light licking tenderly at her alabaster skin 

Her flower dress flowing down her...

Under the Ocean

...Swimming under the surface of the Pacific
Past the border of the ocean
Where the two meet, brown and blue.
Met by tiny swimming jewels here,
Living within the tall crystals,
The ecosystem of cry...

Hidden Depths

...

  .         gulls glide, their grey wings glinting
 .   .      in the glow of the f a d i n g  s u n. 
                                     below, the sea stirs
     .                     ...

The Sad Siren Song

...She wore necklaces of coral,
strings of pearls embracing her body,
glinting back at the broken sunlight
scattered across the sea floor. 
Her glassy eyes gazed up,
somewhat worried, somewhat mour...

Serendipity's Gentle Shake

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Written: April 18, 2025, for Contest Sponsored by Brian Strand

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 . .  .  here comes the m o o n
taking shape as a girl
her golden skin, aglow
peering throu...

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