Waiting at the window
In the upper floor red brick
Through glaze oxidized opaquely
With grime that has grown thick
From eary day she
arrives at post
The arc begun at easternmost
She watches the light progress
At noon she dines a simple meal
that to her holds no real appeal
Around she moves it on her plate
And soon is quite the mess
Throughout her vigil ever she crept
This guardianess
Who seldom slept
Yet dreams of his return a dream to her heart she's kept
Categories:
opaquely, missing you,
Form: Rhyme
When I was just a little lad
My sister and I would look over
The back of the sofa at the window
Opaquely covered with icy frost
Charming patterns of crystal flakes
Stars in all sizes and shapes.
We learned we could change
Designs by blowing our warm breath
And sometimes we could make
Our own patterns with a finger
Pressed firmly to the glass
Sometimes, with effort, we could
Write on the pane, a note
Decorated by nature’s splendor.
As the day warmed, of course
The charming patterns along
With our creations disappeared
And we wondered where they went
Because we were too young
To understand thermal dynamics.
Edited October 21, 2021
Categories:
opaquely, fun, winter,
Form: Free verse
Moon is still behind glum clouds
Sullen is the garb of a silent sky
So much like how he feels tonight
Anxious in the night laden in dark
Stars are opaquely hanging listless
Like the glimmer of her grieved vibes
Dimming in saddened teary eyes
Refusing to proffer a happy smile
A chatter heard from birds’ nest
Breaks their muffled silence
Quivering pulse of anguished feelings
Rattling summer’s lavender dreams
Drifting away in coral winds
From fragrant garden’s ruby appeal
A lone bird now leaves its abode
And sits close by, staring at him
Ambivalent of travails it heard
Unsure to yield, unwilling to leave
Bawl of strife’s persistent despair
Slowly fades in decaying night
As moon is starting to pierce dark,
So are the twinkles of distant stars
Waning in purple of rising dawn
Glinting on blush of the tinted arc
Seeing the lone bird sprinting above
Spanning wings in blazing speed
Fleeing emptiness of vacant scene
Much like him… way ahead of him
July 12, 2020
July Na Or Hm Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Constance La France
Hm received in contest judged on 7/14/2020
Contest Name: Completely New (9) Any Form Any Theme
Categories:
opaquely, anxiety, break up,
Form: Free verse
The wind, careless in its airy freedom,
Feverishly furrows the prairie grass.
With a cry like a lost spirit, it winds
And wails through leafless trees and toothless fence
To vent its eager force upon the boards
Of a lonely, weather-beaten farmhouse.
Afternoon sun shines ashen and mottled,
In slim slanting shafts, through a smoky pane,
Opaquely painting a penumbral room.
Dust motes dance before an empty stone hearth.
A man, like a silent sentinel, sits
Dreamless, and loveless, between the bare walls.
Wearily wringing his wrinkled thin hands,
He sloughs his solitary years away,
Staring sleeplike out an open screen door
Where stands a windmill, in still-life, framed.
Tumbleweeds pile against the west house wall;
And a plough lies broken in drifted sand.
Categories:
opaquely, death, depression, dream, life,
Form: Free verse
Smoky Dreams ‘Neath Rainbow Rings
Oh, you are so cool,
opaquely bright,
clear prism shattering
true light
And you
red glowing sweat
condensed containment
flaming tears
Draw near to me
let me consume
your crystallized
angelic plume
I dare not
lest I extinguish
the molten core
of lava’s anguish
You fall into
a silent night
You rise upon
a roaring light
our lives
but aimless
wanderings
smoky dreams
‘neath
rainbow rings
©12/30/2017
submitted to STUNNED - Poetry Contest
Categories:
opaquely, fire, snow,
Form: Personification
As the bitter, piercing cold flees north, as the opaquely white snow makes an elaborate stratagem, a tortuous plan to revitalize next year, the viridescent grass begins to flourish and prosper, bringing an end to the biting winter. The juniper green leaves on trees begin to reinstall on the once dismal branches and the hibernating ophidians start to abandon their balmy, sheltered dens, and immerse themselves in the Sun's ultraviolet radiation and rejuvenating heat. The chirpy, sprightly birds perch themselves on the limbs of trees and ebulliently carol together and rejoice, for wintertime has vacated and the Sun has emerged from the billows of clouds. The cunning squirrels depart from their shelter, burdened with acorns. They scamper down the bark of trees and gleefully frolic and play in the grassy taigas of Siberia. The ravishing daisies begin to blossom, flaunting with their milky white petals and canary yellow pollen. As these plants and animals benefit from their transfiguring environment, gaiety and jollity radiates, for the somber subdued season has dematerialized and withdrawn from this ever-changing landscape.
Categories:
opaquely, spring,
Form: I do not know?
Plagued ebony tongue of evil spores;
Invitro beings with polluted cores.
Soul's lab of hope in dreamer's test tube;
A puzzle solver's Rubik cube.
Spirit smashed in life's dress rehearsal;
Faith inside psychology's Reversal.
Wounding truth upon lips spoken;
within a heart, opaquely, broken.
Felt and touched through words' real life;
The hidden angst of heart in strife.
Emotions conflict in mind's sweet shop;
Laned childhood memoirs' spinning top.
Down yester's avenue are audible taunts;
The not so abandoned ruin, haunts.
Chemical bodies infect and deceive;
Equation's encouragement to bravely believe.
Fears overboard in blood stream's boat;
Sailed backbone ventures' antidote.
© March 2013
Categories:
opaquely, break up, childhood, emotions,
Form: Couplet
My car was parked beneath a tree,
More gingkoish than oaken;
I never noticed birds a’perched,
Yet each one left a token.
The windshield was opaquely masked;
The roof and sides were splattered.
They missed the turned-in mirror,
Though that hardly even mattered.
You really had to give them props;
They surely were effective
In doing such a thorough job –
I held off my invective.
We call somebody bird-brain
When we denigrate their smarts,
But mischief made of droppings
Proves their humor’s off the charts!
Categories:
opaquely, animal, urban,
Form: Rhyme
Warmth radiates the room,
As sweat beads tap the surface.
Moisture stains the window,
From the ardent steam of love.
Vapors fog the glass,
With love’s sweet condensation.
While fingers streak their trace,
Slowly slipping their grip away.
As the impervious window,
Blushes in complete obscurity.
Opaquely hiding love’s surrender,
While revealing...honest true love.
Categories:
opaquely, love
Form: Free verse
Blank images of times gone by
invisibly reflecting opaquely within.
Expecting a response, but none given.
Empty pages turned, why?
Nothing said. Nothing read.
Like an extinguished light
Or the flip of a switch
In total darkness, like at night.
Years, as life, slip away
Unable to locate any fond memories
Searching within, still nothing to say.
Categories:
opaquely, angst, depression, loss,
Form: Rhyme