I want to go to Virginia
With a girl named Virginia.
Feel the sullen breeze cross my face,
Surf over the knobby contour of my nose,
Then whiz past my ear as I hold Virginia close.
Her honeysuckle shampoo
Permeating my brain.
Both sets of our eyes gaze riverward,
Wondering if the dream had started
Or is this the magical reality
We forever wished for.
With my phaser on stun clipped at my side
We kept on along the water’s edge
Hand-in-hand. Our skin dry, warm,
And glowing, with our heads full of
Miracles and our hearts
In serene syncopation.
Categories:
riverward, america, art, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
A Piece Of Yesterday
Petrichor calls, I'll savor lungfuls.
I'll not today, only wallow in nostalgia;
usual lone figure in dark overcoat,
homeward from a maddening boss,
humming to the rhythm of my steps.
Listen to the musicality of the drops
on my large rainbow-hued umbrella,
and watch transitory tributaries flow riverward.
I will, in a worship-gaze at the sky,
eyes shut,
relish darts of wet impingement
sating my thirst with cool blessings.
Luxuriate in air stripped clean of dust,
watch rivulets run down cocoyam leaves,
run, jump into puddles and make splashes,
reveling in the unity of sweat, mud and rain,
as with my kids; in their colorful raincoats,
and my dog, I relive a piece of yesterday!
22/09/18
Written for "A Rainy Day" Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Sara Kendrick
Inspiration: Photos 2
Categories:
riverward, fun, imagery, nature, rain,
Form: Carpe Diem
riverward
together the way clear
tread lightly
sensing fragility
perfection subject to disruption
we guardians
reverence in being
in being then
you said you would die
i said i would too
it would take some time
you said you could try that
the guardians are gone and reverence
we're still here
each alone
with each other
Categories:
riverward, life, time,
Form: Free verse