A girl returned to school--still not quite well.
A classmate queried, "What's been wrong with you?"
She was so timid but at last could tell
the boy "Pleurosis." He exclaimed, "That's new.
I've never heard of roses that are blue!"
pleurosis--more commonly termed pleurisy, an inflammation of the lungs
The "blue rose" does not exist in nature; it is a rare hybrid. Not even through
genetic engineering are scientists able to produce a truly blue rose.
In the Tennessee Williams play, The Glass Menagerie, Laura said she had
pleurosis. Jim thought she said "Blue roses."
July 2, 2017, entered in Kim's (Kim Rodrigues) Color Splash Contest
Categories:
tennessee williams, color, rose, symbolism,
Form: Quintain (English)
1. Find My Way
I'm going to find
my jagged shard way
back to you,
cut through the muck
of television life,
burn through
all the weeds,
just to see you again,
cross an ocean
in an old Rabbit
just to be at your door
on time.
2. Unthinking
I don't want hollow
eyes, which is why I read
even while everyone else
is pushing back drinks.
I sit here and bury myself
in Faulkner, Tennessee Williams,
whoever I can,
to find a true soul
in the dull evening.
3. More Than Another
She wants to know
if I love her more than another.
There are no others.
Don't get me wrong.
There used to be. An endless
string of others. Tall, skinny,
short, round, blonde, awful,
beautiful, kind, rude.
Of course, they were all
in my mind, so what is
the matter in the end.
Categories:
tennessee williams, art,
Form: Free verse