sticky, sultry evenings of late summer droplets of sweat mingling in body crevices an open door offering no relief as the air hung heavy from weighted clouds the only sound, that of whirring fans and the serenading of cicadas as they make love before singing themselves to death Copyright © 2023 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Lillian is hosting Open Link Night at D'Verse Poets
Oh you sweet little thing I see you so seldom You are neither the workhorse Nor a common or garden variety Instead you are petite Delicate and sweet You are pretty to see and are incapable of bringing tears to my eyes When i need something special I look for you to accompany me and grace my glass with your delectable presence My sweet pearl onion Copyright © 2023 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved We have a guest host at D'Verse tonight, Melissa Lemay from the blog of the same name. She is a fellow poet from Lancaster County, PA. She has prompted us tonight with the word Onion. There have been many poems written about onions, but there is one in particular I know better than others. It is Ode to the Onion by Pablo Neruda. I love his poetry and how he views the onion. I used it as inspiration for my poem, Sweet Pearl.
Nonchalant girl hair twirling around fingers Twitching like a fly swat A mustache held in place Under nose With pouted lips She rolled hair in little buds Tightly across her crown Onlookers amused Boredom leaves and hair is now the texture of candied peel Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Mish is hosting Monday Quadrille at D'Verse Poets. Our prompt tonight is 'Candy' however we would like to use it. A quadrille is a poem of exactly 44 words excluding the title.
Gentle waves lap the shore in late afternoon sunshine Seagulls squabble in sand squawking displeasure A chocolate dog patient, disciplined sits quietly by her owner Paying the noisy birds no attention Concentrating on the water’s movement Her summer playground is reflecting the sun’s orange glow Waiting for the signal she knows will come And it does, right on cue One word is all that is needed and sheer joy explodes in showers of salty spray Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Merril is hosting D'Verse Poets tonight and has asked us to write a summer ekphrastic poem using one of the paintings she chose as our inspiration. I chose the one by Peder Severin Krøyer, Summer Evening at Skagen. The Artist’s Wife and Dog by the Shore
Eyes, the windows to the soul Pools of turquoise sea I swim in calming waters sometimes drifting in delightful fantasy They could look at me lovingly or pierce with pain from anger Cry a river of tears or close in sleep of contentment I imagine them with X-ray vision Looking straight into my heart Knowing what made it beat so fast Seeing into my mind, reading my thoughts Eyes cast on new life for the first time Celebrating moments of joy with human camera lens capturing memories never to be forgotten Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Word Prompts Eyes (Body Part) - Stream of Consciousness Celebrate - RDP X-Ray - FOWC Forgetful - Word of the Day
In the summertime when days are long and the heat lingers into the night Memories are made and captured like fireflies in a jar Fascinating, full of wonder Replaying moments over and over and holding on tight so not one may escape Until that bittersweet moment when you must release and set them free Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Lillian is hosting D’Verse Poets tonight and has Sent us back in time. She asked us to find a song that was a hit on our birthday at any time in the past. We used a website called http://mybirthdayhits.com/ It was a fun thing to look up. On one of my birthdays, the song “In the Summertime” by Mungo Jerry was #1 for seven weeks. Whenever I hear it I immediately smile. It brings back many memories for me. I have included it below. I hope you enjoy too. Word prompts Escape - RDP Bittersweet - Word if the Day
Dance with me Under the moonlit sky Hold me tightly while we spin in circles and my heart flies high Dance with me under the moonlit sky Around and around your arms hold me as you gaze in my eyes Dance with me under the moonlit sky free in motion like a flowing tide of teardrops to cry Dance with me under the moonlit sky The essence of night lingers in this moment making me sigh Dance with me under the moonlit sky The music must go on for I am not ready to say goodbye Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Bjorn is hosting D'Verse Poets tonight and has prompted us with The Waltz and is looking for a light-hearted rhythm of the words.
He is still talking ... I listened intently for as long as I could but felt my mind wandering to a faraway place where all I could hear was the gentle lapping of waves against a sandy shores A warm breeze rustled the sea grasses as I studied my toes buried deep in the cool soft powdered beach I watched sandpipers toying with the water Running out and running in, never to get wet I picked up treasure of bleached-out shells Waiting in their emptiness to be collected and transported elsewhere and stored in a box with a lid closed tight Never to see the sun again until needed for a memory check of what once was I followed footprints along the beach Watching the tide reclaim them effortlessly The colors began to change in the late afternoon and there is an orange glow the color of marmalade A seagull shrieks loudly and I am startled from my peaceful sojourn It is then I realize ... He is still talking Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Peter Frank is hosting D'Verse Poets, Meet at the Bar tonight. He has prompted us with 'Circular poetry'. We have the option to write a Pantoum or Villanelle which are circular poems with repetition, or to write a poem showing something coming full circle Photo by Saksham Gangwar on Unsplash
Soft and delicate fragile petals of a sweet pea clinging to its stem fluttering in a summer breeze Butterfly wings and baby’s breath swept together in a glorious collection of pinkness Feminine and pretty in rosy hues of scarlet and crimson with splashes of Tyrian purple Fluttering feathers Plucked plumage all to be treasured by the possessor For these are the simple pleasures that bring happiness Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Laura Bloomsbury is hosting D'Verse Poets tonight and has prompted us with writing about an abstract piece of art. I was inspired by "Small Flies and Other Wings" by Christine Ay Tjoe.
A Painter Without a Brush’ (Gerhard Richter)
Broadway Boogie Woogie (Piet Mondrian))
Convergence (Jackson Pollock)
Movement in Squares (Bridget Riley)
Small Flies and Other Wings (Christine Ay Tjoe,)
Choose ONE title ONLY and write a painterly poem – in other words,
paint us a picture that you imagine fits the title.
Suggestions: Write as artist or observer of an abstract, surrealism or realism. Include texture and colour & engage with the visuals in mood.
OR
Choose ONE of the titles above and simply write an ekphrastic poem. Here are the links to the actual works of art
Gerhard Richter : Piet Mondrian : Jackson Pollock : Bridget Riley : Christine Ay Tjoe
I chose Small Flies and Other Wings (Christine Ay Tjoe,