One more angry word
from nowhere
is another dose of arsenic
poisoning my soul
Living in the constant chaos
Of your existence
I pray for eviction
Freedom from your madness
To write on a clean slate
With different words
Creating a new story
of hope and happiness
The answer is there
in my secret dreams
One day I will find
the courage to fly
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Prompts
Clean Slate - RDP
Answer - FOWC
At the darkest of hours when nothing is left to be taken Stripped bare of dignity Pummeled into dirt The taste still lingering in your mouth even after you have wretched it from your body You dig even deeper than where you have been before Finding those special gifts bestowed on you by all who have beaten you down Resilience and resolve These are the things that lift you from the hell that was your life Your champions and saviors who always know where you are when you need them the most Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Sanaa is hosting D'Verse poets and has asked us to write a panegyric poem in honor of someone or something. I looked within, grateful for my inner strength. Image by adelmo adelmo from Pixabay
A wave of the hand An inspiring conversation An expectant mind Who would lay blame for the Hope carried in a naïve heart Or was it just a figment of imagination Sending you on a path to nowhere? Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Word Prompts Inspire - Stream of Consciousness Wave - RDP Blame - Word of the Day Figment - FOWC
Dancing to your tune I move gingerly A misstep would be unwise causing pain and I’m careful to avoid injury fearing I’ll be your perennial bane Imagining a new movement sequence I pray for music to finally change as I choreograph a new frequence A change of partner giving me free range It seems to me to be a fair exchange Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Laura Bloomsbury is hosting D'Verse Poets - Meet at the Bar tonight and as it is the ninth day of the ninth month she has prompted us with a form that is new to me called the Novelinee. It is a nine line poem with an a,b,a,b,c,d,c,d,d sequence. Image by Layers from Pixabay
I pin my hopes and dreams
on a cork-less board
and watch them fall
empty and unfulfilled
to the floor below
Time after time I wonder,
was there a hiccup
in my biological make up
convincing me to believe
things that will never be?
In my mind’s eye is a vista
of a life of perfection
One I am meant to be living
But it never becomes reality
Patience stretched to snapping
Disillusioned but not beaten
I continue to pin hopes and dreams
wherever they might adhere
Because one day, perhaps
something will eventually stick
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Pin - Stream of Consciousness
Biological - Word of the Day
Vista - RDP
Senryu The demon was stirred and he shot his flames at you Leaving a scarred heart Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Threads of life woven closely Connecting us to others In such beautiful patterns Of rich color and texture At times they’re stretched to breaking Or bound together in strength When a thread comes to an end We cling tightly to our own Or perhaps latch on to others To weave a new design Coordinated creations Connecting colorful strands Hoping it will become strong And remain unknotted The design harmonious in basic simplicity Sometimes it is rough and frayed Or intricate and complex When pulled from its given form It might distort or lose shape It will be what it will be But not for want of trying Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Sanaa is hosting D'Verse Poets tonight and has asked us to look at Korean Poetry, in particular the form called Kasa. It calls for four couplets of seven syllables per line. You can read more about if at the D'verse.com page. This was the first time I attempted this form and I got carried away with the length and ended up with eleven couplets! Oh well. Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay
Would that I might fly the nest south to be a snowbird escaping winter’s cold and bask in sunshine sprinkling her diamonds on crystal waters Where gentle breezes ruffle feathers and I might preen in the warmth of her fire Would that I be free from this frigid prison and flap my wings freely with my flock Shedding my wintry grey garb for colors of the sea and sand and sky Then, when earth is ready to waken Would that I return to for its rebirth Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Sarah is hosting D'Verse Poets and has prompted us with the story of Persephone. My interpretation is that of someone trapped, away from sunlight and a desire to be free from her confines. Poetics: Persephone.
In the world of love I lived in a time of famine Closed to receive Focused only on raising a child In years of wilderness When nothing would grow in barren fields Unfed, undernourished, unwanted Until Stars aligned and the sun kissed the earth Not once, but twice I stared at two suitors Tall, handsome, he must have made a mistake And quirky, funny, we talked until dawn Now I, fed and watered, must choose What is the risk and reward? I will not know Until I do Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Tricia Sankey is guest host tonight at D'Verse Poets and has prompted us with the word Risk. Image by Photocurry from Pixabay
In dreams black lions stare as you gape in wonder Irrational thoughts prevail in your heart But your mind senses a foreboding of what might come It is speaking to you Listen! Bury your head in the sand no longer Step back, step aside Empty the mind of untruths and broken promises collected over time Take off the blinders See the world for what it is Not the one you have chosen to live in Come back from the wilderness “Do or do not, there is no try.” You no longer have to live in a prison of your own making Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Mish is hosting D'Verse Poets tonight and has prompted us with lines from famous movies. From the many she suggested, I chose the following to include in my poem. “Do or do not, there is no try.” – Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, 1980 Image by efes from Pixabay