Hard Work It stings, cuts, snipes and slashesPounds the brainTwisting stomachsIn an intricate macramé of knotted concernTakes breath from bodiesBlinds eyesBruises soulsIt expands the heartAnd it also breaks itLoveThe most arduous, gut-wrenchingPiece of workEver!Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton – Poetry for HealingAll Rights ReservedLisa from Tao Talk is hosting Monday Quadrille at D’Verse tonight. TodayContinue reading “Hard Work”
Category Archives: Quadrille
Good Morning – A Quadrille
Good Morning Sleep slinked away like a thief in the night In the wee hours of the morning countless sheep filled a head waiting for dawn to break With it came brightness and clarity A palette of blazing orange with whisps of grey brushing the sky Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton – Poetry for HealingContinue reading “Good Morning – A Quadrille”
D.I.V.O.R.C.E – Poem of the Month – August 2022
D.I.V.O.R.C.E I stare at the paperThe type as blackas my heartBold as my actionsI see my name and your namebut my eyes refuse to go furtherThe rest is a blurred mangleof words and emotionsthat delivered this decreeCopyright © 2022 Christine Bolton – Poetry for HealingAll Rights ReservedDe Jackson is hosting Monday Quadrille at D’Verse PoetsandContinue reading “D.I.V.O.R.C.E – Poem of the Month – August 2022”
Wrap Me In Love – A Quadrille – Poem of the Month – July 2022
Wrap Me In Love Wrap me gently in your arms Care that my sadness brings tears Softly murmur words of comfort To soothe my heart’s greatest fears Play soft music to still my mind Calming body and soul Bring me tea of peppermint This day’s taken its toll Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton – PoetryContinue reading “Wrap Me In Love – A Quadrille – Poem of the Month – July 2022”
Stolen Moments – A Quadrille
Stolen Moments Today I stole precious moments Sitting for half hour Choosing to defy summer heat Longing for sun’s warmth And the scent of summer flowers I browse the book on my lap that tells me to take time and smell the roses … so I did Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton – Poetry forContinue reading “Stolen Moments – A Quadrille”
In Limbo – A Quadrille
In Limbo That longed for moment when sleep comes Taking you from that state of limbo where emotions are tethered and toy with your mind You submissively slip into slumber allowing the heart to finally rest Until dreams come and you wake in a different realm Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton – Poetry for HealingContinue reading “In Limbo – A Quadrille”
Dancing on Paper – A Quadrille
Dancing on Paper Eyes closed, my mind wandersI summon my musewho takes me through fieldsof gold in late summerThoughts come quickly,conjuring the words I needthey spill easily from my mindMy pen pirouettesacross the paperand my poem is bornCopyright © 2022 Christine Bolton – Poetry for HealingAll Rights ReservedDe Jackson is hosting Monday Quadrille at D’VerseContinue reading “Dancing on Paper – A Quadrille”
Refugee – A Quadrille
Refugee Salty tears fill vacant eyesthat have seen too manyatrocities that no childshould ever witnessCrying, followinggrown ups wherever they goSobbing in time withtheir shuffling feetWeighed down by their winter clothesand bundled belongingsGoing anywhere but here Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton – Poetry for HealingAll Rights ReservedBjorn is hosting Monday Quadrille at D’Verse Poets.Tonight he hasContinue reading “Refugee – A Quadrille”
Salt In The Wound – A Quadrille
Salt In The Wound Fool me once as the saying goes shame on you Fool me twice then shame on me What is this force that pulls me to you and I go willingly without resistance Defying sanity When do I stop Sprinkling salt in my own wounds? Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton – PoetryContinue reading “Salt In The Wound – A Quadrille”
An Amuse Bouche
An Amuse Bouche Come flirt with me So we might spread Our wings and fly To exotic places calling Come and kiss me gently Your lips I want to taste An amuse bouche To tease me playfully and whet my appetite for what is yet to come Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton – Poetry forContinue reading “An Amuse Bouche”
Poetry For Healing 