POETRY by poetjpb
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Monday, January 26, 2004Do you long to be free ? Read a 3 second poem from poetjpb >>MOONLIGHT SONATA Moonlight falls on the lake like fingers trembling the strings of a harp. Oh, yellow moon, I long to be free of these bounds. (c)2004 jpbrown Sign in to see full entry.Saturday, January 24, 2004a very short poem, #21... from poetjpb >>> just pause a moment and read >HAPPINESS Dandelions stand upright in the midst of many that fell under the feet of dancing children. (c) 2004 jpbrown poetjpb Sign in to see full entry.Friday, January 23, 2004# 19 and # 20 Wet grit oozes between my toes >>> READ & COMMENT!RAIN I lift my face to the sky, and let it pour its blessings down on me. 20 OCEAN PLAY Wet grit oozes between my toes; Foamy green water spits at my feet laughing. (c)2004 jpbrown p oetjpb please comment>>>>>>> Also check out my Column About Nothing!!! Sign in to see full entry.Wednesday, January 21, 2004>>> muscles aching, but soul intact >>> I stoop, snip....from poetjpb >>>GATHERING HERBS An oversized aluminum bowl cradled at my side, I bent over and gently snipped oregano, peppermint and chamomile, carefully layering them as I clipped. Fragile bouquets gently layered, lingered with fragrance like memories of our friendship. Chamomile, like acrid miniature white... Sign in to see full entry.Tuesday, January 20, 2004...cracks the desert floor, parching my thirsting lips>>> let us revel in>AUTUMN DANCE A bit of Autumn is wafting through my open window this morning; a welcome relief from the scorch of the searing summer sun that cracks the desert floor, parching my thirsting lips. The branches of young trees gently sway, reluctant to let go of summer green. Fading greens accede to... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, January 19, 2004#14 and 15 >>> reaching like a claw to green shivering exuberance>>>AN ODE TO KEATS Spring wafts through my hair as I bow to earth struggling with her wily weeds. In my garden I seed, feed, water, and fend. Encrusted bulbs planted naked with paper shoulders exposed, gnaw through black soil, reaching like a claw to green shivering exuberance. Silk blossoms erupt like... Sign in to see full entry.Sunday, January 18, 2004Poem # 13ORIGAMI BUTTERFLY flit frail traveler angel kiss flip of an eyelash on a rice paper wing RAUCOUS MIRACLE ~ Hush to the power and wonder of God's love and majesty in nature. "The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth his handiwork." Psalm 19:1 KJV (c)2003 jpbrown Sign in to see full entry.Friday, January 16, 2004POEM #12...Silent ghosts ride on backs of white tigers>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>NO NAME WOMAN Brave Orchid, Moon Orchid; where is your village? Draw up water from the putrid well filled with a mother's welting tears. The baby girl lie's fallow at the bottom, her body bound tight like the feet of her mother like garbage rotting neatly wrapped in pink silk. Brave Orchid, Moon... Sign in to see full entry.Thursday, January 15, 2004POEMS #10 AND 11 (2 LITTLE POEMS) ...whirling, twirling carousel >>>MERRY-GO-ROUND The world rushes on and on, a whirling, twirling carousel that sends you reeling to the ground as easily as it carries you round and round. LIFE Up, down, high and low yin, yang, yes and no embrace the good, accept the bad sometimes happy, sometimes sad act a little crazy bend low to... Sign in to see full entry.Wednesday, January 14, 2004POEM # 9, ONLY 75 TO GO >>> HAVEN'T WE ALL FELT INVISIBLE???A RED DELICIOUS Stooping to pick a Red Delicious from the pile, the apples topple, and an old man wags his finger toward me. Obligated to buy the whole barrel, I cart dimpled cargo sheepishly past the oranges and bananas, hungering to be invisible. (C) 2003 JPBROWN BOOK of POETRY, a page a day... Sign in to see full entry. |