30 Poems in 30 Days (Redux)

[Angeline]

2-16

Robert Treat, Newark

Yesterday those ghosts at the hotel called for ice and limes for their gin.

 

[Remec]

2-22 An Octameter

Snow falls through the night
amassing into
drifts that cover each
bit of scenery,
pale vistas instead
of Spring greenery,
piling up even
on the machinery.

It is all fleeting,
not meant to last long,
soon Winter’s harsh reach;
winds, snows, and sleeting;
will melt all away,
at last retreating,
each bit seemingly
naught but dreamery.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

1-24

I dreamt I was a flood
that swept across the plain
claiming all before me
each hill and curve, each drain.
Seeking out earth's crevices
no heights were safe from me,
cleaving a new river's path
sweeping to the sea.
With speed and thunder passing
I took you from your bed,
but beauty touched my steely heart
so on a soft beach spread
your naked body, lying still
and gazed upon each nipple,
to rouse your loveliness to life
I gentled to a ripple.

 

[Angeline]

2-17

Godfather of Soul, 1981

Elevator doors open to James. I'm going up, he's getting down.

 

[Remec]

2-23 Groundhog Day

I sometimes get the feeling that someone has been lying to us all.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

1-25 Harrisham Rhyme

What if I could never write
the thoughts upon my mind,
each day would be less bright
however love assigned.
Revel in the chance that might
literally be gold entwined.

 

[Angeline]

2-18

Disappearing Act

All the moose at Moosehead Lake were inconveniently invisible.

 

[Remec]

2-24 Palette

Real artistry would be found in the capture of my migraine's colour.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

1-26

A loved life hanging in the balance; he waits, begs her to fight and weeps.

 

[Remec]

2-25

Selfishness

I
find myself
wishing you were here
just 'cause I can't help needing
you.

 

[Angeline]

2-19

Winter Games

We knock icicles off the car and hurl them into the snow like darts.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

1-27

Don't falter now, hold on, hold on, the end of this torture is in sight!

 

[Angeline]

2-20

Line Dance

We made those moves: snap twice then spin dip and stroll. Music took us in waves.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

1-28

Mistress' boi measures her care for him in deliverance of his smacks.

 

[Remec]

2-26

Beloved
as no one could
ever be in all of
history, that was what I thought
when sitting in the still and quiet night;
but the reflection of every
little thing between us
redefined that
‘beloved’.

 

[Angeline]

2-21

Imagination

He spelled her name in flowers on the hillside and you thought she was dead.

 

[Remec]

2-27 Looking Back

Wondrous are my memories of you, their
symmetry balanced between hot and sweet;
Youthful images of us both forever
laughing at this or that--something new each meet
glossing over the inevitable sorrowful fare,
goodness and joy being a much nicer treat.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

1-29

With a flourish Ringmaster commands we circle the ring forever.

 

[Remec]

2-28 Fallen Arches

burst rainbows rain
their seven-hued
splatter upon the
scenery, invoking
wonder and joy
instead of the
sorrow over having
fallen
down

 

[UnderYourSpell]

1-30 end with a silly Sestina!

Was
this
poem
good
idea?
No!

No
was
idea!
This
good
poem?

Poem?
no
good,
was
this
idea

Idea
poem
this?
No
was
good.

Good
idea
was
poem?
No
this!

This
good?
No
idea!
Poem
was!

Have no idea if this is any good,
but think no one word
per line poem is!

 

[Angeline]

2-22

Byzantium

Take me out of time. Make me deathless. A relic can not know its name

 

[Angeline]

2-23

Cacophony Avoided

He falls off the stage but the baton commands the orchestra to play.

 

[Remec]

2-29 Munchkin Housing Market

A drop in real estate can be much more dangerous than you might think.

 

[Desejo]

Whoops - wrong location! - reposted in the right spot. Sorry.

 

[Angeline]

2-24

Hello

The crowd streams by. We kiss. The universe shrinks to the tip of your tongue