30 Poems in 30 Days (Redux)

[cascadiabound]

Aprilyn 2:20

Reupholstery

Red couch, sage couch, pattern or texture
Nubbed fabric samples strewn and stacked
Squint and study
Fingers rub each sample
Testing the theory
of weight and weft
rusty red tone on tone
enfolds and warms
hearth and home

 

[Mrtenant]

1-20

Join me dearest
On the front porch tonight
With the new periwinkle paint
On the even floorboards
I put the houseplants out
Feel the light carpet 'neath your toes
Sipping scotch on the rocks
Jameson, drink deep, my love
The cigar end glows bright
Fine tobacco leaf is in the air
And the sun sets once again
Its palette paints the sky
Now twilight fast approaching
Another day is done
Go with me into the night
A shooting star by moonrise
And the owl glides past
In search of prey
One broad hand
In the small of your back
The door creaks shut
On the mysteries within
I see the desire in your eyes
Share with me darling
The night has just begun

 

[cascadiabound]

Aprilyn 2: 21

Summer breezes in May portend a hot summer and wildfire danger.

 

[Lyricalli]

4-17

Decision made
you're moving on
until she cries the right tears
pulls tight your strings
lures you back with little lies
she may believe
so you save her drowning heart
by suffocating your own

 

[Mrtenant]

1-21

Running through the hedge
A tunnel of tall greenery
Filled with the songs of nature
Crickets and birdsong surrounds
Bursting out the far end
Into the fresh air and sunlight
Over the old wooden gate
Into the field of long grass
A field that rises and falls
Rolling low fields stretching far away
Shreds and wisps of fog throughout
Setting my teeth opening my stride
Running, running running
One, two, three over and over
Running hard running fast
Through the trees once in the distance
Over the stones, through the running water
Startling the minnows a diving turtle
Running more though the noontide
To the old dirt road never used
Overgrown with weeds and grasd
A small flock of mourning dove takes flight
Their startled cries fade into the distance
Running through the cramps
Rumning through the heat
Shortness of breath
Steady, paced, rhythm
The songs of life in my ears
Sweat pouring down my neck
Soaking my shirt, mouth dry
Running to the sunset
The the horizon shrinks
The sun turns orange and descends
Running and exhausted
Running still into the night
A campfire lights up ahead
I am close so close
Running

 

[Lyricalli]

4-18

Not a simple task
to let you go
enough
to let you back in

I'd to it all again
understanding the uncertainties
of time
what it meant
the gift it was
the challenge it is

We don't have an end
I won't try to write one

I'm running out of time
to post today, anyway

 

[Mrtenant]

1-22

She said of me once
"Oh momma,
how he hung the moon"
She would marvel at my kindness
My strength
Courage
Love
She would come to me daily
For its promise
Its proof
Once hung on my every word
Laughed at every joke
Lived with me in hope
For a future together
Young
Eager to live
My girlfriend
Best friend
Partner
Fantasy
My wife
The mother of my children
And so much more
Those were good days

 

[cascadiabound]

aprilyn 2:22

Vintage ombre fabric
A gorgeous wine red
Now draped on my dress form
The beginnings of a short gown

Vintage footlocker
Only one owner
Sturdy divided tray
And a detailed
Diagram of clothing
Organization

Betwixt and between the waters
On this summer day in May
We gather at the sushi bar
All you can eat...
Is not very much for me

Cultures clash as I move through the glass
Future * past * now.

Hold me close luv
I'm spinning into the night
No anchor but you
Hold me close luv
As I fall asleep
The moon a slim cup in the sky.

 

[cascadiabound]

Aprilyn 2:23

My lover, the poet, tells tales, weaves words
Yielding bounteous verse, deluges of lyric metaphor

Languid, his words brush my lips
Odes compel me to attend him
Verily, I am spell bound and
Entranced by rhythm and rhyme
Running through my imagination

Tender couplets detail the ways
He now loves me more dearly
Each line bids me hither, blushing

Precious are his exclamations
Opium to heart and soul
Each poem reveals his desire
Teaching the pathways to love

 

[Lyricalli]

4-19

I remember the arguments
playful though they were
about who would tire of whom
which would walk, or run, away

And I almost let myself believe
when you said it had to be me

Wish you'd made it the one
I'd have been happy to lose

 

[Mrtenant]

1-23

Yesterday I saw her face
Beaming smile and flashing eyes
Twin nebulas that reveal her soul
Of course she blushed
When I proclaimed in wonder
"There you are" like a dream
Entering into eternity
With love and war
Passion and release
Tenderness and flame
That she would write for me
Sing of time and desire
How deep do we dare
With kisses and adventure
Tasting of forbidden pleasures
Reaching heights of ecstasy
Known only in my darkest dreams
Come to me in this life
I'll not see her like again

 

[cascadiabound]

Aprilyn 2: 24

Mother's day weekend. Not enough volunteers to wash the mailboxes.

 

[Mrtenant]

1-24

Eventually
Happened to us yesterday
There's no tomorrow​

 

[Lyricalli]

4-20

We hover now
in some strange limbo
where we know each other
by heart
though not as we are
with our new scars
from unshared wounds
stories untold
unseen ways that time molds
a life advancing onward

I miss those things
with you just out of reach
leaning towards the sound of your voice
as it comforts
and stings
still echoing bone-deep
where everything we are
has been etched by fire

In the long silences
even knowing that one will be endless
someday
there are those moments
of memory
of reconnection
when my heart still beats your name
and I know I'm not alone

 

[Lyricalli]

4-21

Holly

Sweet notes sing from her violin, her heart floats through the air as music.

 

[cascadiabound]

Aprilyn 2: 25

Some way, some how
I have loved you for a thousand years
Time and space folds around us
Each breath, every moment
Brought us closer step by step
Until nothing could keep us apart
Time stands still as the moon rises
Darling, just know somehow
I have loved you for a thousand years
Every heartbeat since the beginning of time
Thrummed insistently ‘til you found me
Making our souls together free
Dancing in the dark
Starlight sprinkling magic
Arm in arm I always knew
I would find you waiting patiently
Your heart open and ready for me
Love steady in twin nebula
Shows I have loved you for a thousand years
Time stands still in your arms
Fears dispelled as you stand before me
Darling, there is no reason to hesitate
I have loved you for a thousand years
I’ll love you for a thousand more

 

[Mrtenant]

1-25

Sandra was her name
She was, no, is, my mother
Maybe she knows still

 

[Lyricalli]

4-22

My entry into the Long-Distance Dedication thread is also today's 30/30:



To every writer of every song that fills the soundtrack of my life:

It was in the dark corner
of an early-eighties roller rink
watching my unrequited crush
couple-skate to a song
which still returns that memory
when I first understood
how music can tattoo a moment
into your soul

Decades of melodies
are now my time machine
taking me from heartache to joy
and all that lies between
those familiar chords and lyrics
can transport me
somewhere in my yesterday
and new songs are recorded
as timestamps for my todays
in the mix-tape of emotions
started by a kid
sitting in a corner
singing along quietly
with tears in her eyes


Dedication song: A Song for Everything - Maren Morris

 

[cascadiabound]

Aprilyn 2:26

Brothers

They were brothers always
When they were abandoned
When they were rescued, loved
Included in an extended community
Wrapped in love and acceptance

What scars did they bear?
From early years
Unspoken
Unknown
Written into genes
Scars unseen

They grew to men
The older enlisted
While parents voiced
Concern
Support
Releasing him
To his dreams
In spite of reservations
Stationed in Germany
He found a wife
In no time
There were two boys
And a baby girl
The younger
He was troubled
Haunted by Qanon
And conspiracies
Lizards and aliens
Blurred his vision
Hallucinations
Wracked by fear

That fateful day
Rather than his brother
His only lifelong companion
He perceived a threat
Lizard man, not kin
And drawing his sword
He slayed the lizard
Pools of blood
Darkness falls
And all is changed

How can this be?
What does it mean?
Guilt, fear, loss
Brokenness

No answers
Beyond understanding
Grant some iota of peace
Where there is such pain

they are brothers still
buried and jailed
and a baby girl cries

 

[Mrtenant]

1-26

Invisible and
Indivisible wanting
To be visible

 

[Lyricalli]

4-23

Got your email
early morning
as it opened my eyes
waking me from a dream

There was a time
when we had phone calls
in my sleep

Some part of my brain
still trying to hold on
to something

The grocery store radio
played that song today
the one you said
made you think about me

First time I'd heard it
in over a year
my knees a little shaky

Tonight, I wonder
if the message is meant for me
or just another coincidence
and maybe wanting to believe
is close enough to knowing

 

[Mrtenant]

1-27

I want my ShamWow,
Those so sexy TacGlasses
Ooo and Summer's coming
I need my ArticAir!
Gimme the CopCam
So I can spy on the Nanny
Sleeping on MyPillow
PocketHose for the garden
and oh yes
FlexTape so I can fix my boat!
AirFryer and TheClapper
OxiClean that GenieBra, baby
But don't use the PediSpin
Near my GothamSteel frypans
More more more for me
Whatever would we do
Without "As Seen On TV"

 

[cascadiabound]

Aprilyn 2:27

magenta lilac
fragrant blossoms fill the air
misty with spring rain

 

[Lyricalli]

4-24

Minor surgery
feel like shit
didn't plan this well
twenty-four in
much too late to quit
hope tomorrow
I can think a bit
better

 

[Mrtenant]

1-28

Where in the world is
Where is the place you go when
When you come undone