as I stood in the checkout line

she stood in front of me

in the long self-checkout line

she wore White Diamonds perfume 

with salt and pepper hair not dyed 

like other ladies her age

as I stood there, I wondered will I 

have the boldness to go all gray too

 

 

- Written for dVerse Quadrille: Pass the pepper please

wolf in sheep's clothing

he had eyes like stars 

with sweet whispers he ensnared

many hearts with lies

 

 

- Written for Twiglet #326: to be a wolf 

 

 

mirror

she grew to despise mirrors

reflecting all her flaws

and imperfections that she

desperately want to erase

 

she hid from them so they

could not catch her passing by

 

if only she could see her

beatify was greater than

the numbers on a scale

 

 

- Written for dVerse Quadrille: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

 

 

since you been gone

 

"Full Moon Service" by Erik Johannson.  

Courtesy of www.erikjo.com

 

 

we used to love the night sky 

singing poetic lines to the moon

 but after you departed my life

it didn’t seem the same at all 

I’ve spent many nights collecting

moons to replenish the dark sky

but despite my best efforts

it still wasn’t the same at all

 

 

- Written for dVerse Poetics: Slipping into Surrealism with Erik Johansson.  This poem was inspired by the above art work of Erik Johansson.  

to find my travel muse again

I had plans to travel

across the world’s map

but a pandemic threw a

curveball in that itinerary

 

now I’m trying to recapture

that wanderlust for travel

but I’m finding it is not

easy pulling my feet out

of the mud to roam free

 

 

- Written for Quadrille #175 - Mapping Out Our Poems.  Even when you're a bit tired from writing everyday last month, we continue to poem.