no door will hold me back

Georgia O’Keeffe, A Piece of Wood I (1942), oil on canvas, 

Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, gift of The Burnett Foundation

small brown circles 

stand before my eyes

letting my mind drift 

into haunting questions

I had toiled and pour

my heart out completely

reaching this moment

a hard-fought battle

I know deserved the 

praises and gifts

despite what other said

a person like me doesn’t 

deserve to be here

but I have shattered 

glass ceilings that had

been cracked by others

I now stand tall before

this door that will not

hold me back

- Written for dVerse Poetics: In other words  Poem inspired by "A Piece of Wood I" by Georgia O'Keefe.

pose

she could feel

all their eyes

over her skin

the judgmental stares

imprinting false labels

to her name

in the dark

her heart broken

she shed tears

one sunny day

she found light

erasing her shame

her crown upright

and skin bare

she freely poses

Art by Catrin Welz-Stein

- Written for dVerse Poetics: Feeling a Bit Nostalgic Today!  My poem was inspired by the art piece shown above by artist Catrin Welz-Stein.

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.  

northern lights

Photo by Tobias Bjørkli

Courtesy of Pexels.com
 

 Photo by Tobias Bjørkli from Pexels: https://www.pexels.com/photo/body-of-water-under-green-and-blue-sky-2113558/

 

we follow the lights

dancing across the sky

the cold chills my bones

 

 

 

- A haiku poem inspired by the above photo. 

dust angels

Photo by Sebastian Voortman

Courtesy of pexels.com

they embrace

in the mist of dust

still angels

far off mountains

looking towards

far off mountains

brought him a peace

he had been searching

for a lifetime

as the sun began

its descent into

those mountains

he took a mental picture

of the scene’s serenity

before being plunged

into darkness

- Poem inspired by photograph below by Ivana Cajina.

Photo by Ivana Cajina on Unsplash