Clinging to you

kiss me anew, here

before the last maple leaf

falls, and first snowflake

wets my pale lips, stilling time 

twisted in salty drenched arms 

hurl me anew, here

before the last rose petal

dips, and first winter 

drop caresses my bare hips

unfolding, clinging to you  

Posted for D'verse Poets Pub - Form for All - Man’yoshu Poetry – Hosted today by Jane Kohut-Bartels (Lady Nyo). The challenge is to write the Somon category of  Man’yoshu Japanese Poetry. In this category, the tanka style poems refer to love and longing. 
and Poetry United: Thursday Think Tank - Waning days of Fall


picture credit:  http://littlepawz.tumblr.com/

Under the block

everywhere
i search for whiff
of your warm breath,
speck of dust from
cold pale skin,
just any part of you
even your shadow
behind grey roof

during grandpa’s funeral, 

grandma roasted a fat pig,

chickens for the guests

amidst murmured words,

i heard yelps by  

animals in back kitchen.

heart attack-

i was told.

Author's Note: Posted for Poetry United:   Writer's Block  - the first part of the poem.

And D'Verse Poets Pub- Meeting the Bar: Critique and Craft - Conflation.  Hosted by emmett wheatfall.

Write a poem that is constructed using conflation. This means the poem must possess at least two different, wholly unrelated themes package together.

To challenge you further, the two or more thematic aspects of the poem must be revealing about yourself. 

Also for Flash Fiction 55.   G-man, joining you today.   

picture credit:  Adam Martinakis (Greece), here

Breath of Summer

House is quiet

Standing still, ghostly pale

Like no one lives there

Bed is tidy

Pillows, cushions stiffed-neck

No one ruffling it today

Floor is clean

Polished like a mirror

Looking at itself

Suddenly, luggage heaving

Doors opening wide

Running feet, gleeful sounds

Windows flinging sideways

Bright sunflowers in pockets

Last breath of summer

    

Author's Note:   Flash Fiction Friday - Tell a story in 55 words.  G-man, here's one! 

Poet's United: Poets United:  Thursday Rally : The Thursday Think Tank # 64 - Sunflowers


I can feel the cool air nipping, don't you?  

My pre-teen daughter arrived yesterday after spending the month with her cousins in Vancouver for vacation.  Her school starts next week, Tuesday after our long weekend.  She is like a breeze of summer with her endless chatter. ;-)

Content

fingers amble to  

gently caress my flushed cheek

for moment, time stilled      

shoulders burrow deep

listening to shallow breaths

heart content, i sleep

 

Author's Note:   This is a senryu (a haiku form) because the subject is emotions or life; outside of nature.  While writing with a form restricts my thoughts, it is a challenge to find the right words to make it tight and meaningful (17 syllables).  The haiku form is growing on me; it is much easier than the Royal Rhyme Form.

Shared with Poetry United:  # 60