Poertry Thursday - "Prose"

Being new to poetry this weeks theme made me actually have to look up what prose is compared to poetry. I'm not sure I understand it completely but I found one I liked alot by Michael Benedikt from Night Cries.

THE AWARDS OF WATER

At first it seemed as if it might just be the morning coffee again, boiling over on the stove again and overflowing from the percolator with its usual loud, scalding, scolding, disapproving hiss; but then after I ran into the kitchen I was relieved to see that the brown stain on the white porcelain had taken the form of a "splash"--which is to say it had taken the form of a circle with fringed edges, meaning that it was actually only just another form of water setting its seal of approval on solids. Do raindrops act any differently, I wondered as I turned down the flame--or do they too approve as they apply their pure, glueless, transparent stickers? Yes, I decided--even now as the morning coffee resumes its brewing, surely the dews are descending in all directions to award billions of blue ribbons of their own to everything firm; surely the sounds of rushing rivers flowing by are roars of applause for the solidity of terra firma; and surely the only reason why we do not regard the Oceans with all their thrashing waves as an unbearable daily threat, is that obviously they too closely resemble auditoriums full of crowds of people cheering and stamping feet....

The photo is from stock-xchng and to read other prose check out Poetry Thursday here

Self Portrait Challenge- "Black & White"

Happy Valentine's Day! This is my wedding day just 3yrs ago on Tunnels beach in Kauai. It was an intimate ceremony at sunset where we were blessed with a double rainbow.

One

love

sealed

eternal

be my Valentine

happy anniversary Dave

One Deep Breath - "Shelter" Fibonacci Haiku

Fibonacci sequence is 1-1-2-3-5-8 with no articles (the,a, etc.). To read other wonderful haiku visit "One Deep Breath" here

One

tall

oak tree

shelters life

awaiting springs thaw

knot holes filled, food dwindling

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

New

home

painting

anxiously

heart finds new spaces

sheltering from harshness in life

Our Pre-Anniversary Celebration

Dave survived and even enjoyed our first poetry reading...yeah! The historic hotel was very cool looking and was said to be haunted, so I'm thrilled we did not get a room. There were about 40 poetry lovers gathered in a room lit with crystal chandeliers with a young man thumping his Bass. There were candles and tables set up at the back of the room with sweet treats, coffee, wines from a local winery, poetry books for purchase and chocolate body frosting's ;)

Many of the "readers" read their own poetry while others read E.E. Cummings, Yates and my new favorite Billy Collins. There were funny poems and love poems but nothing that made Dave squirm. Many of them had flowers and nature which is Dave's style of poetry.

The dinner was fabulous in a separate dining room that had a romantic ambiance. Rose petals on the table cloth with a menu of roasted pepper bisque, hot & sassy rib eye with garlic mashed potatoes and veggies. Dessert was a trio of espresso mousse, white chocolate covered strawberries and triple layer chocolate cake with mango sauce...so good! I had trouble eating but since everyone there knew I was disabled I sucked my soup through my straw from my coffee and let Dave feed me when the fork got too heavy. It looked romantic anyway ;) Real silverware is just too heavy so maybe I'll sneak in my plastic stuff from KFC next time. LOL

Dave and I would both do it again!

I'm behind in my comments due to Dave getting into a car accident. He is ok, thank you God! Life has a way of reminding you how quickly it can be taken away. Wake up call! DRIVE SLOWLY IN THE RAIN!

Poertry Thursday- "Change"

This poem speaks to me and the profound change Dave's love has made to my life. Thirteen years of being alone with ALS and then the gift of love.

Love Letter

Not easy to state the change you made.

If I'm alive now, then I was dead,

Though, like a stone, unbothered by it,

Staying put according to habit.

You didn't just tow me an inch, no-

Nor leave me to set my small bald eye

Skyward again, without hope, of course,

Of apprehending blueness, or stars.

That wasn't it. I slept, say: a snake

Masked among black rocks as a black rock

In the white hiatus of winter-

Like my neighbors, taking no pleasure

In the million perfectly-chisled

Cheeks alighting each moment to melt

My cheeks of basalt. They turned to tears,

Angels weeping over dull natures,

But didn't convince me. Those tears froze.

Each dead head had a visor of ice.

And I slept on like a bent finger.

The first thing I was was sheer air

And the locked drops rising in dew

Limpid as spirits. Many stones lay

Dense and expressionless round about.

I didn't know what to make of it.

I shone, mice-scaled, and unfolded

To pour myself out like a fluid

Among bird feet and the stems of plants.

I wasn't fooled. I knew you at once.

Tree and stone glittered, without shadows.

My finger-length grew lucent as glass.

I started to bud like a March twig:

An arm and a leg, and arm, a leg.

From stone to cloud, so I ascended.

Now I resemble a sort of god

Floating through the air in my soul-shift

Pure as a pane of ice. It's a gift.

Sylvia Plath

Photo by stock.xchng, poem found on Poem Hunter and other poems on "change" can be found at http://poetrythursday.org/

Self Portrait Challenge- "Black & White"

February is all about black & white at SPC but it's also the month of love. Each week will be black & white with love, glam and sexy. I started with my new love, my grandson TK. Next week is Valentine's Day and my 3 year wedding anniversary, so that will be about Dave. The last two weeks I'm going to be daring and show how sexy and glamorous over 40 can be ;)

One Deep Breath - Twilight/Dusk Haiku

Day slinks into night
quickly dressing in color
her shift now over

Pretty in pink
lavender ruffles billow
orange fire rages

Golden halos
fading light shines through the clouds
heaven calls into the night

Blues of twilight
backdrop of glittering stars
moon smiles down