Each day I so wanted

   Each day I so wanted to 
  hold your little hand in mine
and soon get done what you would
  want of me. So, I came by,
 and without much hope, to ask
(beg) for you to marry me.
  We said, "I do," soon after.

Carry On Tuesday #107
"So little done, so much to do." - last words of Cecil Rhodes in 1902
I kinda like the 7 lines with 7 syllables.
For some reason, Carry On Tuesday prompts seem to make lovely acrostic type poems. 

Naked Tree Haiku

girl shows a small grin
jumble of leaves at its feet
leave the tree naked


Three Word Wednesday CCXLII
grin, jumble, naked

Daily Divine

What if God was one us:
would you see the divine
in your daily life?

Just a slob like one us:
would you think less
because of the mess?

Just a stranger on a bus:
would you offer your seat
to rest weary feet?

Trying to make his way home:
seek out the divine
in every life.


Part of Carry On Tuesday 106
Lines from Joan Osbourne's "One of Us?"

Sketching

If you've got an image 
in front of you, or
in your mind.
The real trick is
getting it out,
and on paper.

A curve here.
A few short lines there,
maybe a little longer.
Add some texture,
a few details.

It never looks quite right.
The image is always elusive.
Keep trying.
Keep practicing.
You'll never be perfect,
but that's ok.


Part of Jingle Poetry Potluck Week 36

Honors and Appreciation

Earthen Fort Visit was chosen as Poem of the Week by Luna on Jingle Poetry! I'm so proud, very excited, and a bit surprised. Of course, I'm also honored and humbled. Thank you so much!

I've been enjoying participating in Jingle Poetry's weekly Poetry Potlucks for a few weeks now, and I've loved meeting and reading new poets. Hanging out on this blog also led me to Carry On Tuesday, Three Word Wednesday, and Thursday Poets' Rally from Promising Poets Parking Lot.

I started writing poetry when I was a kid, as part of some English class in elementary school. It's always been something I've enjoyed, but I had put it down for a long time due to being busy and feeling uncreative. I'm glad I started up a blog for National Poetry Writing Month. 

When I started my blog, I didn't really think I'd have very many followers or get many readers outside of my family and friends. Mostly, it was a way to feel more accountable for writing a poem every day during the month. I've been pleasantly surprised, honored, and overjoyed by all the positive attention, the new and interesting poetry, and being part of online poetry communities.

I'm so glad that my writings are enjoyed by others and that I've been able to share them with other artists. Thank you to everyone who has read, commented on, and enjoyed any of my poetry.

Jess

Skid Marks

She burst onto the scene 
of my life
bringing adventure,
joy,
love.
She left just as quickly, 
leaving skid marks 
across my heart.
Black marks 
that I fear will never fade.

Thinking of her body,
her joviality,
our exploits,
my face becomes damp with tears
and my heartbeat is dampened 
by sadness.

I try to be incensed,
to have fire in my heart,
but no such emotion can emerge
from the melancholy 
which has taken up residence 
in my soul.

 


Part of Three Word Wednesday CCXLI
Damp, incensed, skid

Collection of Horoscopes

Equilibrium is
not that valuable.
Stylish lopsidedness and the 
beauty of irregularity display
incongruous details that
reveal fresh, hot truths.
So-called flaws are to be celebrated.
Lucky accidents are serendipity.


"Imagine greatness in others," says the man
not renowned for his optimism.
Activate your own dormant greatness and
fantasize aggressively.


The income gap is
absurdly grotesquely humongous.
Raise your voice against this inequity.
Discrepancy exists
in your own personal sphere.
Immediate effect in the immediate area.
Rich aspects of your psyche steal from the poor parts.


The smartest words you have ever said in your life and
two of the top five thoughts of the past decade have
popped into your brain recently.
Inner sources of wisdom are strongly
aligned
with the Divine Intelligence,
formerly known as God.
Be wilder and freer.


Status quo, no!
Uncertainty and
transformation are
shifting the mood.
Experimenting with the rules is healthy.
Imagine different ways of doing things.
This superpower should be shared.


The rupture in the order of things has cause people to
completely forget why they started doing it.
People
are in a daze,
hypnotized by a certain 'rupture' which
took place some time ago.
Wake them up, gently, 
to move on.


You're an animal!
Vitality is heading toward peak levels.
Every move you make is a dance.
Explore the righteous blending of grace and power.
Be a fluid bolt of ingenious fun.
Play hard and
with sublime ferocity.


"Make the invisible dark force beautiful.
Create a song out of your moans.
Brag about your wounds.
Dance reverently on the graves of your enemies.
Sneak a gift to your bad self.
Dissolve the ties that bind you to hollow intelligence.
Seek the angel near the funky gully that winds through no man's land.
Dig for treasure in the mud puddle where the single lily grows,"
my dream said.
Align yourself with its spirit.


Happiness should be reclassified as a 'psychiatric disorder,' he says.
Pathology of joy, he says.
'Happiness is statisically abnormal,' he says.
Cluster of symptoms and
cognitive abnormalities abound, he says.
Be besieged by a massive influx of good feelings and
surges of unreasonable joy.
Rebel mode, activated.
Flaunt you abnormal bliss.


Epic Deed Ahead:
Capacity for amazing feats is bigger than usual.
Accomplish what's beyond your expectations.


You had to relinquish and were
forced to sacrifice what you love.
Be awakened to an unexpected new source of excitement
liberating you to rise again.


*Freestyle wacky fantasies:
indulging in your own version of
healthy for you.
Depart from you usual raps and
unveil some unpredictable self-expressions.



Found words in horoscopes from Independent Weekly 5.4.11.
All lines start with Indy words. Some lines end with my own. A few sections are all Indy.
*May 25: Found the one that didn't get copied in originally. Thanks jaanpehchaan from Heartbeat for noticing and letting me know.