An
Incremental Refrain Poem
Forget-Me-Not
Like a lifeboat washed to
sea
the two words elude me
I freestyle frantically towards them
but they slip and sail, far
far from my grasp.
My head pounds thought waves
to spume a whirlpool of seaweed
choking a flowing current
as the words spin, far
far into eventide.
I turn over to float on opalescent sea
beyond horizon's silver cord
as it crochets the shimmering stars
swishing and spilling its train, far
far over water's lap.
Moon moves to tide's swell
her luminous eyes blinking deeply
littoral blue to turquoise kingfisher
studded with briny crystals delving, far
far into sea's bed.
Her serene eyes rise from the depths
as she hooks her golden crescent
onto the twinkling train, sliding it
to beam onto a crinkly ripple, far
far across the sea.
A hooked bottle drops into my arms
blue forget-me-not flowers inside.
Your drowned knight threw this posy.
Lost words, eternal love, Moon beams.
Always float beyond the silver cord, far
far back to your remembering.
A Fantasy
Poem
Dream Lover
I found you in the sequined
studded milky way last night
as when the Sandman filled my eyes so very sleepy tight
You stitched them with filigrees of the gracious gentle moon
entering through the needle's eye into my heart's cocoon.
The wind caressed my soul and teased my winging hair
as you hid behind a soft cloud of cruising gossamer air.
Music flowed from cloud to cloud then sang our echoed song
when it finally found the puff where you now smiled upon.
You placed my right hand into your black night satin glove
and we sped on a silver cord with our glorious light-o'-love.
Where Elysium of sky now waited with a tin of polish bliss
to shine for us the ecliptic ballroom for our everlasting kiss.
I waltzed in my nightgown of flimsy white in your embrace
and as music ebbed and flowed you pressed your darling face
To mine and we glimpsed a myriad of lives we'd shared before
as sun and moon eclipsed I could never ever love you more.
No words came forth to spoil our consummated celestial spell
we spoke words that only lover's mirrored eyes know so well.
As you sped me home and silver cord turned to Godly gold
comets burst a stretched saffron sunset as I released our hold.
Free Verse
Combined With Rhyme
A Red Umbrella
My first love rests in my heart
still usable
like a red umbrella on a rainy day.
I unfold him
I am eighteen again
my heart leaps
throws his name like a streetlight
on wet pavement.
I run into his arms
wind rips his naval uniform
moans up his tall lusty body...
Suddenly we climb a sky soaked slope with a mountain lean
as daffodils shimmer sprinkles of rain with gold slithery sheen.
Where radiant emeralds drip droplets around these flowers hue
unfettered desire steaming spirals of sensual wet misty blue.
Our lips kiss blossoming youth as buds in a dank flower press
they walk then slide to memories of our skin drenched caress.
We tremble as lightening streaks blaze of blind love to our eyes
lascivious thunder moans roar, cracking crazed love to the
skies.
We sway to thunder swinging, pulsating, vibrating and throbbing
he hums "Singing in the Rain" as the red umbrella is twirling.
We are drowning, we are falling, we are lovers in this lifetime
but the umbrella is flying recklessly forsaking his love and
mine!
I catch my flying umbrella and huddle in our erotic flushed
space
he is necking me and breathing more shivers from toes to my
face.
Rain is now unrelenting drumming rhythm of our departed years
pools of lost dreams lap at our teenage feet as red umbrella
tears.
The rain stops
I jump pools of muddy puddles
close the red umbrella
shake droplets of clinging moisture
into an electric blue sky...
A Waltz Wave
Poem
Valentine
Waterfall Waltz
They
in bronze
melt
the moon
lusting skin's
thrill of
blue
cascade
to dream Spring's
dancing flowers.
Showers gush
Twin Falls.
They
hold breath,
lips kiss fresh
bubbles
as
champagne
bursts!
