some trees blossom, some trees don’t
some spread roots quite wide
I am one that waited long
to discover what I hide
I have acorns squirrelled away
buried dreams and schemes
I hope to take them out some day
when will I know it’s time?
She walks out the door
it’s raining again
slanting downpour
doesn’t slow down her spring
she hugs to herself
what she’s known for a while
she’s not on the shelf
she has her own style
Looking through my cabinets
at my collection of wearables
I think it’s time for me to divest
for Thanksgiving and Christmas
Stars are stuck in the night sky
frozen in space, time and mind’s eye
so we know where we are
by following the north star
I wish my poems got stuck like that
when picked for front page by APs robot
I walk these roads
these old familiar avenues
but they leave me cold
like melodies sung out of tune
I wish that I could feel
something else again
but they won’t come back to me
my memories are gone
(1)
my page is full of boxes
checked off in so many ways
with more than half a dozen mixes
I’m what my gene test says
(2)
woman of colour, a working mother,
low in the pecking order
I earned my stripes, I did my time
never sought favours,
it made me stronger
Writing ignites
such frightening insights.
Afraid to reveal who I am,
I'll need a pseudonym,
to let my poems be the heirs
to a lake of vodka and tears.
multifaceted
or wildly scattered;
visionary
or purposefully ornery;
beloved
or conveniently needed;
vocally weepy
or powerfully rocky...
venus fly-trap for skill
pandora locks in secrets
cassandra never surprised
athena gets the bad guys
On the stairs at the top
I saw the bus pull up at its stop
a fifteen minute wait if missed
if that happened I’d be so pissed
little black birds perched on
electrical lines of life’s landscape
scoring variegated moods;
only way the dots make sense
Alleluia! The picks are rhyming!
I can hear the church bells chiming!
Does this mean the algorithm’s changing,
Or will it stay the same?
A thesaurus I am not
my poetry’s only how I feel
words within are what comes out
but apparently that’s not the deal