a cherry blossom--
one budding leaf springs forward
yielding pink snow fall
Artistic Language
Currently, my blog contains my poetry along with the creative writing responses and final portfolio from an creative writing course spring 2014 and a poetry writing course fall 2014. I would for this to become a collaborative process, and I am actively seeking fellow bloggers and writers who would be interested in linking to each others blogs or becoming a co-author. If you enjoy poetry, short stories, flash fiction, or creative non-fiction, this is the place for you.
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Monday, December 8, 2014
(Un)Spoken
Odd—
you
might think—
that
words written on a page
in
ink
would
be the voice
for
what she dare not say
to
the rest of the world.
Swollen
vocals in a crowd
as
eyes search for corner
of
familiarity.
Waiting,
Hoping,
that
someone will come
to
her first.
Yet,
with keys
she
may be bold
seeking
freedom,
while
wishing for more.
Monday, September 15, 2014
Retreat*
*Inspired by The
Secret Garden by F. H. Burnett and set in England during World War II
Peeking through a hole in the gate
I can see it’s overgrown.
Dead narcissus in the garden,
on either side brown blooms.
Scattered nearby, a pebble lane,
around rotted swing, cycles.
Rusted by the door is an old cycle
keeping slightly ajar the gate.
Stepping onto the lane,
where in between weeds have grown,
I notice some life in the blooms—
not all life has been squeezed from garden.
There is still hope for this garden.
Though much is in the death-cycle,
with care there will be full bloom.
This image is not the gate-
way to hades it first appeared. Growing
upon me, I continue to walk down the lane.
Crouching down to see the lane’s
pebbles, painted ladybugs grace the garden.
I began to wonder about who had grown
up here. Why was this hidden? Was it a cycle
of memories hidden away? Pausing by the eastern gate
a single lily of the valley blooms.
Kneeling beside this tiny bloom,
I am by one’s lane.
Cold tears drip as I gaze toward the gate,
wishing my father and brothers were in the garden,
not off fighting in this cycle
of wars we have grown
accustomed to. At twelve years, I have grown
up with bombings. Almost nothing blooms
in London: where nightly cycles
have destroyed most victory gardens.
It’s why we were sent through the mountain’s gate.
Two years I’ve grown with this
garden.
The lane is still torn in some
places, but there are herbs and blooms.
Exiting the gate, I wonder how different life will be when we end this cycle.
a sestina
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