Setting upon her
-weariness –
while watching the boughs
droop,
the strain
measured in accented calls
bent to her will.
Along with this
a litany of swells
and shoots,
each one a memento
entangled with blooms.
But, I have no such reminder-
as the words I choose
murmur and drone
like florets
worn down by the rain,
both exhausted
and sustained
among the leaves,
smeared in abstract.
the tapping sound
of dancing echoes
rain upon the ground,
and glistens –
opens now the heart
to christen
quavering in time
-just listen.
interior to the moment
where we mingled our words,
every other one articulated
disparate pretenses
though thought bound-
to increment and comply
with the next,
leading onward
in the clutches
and parlance of consummation
to a synchronous
indulgence.
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I know the words here are a bit “overzealous,” though as I’ve mentioned before here…I like the sounds that words make. So indulge my vocabulary and just listen to the sounds. Thanks for visiting.
I followed the sun
on my walk-about, stepping
into places it had washed over.
Reaching out, only to have it cascade
over my forearm
and cast shadows
on concrete
-firm footing and echos pairing.
A recurrent arrangement
coupling in a wake behind me.
Charlotte,
prickling leaves while
her reclining posture
whispers an invitation, told
of truth.
The wind
awaits her voice
that mocks despair, her tree
ruffles yet remains quiet, and
steadfast.
Damsel,
in blue gingham
by angel’s wings she sings –
broken, igniting fierceness,
she mends.
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Some observations about this poem. I’ve never personally known or physically met anyone named Charlotte. I follow a couple of blogs and have read several other blogs this week written by women named Charlotte. It’s coincidental, yet fascinating to me that so many Charlottes present their writing on blogs that I should read in one week. I love the sounds the name makes. It’s a name made to be whispered.
This is a bit of fun I had with a list of names. All real people, all baseball players… and all with interesting sounds in their names.
oooooooOOOOOOOooooooo
Chippy Gaw, Frank Frisch
Paul Thormodsgard!
Razor Shines, Homer Smoot,
Choo Choo Coleman
Win Ballou!
Creepy Crespi, Sibby Sisti
Eli Grba, Carson Bigbee
Vida Blue!
Yogi Berra, Epa Rixey
Bomb Rivera, Barbra Chrisley
F. Tennaci, A. Szymanski
Estel Crabtree, Sig Jakucki
Showboat Fisher, Snuffy Stirnweiss
Country Slaughter, Schoendienst,
Willie Stargel, Casey Stengel
Fred Schemanske, Conrad Starkel
Red Schoendienst
Jake Stenzel
John Stedronsky
Jerry Schoon-maker
Oss-ee Schreck-en-gost
Shreck
en
gost
Homer Smoot
Vida Blue!
Taps and Ratamacues 