New Poetry Game-Cinquain Chain- Come on, it's easy and fun!

[ampoule]

to eat,
Rachel says is
a party in your mouth.
what then does kissing YOU do to
my lips

[firefangled]

my lips,
unknown chakra,
Kundalini kisses,
the burning that does not consume,
moist fire

[Il Penseroso]

moist fire,
seething crackle
of this tense encounter,
the whispered howl of shattered light
flooded.

[Bii]

moist fire,
seething crackle
of this tense encounter,
the whispered howl of shattered light
flooded.

Lovely ^^^

Flooded
with emotions
conspiring to drown my
desert world. Stack the sandbags, make
a wall.

[CdnReader]

a wall
i shall construct
strong, sky-high, bulletproof
build it thick and deep surrounding
my heart

[ampoule]

my lips,
unknown chakra,
Kundalini kisses,
the burning that does not consume,
moist fire

You don't by any chance have an unmarried clone do you?
Where IS my fan! :)

to continue....

my heart
beating bleeding
keeping rhythm's order
sending out and bringing in red
from blue

[CdnReader]

from blue
above to green
below....colours of life
blending, merging...kaleidoscope
mirrors

[Pendragon]

mirrors
reflect images
so you see what is there:
prank-pullers often use one from
fun houses

[Bii]

Too many syllables Pen!

'Fun house'
the sign declared.
I wonder what's so fun
about it? Turn around and walk
away.

[littlewing53]

away
to that one place
hidden behind the door
where red books are read undisturbed
lovely

[firefangled]

lovely
looks like ugly
sometimes, but look again,
the burl waits for the carpenter's
skilled hands

[PrinceMyshkin]

skilled hands
of course make fine
work when they are guided
by an inner vision and a
sure heart

[ampoule]

sure heart
that's what YOU say
ready to love again
but will you be there for certain
for me

[Il Penseroso]

for me
eyelights flicker
and sounds warble imprints
of the soul, sleeping wakefulness
alight.

[CdnReader]

alight
in my window
sing songs of renewal
rest and blithely preen your fledgling
feathers

[symphony]

feathers
shadowed my Eye
like wistful lashes, and,
when aflight, tickled prophecies, as
they went...

[Pendragon]

Too many syllables Pen!

'Fun house'
the sign declared.
I wonder what's so fun
about it? Turn around and walk
away.

Pardon moi, mademoiselle, s'il vous plaît.

they went
out of the way
others always remind
dragon's dreadful drivel dropped
a mess

[CdnReader]

a mess
inside my head
broken bits of thoughts gone
a wildness of unthreaded hubs
bizarre

[motherhubbard]

Bizarre,
those roses are
blooming after this drought.
Aren’t their petals so beautiful?
Pinkish!

[firefangled]

Pinkish,
often the price
for sharing the laundry,
but no one else should see those shorts,
but her

[motherhubbard]

(true to life firefangled)

But her,
unlike others,
has an inner beauty.
When she is gone you still feel her
Presence

(I think my grammar is wrong)

[CdnReader]

Presence
outreaching soul
fingertips inward touch
a joining of physical to
spirit

[ampoule]

spirit
seeking beauty
from unseen things at hand
questions veil is far too thick for
answers

[CdnReader]

answers
are on page 9
please don't peek until you've
tried your hand at multiple sums
math sucks

[PrinceMyshkin]

math sucks
the life out of
our dreaming minds but what
if math is after all only
a dream

[firefangled]

a dream
a drama dear,
read, am a mare's ear - mad
rem, red mar me (mea, mea),
mama

[CdnReader]

^^^ LOL! (Huh?) LOL!

Mama
said, "Try not to
trip over your hem, my dear.
Torn wedding gowns are so beastly
to fix."

[firefangled]

that's how my dreams are anyway

[symphony]

to fix
that startly gaze
upon my eyes, my soul,
to touch that untouched cord, oh come
again

[firefangled]

again
I look inside
searching the quantum parts,
I praise you microcosm for
my life

[CdnReader]

my life
a speck of dust
in the universal
consciousness, yet meaningfully
performed

[ampoule]

performed
a crowd is pleased
by someone just like them
different means thinking that can hurt
egos

[CdnReader]

egos
ballooning up
monumentally block
forward progress...instead floating
on high

[Pendragon]

on high
the peak, the top,
I came, I saw, I quit...
Nothing worth reaching over those you
ruinned...

[CdnReader]

ruined
within my heart
shreds of tissue and blood
no indication of the love
that died

[ampoule]

that died
the worst of it
the best of it that lived
one buried, one risen, the rest
between

[PrinceMyshkin]

between
is possibly
the only time or place
we have. Not here, not now, but just
between

[CdnReader]

between
you and me lies
a myriad of truths
none of which we can understand
truly

[firefangled]

truly
I would know you
as you are, not as taught,
and I will not fear you, nor turn
my eyes

[littlewing53]

my eyes
caught the bright glare
of sunny day's delight
heat explores the skin's sultriness
unveiled

[CdnReader]

unveiled
slowly unwrapped
twirling swirling lengths of
multicoloured fabric, stripped and
left bare

[ampoule]

unveiled
his mind could see
the things she saw in him
and they were good he admitted
she's smart

[CdnReader]

^^^ oh oh! two unveiled's :D .... i'll go with yours, amp

she's smart
enough to know
when she's beat, but she's slow
on the uptake when it comes to
winning

[ampoule]

Oh, geez. See what happens when one doesn't turn the page and falls asleep reading. Sorry. :(
But to continue...

winning
is everything
when it comes to friendship
priceless prizes for you and me
they shine

[littlewing53]

they shine
in every way
carmel colored current
exposing the light of consent
the spark

[CdnReader]

the spark
glitter twinkle
shine in the inky black
poke holes in the universal
fabric

[firefangled]

fabric,
from your casket,
made of blue, made of stars,
let the red and the white lead you
homeward

[ampoule]

homeward
is better than
backward is better than
forward with no rhyme or reason
to go

[PrinceMyshkin]

to go
aye, there's the rub
for in that going there's
never the certainty of our
return

[CdnReader]

return
to me, my dear,
'ere night falls over day
'ere driving rain sweeps me away
dismayed

[ampoule]

dismayed
I say, oh well,
just take it and move on
brush it off my shoulders and try
again

[CdnReader]

again
i'm circling 'round
eyeing up potentials
musing which dead end i'll choose to
pursue

[ampoule]

pursue
your wildest dream
it's not a scheme of lust
but truly an occupation
desired

[CdnReader]

desired,
i beg, required...
pistachio chocolate chip
with warm butterscotch sauce dripping
sticky

[_JadeRain_]

Sticky
Messy child
Covered with his breakfeast
Is more on his face than in his
Stomach

[CdnReader]

stomach
the horrors of
needless hatred and you
risk blackening your otherwise
frail heart

[ampoule]

frail heart
toughen yourself
for the journey inside
it is within we build up strength
soul search

[CdnReader]

soul search
how many were
we assigned at our birth,
if we mess one up can we start
over?

[Pendragon]

over?
will you cry, then?
remember when we met?
or forget, the man, his words, his
poems...

[CdnReader]

poems
to share with joy
exchanged 'tween far-flung friends...
the rest awake and all come out
to play

:)

[ampoule]

to play
inside today
a nap beside my book
rainy days make me sleep and dream
with words

[PrinceMyshkin]

with words
we can build grand
citadels, cathedrals
cities, and with words we can tear
them down.

[firefangled]

them down
pillows too soft,
they feathers prick my ears,
give me plain ol' chicken feathers
any day

[PrinceMyshkin]

any day
some mathema-
tically challenged oaf
of a poet uses three syl-
lables where two are called for will be rag-
narok!

[firefangled]

narok
navid oslid
amotakutic se
favit favum tomulitos
oh well

[CdnReader]

^^^^ HAHAHA!! :D

oh well
seems i skipped out
on class when the lesson
was how to compose in silly
language

[ampoule]

language
lofty or low
can soothe or disturb me
even joyfully perturb me
say it

[CdnReader]

say it
with deep passion,
say it with joy, say it
with love, just don't say it with your
mouth full

[ampoule]

lol Cdn. :D

mouth full
of things to tell
but a tongue that won't wag
it only wants to taste apples
of gold

[PrinceMyshkin]

of gold
and other such
prized metals, the iron
of friendship, we can never have
enough

[CdnReader]

enough
in this "First World"
equals a king's ransom
in far lands where food is as scarce
as gold

[littlewing53]

as gold
renewed in light
the soft bright glow of dawn
turn back the time when we were there
ablaze

[firefangled]

ablaze
in gathering
the what that I have been,
into one light, I see you now
sightless

[littlewing53]

sightless
unheard unseen
gathering weightless stones
in a simple basket tied tight
to you

[ampoule]

to you
I raise my glass
warm words they call a toast
buttery, jelly sweet, but not
enough

[PrinceMyshkin]

enough
is for sissies
or milquetoasts! I want
more, and then more, more, more and then
some more

[CdnReader]

some more
food for my soul
soft music to soothe me
stories to spirit me away
yes more

[ampoule]

yes more
please sir, may I?
do you want me to beg
you said "I am yours", is that right
come here

[littlewing53]

come here
desire calls
quickly slowly right now
never mind i changed my mind
oh well

[firefangled]

oh, well,
many pennies
I have fed you, waiting,
to hear the horses of wishes
pounding

[ampoule]

pounding
you could see it
right there beneath her breast
she tried to hide it with her hand
I pledge

[CdnReader]

I pledge
to shelter you...
bright yellow umbrellas
to make the rain as happy as
sunshine

[Pendragon]

sunshine
not invited
lawn burnt already bare
bring on lightning, loose that thunder—
need rain…

[littlewing53]

need rain...
soft quiet mist
fast moving fierce cloudburst
ever in our way fleeting life
drenched wet

[ampoule]

drenched wet
he laughed at her
looking like some drowned rat
but he stopped when she reached for her
button

[CdnReader]

button
up your jacket,
comb your hair, sit up straight,
come when you're called and speak only
when asked

[littlewing53]

when asked
acknowledge once
turn briefly and smile
pretend you didnt' hear the sound
that he

[firefangled]

that he
loved the orchid,
and sought her in his dreams,
he also loved the rose's thorns
it seems

[ampoule]

it seems
there is trouble
between the two of them
I hope they can work it out for
our sake

[littlewing53]

our sake
is none other
than desire perceived
happiness noted in their hope
and love

[CdnReader]

and love
shall she bring him
in a crystal clear vase
balanced on a deep cherry tray
for both

[firefangled]

for both
my life and death
I shall remain grateful,
for what two better doors will I
pass through

[CdnReader]

pass through
my fingers like
streams of silken water...
memories cannot reach my mind
from here

[ampoule]

from here
I see your mind
and look into your heart
are you not afraid of bearing
your soul

[PrinceMyshkin]

Your soul
is an iffy
thing. While you do your day
-to-day charade, it struggles to
get out

[firefangled]

get out,
I told my soul,
you need a little tan,
be careful, not too dark, don't risk
a burn

[CdnReader]

a burn
smell of ashes
renewal often starts
with destruction of what has gone
before

[ampoule]

before
you look don't leap
unless I'm there to catch
then jump, jump, jump, you can trust me
promise

[CdnReader]

promise
me you will brush
your teeth, your hair, the stray
threads from your coat, just don't brush
me off

[ampoule]

me, off
off my rocker
pacing the floor, babbling
wildly looking for an escape
window

[firefangled]

window,
a shadow moves,
back and forth in a rage,
a creature wild caught in a cage,
break free!

[CdnReader]

break free
of rules and strict
regulations of form....
just let the poem write itself
free verse.

[Pendragon]

free verse
from its prison
let it flow, room to grow
hatched chrysalis unfolds wings
and soars…

[ampoule]

and soars
higher, higher
way up to my shoulder
tick tick peck peck nibble my ear
message

[CdnReader]

Message
to the future:
"Please be kind to people.
Smile. And don't forget to water
the plants."

[ampoule]

the plants
are worried now
the geese are flying south
leaving them in their pots and plots
to sleep

[CdnReader]

to sleep
shall you go now....
dream of bright rainbows and
periwinkle pinafores and
ice cream.

[firefangled]

ice cream,
I remember
your bells on a half-bike,
the magic ice that wouldn't melt,
one dime

[CdnReader]

one dime
slides through a slot....
shiny black discs line up...
tunes of our lives on a platter....
your choice?

[firefangled]

your choice!
go ahead, choose,
she stumbled forward, sat,
her little white chest, floppy ears,
love chose

[ampoule]

love chose
for you and me
to walk on grassy hills
to lie among the daffodils
touching

[PrinceMyshkin]

touching
and not touching
is the peculiar style
of this love of ours. Here and yet
apart

[CdnReader]

apart
from my love's touch,
apart from the voice that
leaves me yearning for his presence...
what else?

[firefangled]

what else
is there to love,
but touch? When love is gone -
the patch of snow that never melts
in May.

[CdnReader]

in May
i may fly high
i may rise above fear
i may trounce my foes....or maybe
in June.

[firefangled]

in June,
the firemen came,
bleeding yellow hydrants
with the big red wrench, our bare feet
waiting

[bazarov]

waiting
for another autumn to start
and return me in my spleen
hope summer will come soon
and i will see you
again



P.S. This is my first one, don't be harsh

[downing]

Wonderful, baz!
This is my first one too.

again
I rise my head
and I watch your leaving
for the tropical Tanzania
by boat

Is it OK?


http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/images/0611/tanzania.jpg

[bazarov]

boat is sailing to Tanzania
and sunbeams are burning through the sky,
waves are shining like your eyes
and all beauties of Serengeti will I doubt
outshine your image in my heart

[CdnReader]

Hi Downing and Bazarov. Welcome to the cinquain chain. Your poem should be five lines in the following pattern of syllables: 2/4/6/8/2 -- and you use the last line of the poem above as your first. Get it? ;)

My heart
collapses in...
squeezing out all life's breath.
How can it hurt so much without
dying?

[Granny5]

Dying
now I will be
with the one who holds me,
my heart, my soul, my very being in
His hands


my first one. Is it correct?

[PrinceMyshkin]

His hands
are open, strong
and warm. But alas 'His'
identity is forever
unknown

[schadenfreude]

Unknown,
I wander these
streets of sunlit cement,
escaping from Memory's cold
fingers.

[PrinceMyshkin]

fingers
promise hands which
is all we ask of
our lovers, except for hands, arms
and hearts

[CdnReader]

and hearts
are sometimes joined
at the hip, or so it
seems...when we've scarcely noticed the
joining

[downing]

joining
his march through the
old South full of fury
I tremble when I hear the sound
of fight


Is this ok,please tell me?

[CdnReader]

Not only OK, but fantastic! Thanks, Downing! :)


of fight
he has no more
his spirit broken now
by this experience of vile
torture

[downing]

torture
is what I feel
when I see you down there
whispering with your last forces
love songs

CdnReader, I thank YOU. :)You're really kind.

[Pendragon]

love songs,
poems, promise
now to have and to hold—
we kiss without worrying who
sees us…

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Smilies/HeyHansome.gif

[ampoule]

ooops, the pen was quicker than the amp

[ampoule]

sees us,
the gentle eye
seize us, the gentle storm
whirl us around and drench us with
calmness

[firefangled]

calmness,
the storm is gone,
the yellow of the sun,
like a watercolor, tinting
the air

[Haven]

the air
has left my lungs
a puncture in my suit
floating between the stars in space
dying

[littlewing53]

dying
to live again
beneath the burning stars
endless rows of cosmic colors
living

[downing]

living
for the beauty
of nature and people
made me stay still and watch how Lise
painted

[littlewing53]

painted
colors so true
a vibrate red caress
the rose of living fantasy
brush stroke

[CdnReader]

brush stroke
dipped in black ink
deep calligraphic dreams
fanciful characters dance on
parchment

[littlewing53]

parchment
filled with unseen
events yet to be told
by candle light all can be seen
write it

[firefangled]

write it,
do not fight it,
type it just to spite it,
then if it seems wrong just right it -
crickey!

[ampoule]

crickey!
that's so extreme
but don't be scared to try
just follow me to the edge, don't
look down

[firefangled]

look down?
look out, that edge,
dividing earth and sky,
grab it with both hands and hang on,
now jump!

[CdnReader]

now jump!
unfold your legs,
untwist your mind, exhale....
free your soul from its iron bonds....
unlock

[littlewing53]

unlock
that cold closed door
without hesitation
a brighter day beyond that door
open

[ampoule]

open
the little place
that serves juicy tidbits
so that I can taste your fruity
flavor

[firefangled]

flavor,
where is it found,
only in the tongue's realm?
There is the Moonlight Sonata's,
silence,

[firefangled]

silence,
like dark cacao,
velvet with a heartbeat,
the ascending and decending
ending

[CdnReader]

^^^ Love that one, Fire.

ending
here what began
with the essence of you...
cradled in whispers of soft bliss
divine

[ampoule]

divine
powdered sugar
covering something good
a bite leaves white marks all over
your mouth

[firefangled]

your mouth,
the fine sugar,
lips tasting God's candy;
on earth, the angels lose control
for this

[CdnReader]

for this
we too shall yearn
bodies spent, arms outstretched
reaching for the peace that eludes
our grasp

[ampoule]

your mouth,
the fine sugar,
lips tasting God's candy;
on earth, the angels lose control
for this

where IS my fan? ;)

sorry Cdn...back to you

our grasp
is so futile
if we play peek-a-boo
with the truths that hold on to us
hold on

[Pendragon]

our grasp
exceeds our reach
so the dreams crash and burn
failure but another name for new
effort...

a little slow....


hold on
there is no try
do it right or do not
the only true failure is in
quitting

[CdnReader]

^^^ YODA!!! :D

quitting
gets you nowhere
don't give up before you
have exhausted all avenues
of flight

[firefangled]

of flight
I can but wish
that dreams someday come true,
to see the earth's round curve under
my wings

[CdnReader]

my wings
whole but damaged
gripping the wind with fierce
determination, and yet they
falter

[TheFifthElement]

falter,
but fail to fall
for I will always be
there to catch you, hold out your arms
my star.

[ampoule]

my star
stands solid there
a diamond eye watching
for you to come out of yourself
seeking

[TheFifthElement]

seeking
a man in a
white coat who will comfort
me when the nights are dark, cold, and
empty

[symphony]

empty;
full, though, are eyes
with shades of unshed tears --
still is doused in vain vacuity
my soul...

[firefangled]

my soul,
so like my heart,
chambered in its oneness,
each painted first in red, then blue,
all true

[ampoule]

all true
no false answers
nothing to trip us up
nothing but encouragement to
lift us

[CdnReader]

lift us
above the sky
carried beyond magic
dressed in rainbow raiments sparkling
with truth

[firefangled]

with truth,
I stuggled years,
then I learned from a dog,
the only thing worth howling at -
the moon

[CdnReader]

the moon...
a sliver of
white brilliance calls to me
as though she recognizes all
I am

[Pendragon]

I am
called crazy.
Some say that I'm psychic.
Logic, deduction, luck? Unspoken.
And why...

[Riesa]

and why?
tears perched, tremble,
he sinks deep into grass
as she catches the cloud and drifts
away

[CdnReader]

away
furiously
her cloak billowing air
her intentions are clear and straight
move on

[Riesa]

move on?
Darling, recall?
the cherry tree's budded
and our heart's wish was to watch them
rain blooms.

[CdnReader]

rain blooms...
seeps into a
parched heart's garden, athirst,
feeding green tendrils that will yield
more love.

[Pendragon]

more love
I can not give
I gave you my last drop
I did not say I do to say
good bye...

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Smilies/Kiss.gif

[CdnReader]

goodbye...
shall we then part?
leave me to remember
the scent of you throughout my life's
best parts

[firefangled]

best parts
those who envy;
lover of life and death,
show me the soul that faces God
fearless

[TheFifthElement]

fearless
are those that face
the pain of love without
a pause, but embrace it, arms
open.

[CdnReader]

open
to the cosmos
accepting of the gifts
that shower down from distant stars
a choice

[Pendragon]

a choice
do or do not
there is no try. hear you
nothing that I say? that is why
you fail

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Four/yoda.gif

[CdnReader]

^^^ YODA!! (again!!) :D

you fail
to understand
that, unless you proceed
with passion, the result will be
failure

[littlewing53]

failure
restrains success
how does the one refrain
with thrown kisses of happiness
take note

[ampoule]

take note
watch him closely
he is a quick changer
whatever he touches turns to
new heights

[littlewing53]

new heights
reached on tip toes
beyond the old blue past
without a sound or voice spoken
barefoot

[ampoule]

barefoot
you hold me close
my feet on yours, dancing
I lean back, not afraid, and you
kiss me

[CdnReader]

kiss me
with your hot breath
leave my skin slick with sweat
dripping from the heat of exposed
sunbeams

[ampoule]

sunbeams
are for sliding
down to the earth we go
touching others with the warmth of
a look

[Granny5]

a look,
a touch, a smile,
is all it takes to make
my heart skip a beat and
keep me loving you more and more
always

[motherhubbard]

always
reminding me
of what I ought to do
but never offering to lend
a hand

[PrinceMyshkin]

a hand
extended to
a friend is better than
bread, at times, to someone who is
starving

[motherhubbard]

Starving
For attention
She stretched up high
And soared across the stage
Like a leaf in the autumn wind
dancing

[Granny5]

starving
for attention
put butter and jam on
his bread and toasted it then ate
it all

oops! mh you beat me both in time and prose...good job.

[motherhubbard]

Funny, great minds and all...


It all
became too much.
She wanted to escape
from all the things that troubled her.
Alone

[firefangled]

Alone,
be this first, then,
give me what you found there,
share with me how the universe
filled you.

[Sweets America]

Alone,
be this first, then,
give me what you found there,
share with me how the universe
filled you.

I love this!!
I wanted to write a little thing starting with 'Alone' but I'm glad I didn't, because it would have made us miss this beautiful little piece of poetry.

Now...

Filled you
With stories but
Letting an empty space,
Void which coldness is replaced by
My love

[PrinceMyshkin]

my love
is my love is
all that I need to know
of my love, except that she know
my love

[ampoule]

my love
is here and here,
even here you know, but
I'm afraid you'll look too deep and
miss it

[CdnReader]

miss it
those childhood days...
peanut butter and jam,
merry-go-rounds and puppy dogs...
your smile

[Granny5]

your smile
is in my mind
to keep me company
while I wait for you to come home
again


*don't know if this is right?

[CdnReader]

again
i reach for you
only find emptiness
your voice haunts my life, submerging
velvet

[ampoule]

velvet
must be my hand
the way you rub circles
your thumb in that constant motion
calms me

[CdnReader]

calms me
that background beat,
that drifting melody,
spun into threads of mystical
beauty

[Pendragon]

beauty
is in the eye
of the one who decides
what pleases them, no matter what some
may think...

[CdnReader]

may think
i'll never reach
the top of this ladder
but one foot after another
i'll win

[ampoule]

I'll win
after I've lost
and looked over the spoils
saving trinkets and ribbons for
trophies

[Uncle Lar]

Trophies
Are given to
Individuals who
Overachieve and continue
To win!

Sincerely,

Uncle Lar

[firefangled]

To win
is to exhaust.
For love, give everything!
Those who love so as not to lose,
will lose.

[symphony]

will lose
and will again
charge against enemies.
will the world ever see peaceful
white flags?

[ampoule]

white flags
I hold them high
in case you do not see
my abandon, my surrender
to you

[Il Penseroso]

to you
I skip my heart
on page-white seas that clip
like jagged stones my loving arc
aslant.

[Riesa]

aslant,
an acorn breaks.
the are we, the who?
arises. discussed, and dismissed
again

[Il Penseroso]

again
a yarn unspins
yellow flagellations,
the weakening tie carousing
its course.

[ampoule]

its course
will take its way
running and winding down
among the willows hanging there
weeping

[CdnReader]

weeping...
my very depths
torn apart...inside out
waves of pain and grief, on my knees,
collapsed

[PrinceMyshkin]

collapsed
upon ourselves
we weep for what might have
been! Oh those ever taunting might
have beens

[ampoule]

have beens
like those has beens
all washed up and drying out
should we, could we, would we change that
for chance

[CdnReader]

for chance
i toss the dice
watch them roll, spinning and
tumbling across the green baize table...
Sevens!


Edit: Sevens?? Sevens??! How do you get SEVENS on dice??? LOL!

[ampoule]

Sevens!
some are deadly,
I have toyed with them all,
but they are not playthings are they?
they kill

[firefangled]

they kill,
without thinking,
the spirit that creates -
bless the teacher who gives them red
and time

[Pendragon]

and time
has funny ways
writing lines on our face
washing mountains out into seas--
passing

[CdnReader]

passing
within arm's length
of each other, we dance,
each with our partners, but loving
others

[ampoule]

others
take us places
we might not go alone
buy a ticket, get it punched, climb
aboard

[CdnReader]

aboard
this thundering
train that drags me through life....
leave me here till my ticket has
expired

[ampoule]

expired
my date is up
time to be recycled
put me in the bin with him, a ride
so fun

[Sweets America]

So fun
To be resting
On your chest and to laugh
With you, before falling asleep
Again

[PrinceMyshkin]

Again
and again I
fall in love with you. And
I hope to go on and on for
ever

[Riesa]

ever
over, under
ground, a rock top to stop
his bark ~ chihuahua cha-chas not,
poor dog.

[CdnReader]

poor dog
huddled inside
matted hair, thin body,
eyes glazed over with fear and
hunger

[ampoule]

hunger
an empty pit
get the shovel, begin
dig deeply, put your back in it
fill me

[CdnReader]

fill me
with pink flutters,
carry me on feathered
wings that fly me above clouds of
silver

[Riesa]

I always love to read your poetry, CdnReader.

Silver
silence finely
wrought, delicate as the
veins of fleshless leaves, wraps a
cool shroud

[firefangled]

cool shroud,
wind between worlds,
sail me to a new land -
pure light, make new my weary soul,
fill me

[CdnReader]

^^ Thanks Riesa....ditto. And thanks, Fire, for leaving me this opening line again. It's a good one. :)

fill me
with all you are....
my spirit cries for you,
I welcome your shining presence
inside.

[firefangled]

^^ Thanks Riesa....ditto. And thanks, Fire, for leaving me this opening line again. It's a good one. :)

fill me
with all you are....
my spirit cries for you,
I welcome your shining presence
inside.



Uh-oh, didn't mean to be a copycat.:( But Riesa's cool shroud just conjured that up in a heartbeat.

Onward:

inside,
what does it mean?
At night, the crickets call,
and I, in my brass box, breathe through
the stars

[ampoule]

the stars
really don't dance
they just stand there for me
to practice my daily games of
pinball

[firefangled]

pinball,
Grandma had one,
red felt, a tomato,
with its chrome seeds on the outside -
don't touch

[ampoule]

don't touch
you might get stuck
you'd best not sit either
pins and needles can make a girl
nervous

[firefangled]

nervous,
don't be nervous,
it's easy, back, two, three,
side, two three, turn, feel the music,
and dance

[symphony]

and dance
this one last dance
with me; in one last glance--
look at my eyes; this is but the
last chance.

[CdnReader]

Last chance,
buddy, it's now.
The choice is clear. What will
it be? Clubs, diamonds, hearts, or spades...?
Trump me.

[ampoule]

trump me
tell me the deal
are you taking my tricks,
knuckling my peas, curing my yous?
meld me

[CdnReader]

^^^ Cute one, Amp.

Meld me,
press me into
a shape that fits just right
with you.... massage all the end bits
just so

[Sweets America]

Just so
That I become
Your mind’s new creation,
Innocent, pure, bust above all
Alive.

[ampoule]

Just so
That I become
Your mind’s new creation,
Innocent, pure, bust above all
Alive.

um...Sweets...what DID you have on your mind? hehe Sorry, couldn't resist.

Alive.
Take me that way.
Put your silly gun down.
I am the easiest prey you'll
capture

[firefangled]

capture,
it will happen,
your heart like a gazelle,
leaping, someday, in mid air, love
finds you

[Sweets America]

um...Sweets...what DID you have on your mind? hehe Sorry, couldn't resist.

Alive.
Take me that way.
Put your silly gun down.
I am the easiest prey you'll
capture

Jesus! That made me have a good laugh! Huh......what I had on my mind? You do not want to know..eheheh.

finds you
there, in the least
expected place, curled up,
eyes wet, and praying that you would
be found

[CdnReader]

be found
in the smallest
sliver of my heart, just
a smidgeon of love saved up
for you

[littlewing53]

for you
an offer lives
indulge delight define
a meadow with blue skies above
for us

[ampoule]

for us
there are poems
I am a lucky girl
to have all these mentors watching
me grow

[Granny5]

oops! wrong format. sorry

[Granny5]

me grow
and me grow some
then I grow a lot more
the story of my three children
pre birth

[firefangled]

pre birth,
where have we been;
there is no death, we wait
and look for the next world, the one
we need

[motherhubbard]

we need
or so we think
overwhelming desire
thin self control not withstanding
succumb

[CdnReader]

succumb
to the pull of
the strings, limbs dangle and
dance with a gentle tug as you
react

[ampoule]

react
do it again
you'll be better this time
take a deep breath, deliver your
lines now