Something Returning… #Poetry
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White Ghosts… #Poetry
Grey clouds on white candy
Black clouds carrying heavy rain
Lovers kiss beneath outstretched umbrellas
Rain splashed pavements wait for blue skies
White prisms of light shine on polished leaves
Trees sway, shedding their last teardrops
The earth greedy with thirst
Eagerly swallows each tear
White ghosts painted on blue skies
Light souls shining through
Touching those below, covering
The earth with memory
Waiting to be remembered
Grey clouds dropping rain
Showering the earth with secrets
Children splash in puddles
As other feet did years ago
Lift your face to the clouds
Taste the rain upon your lips
Do you remember?
Does the taste of something lost come to mind?
Clouds will bring the rain again.
Teasing you, daring you to remember
Secrets of the past hidden in each drop
Clouds pass, unseen by many below
Tilt your head, see the magic they make
The shapes and wonder of sky art…
White bleached clouds sail across blue skies
The day is washed clean as if by magic
Pink clouds hiding behind pillars of white
The day sails through to the purple hue of evening
All is well with my world…
© Anita Dawes 2021
Under Dark Eyelids… #Poetry
Sliding into darkness, searching for a part of me
Under dark eyelids, there is another I don’t recognise
Playing music underground, reaching above
there is a raggedy man searching
Evening rain, stepping out to a face full of tears
Running, slipping, searching for that spark
Intelligence, a dirty word against the graffiti painted walls
Night, a lighter shade of darkness, can I get back there?
Tell my story, in words they will believe
Energise the spark, bring back the shine
Let the Gods of love call my name
Love that holds the spark in gentle hands
Inside the world of dreaming there's a happy ending
Grateful lovers will agree with me
Every touch remembered, a story to tell
Never let the spark go out, keep the darkness away
Catch me before I fall out of love
Ending are lonely, never a happy place to be…
©AnitaDawes2022
Once Written… #Poetry #Music
I have always been a fan of Anita’s writing, her wonderful books, and her incredible poetry, so this is what I am posting today.
This week has left me drained, I have been so busy, what with catching up on all the chores that didn’t get done thanks to me being on retreat, locked in my office. And I have managed to get a lot more writing done too, as the muse decided to hang around and nag me. Not complaining, mind you, but couldn’t think of a better way to end the week.
Once Written
As long as I can hold a pen I will write the stories I am sent They are children running free In fields inside my head. Easy you say. Pin one down Write what's said They do not come fully formed my friend They need a few words from me to help them run A violent ending or happy Is theirs to tell I wait impatiently for every word Surprised at times at what is said They were no more than bones Inside my head Now flesh has formed If they could walk from the pages They would fit in our world As easily as you or me Those some I say, should not Share the air we breathe… ©anitadawes 2020
Silent Bells… #Poetry #Wordle 548
The silver hours of our lives Chime like bells that become silent The light dims on plans we made A match made in heaven they said Minutes catch each breath I drove through life without a care Fate was on my side The letter I wrote declaring my love Never sent, you belong to another What chance did I have To break what is heaven made? ©AnitaDawes2022
We do love a wordle!
Taste the Rainbow ~ #TankaTuesdayWeeklyPoetry…
Taste the Rainbow Stay here in my glass globe shake the changes rainbow lights flashing we dance under moonlight taste the color of magic we will stay in here hand in hand safe inside, old age will pass us by as we slide around the circle of light ©AnitaDawes2022
#TankaTuesday Weekly Poetry Challenge No. 268: 4/5/22 #Tastetherainbow-Color Poetry
Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Challenge…
#TANKATUESDAY Weekly #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 262, 2/22/22, #THEMEPROMPT
Are you ready for a #TankaTuesday theme prompt? Ken Gierke (Rivrvlogr) from last month’s challenge picked the theme:
TRANSITIONS
Take a drab rainy day paint a rainbow in all that you do see the smiles in their eyes hear the leaves whisper thank you as you pass by each mighty tree see the fairies wave as you pass them there… ©AnitaDawes2022
Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Challenge
#TANKATUESDAY Weekly #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 244 #EKPHRASTIC #PHOTOPROMPT
The crying ghosts recall their names written on sheets of paper in the grim reapers book he sits, checks over each name the old grey walls longing for help there was a time when they called them home there’s one last name before the walls crumble © Anita Dawes 2021
Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Challenge X 2
A Rainbow Sky
Step into the future
People wait to greet you
Under a rainbow sky
New life begins…
Play
the game
lose your life
spin, try to win
shadows watch your time
old souls play beside you
the game is rigged, know the trick
right hand shake the dice, left hand throw
trick the Gods of what they think they know
the left-hand throw is meant to be slower
the Gods know the left throw to be loaded
they would have to bring out the big guns
to stop what fate has already won
cheers grow loud on every throw
two more throws win the pot
your hand is shaking
the Gods, they smile
to see you
win the
lot
© Anita Dawes 2021
Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge…
#TANKA TUESDAY WEEKLY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 238, #SYNONYMSONLY
It’s the second week of the month! Are you ready to choose some syllables to use in your poetry? Colleen selected your two words:
Sanctuary & Follow
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