Monday, May 31, 2021

this poem

 

has lost count

of wilting lilacs leis

& awry summer spells


has curious eyes

for rust peeled colors

beneath glossy covers


has locksmith hands

on old clock 

while you


between teacup

stirrings & musings


wait for a phrase 

to cleave you         right

        as        light



 
Posted for dVerse Poets Pub - Quadrille #129, A Curiosity of Poems, hosted by De Jackson.   This is a 44 word post with the given word - curiosity.  Join us when the pub doors open at 3pm EST.  Thank you for the visit.

17 comments:

  1. I love this poem... it seems to have the right mind to maybe help a little bit to cleave it right... bring light to sate my curiosity

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  2. Oh, Grace. You KNOW I loves me some "this poem" poems. And this one simply takes my breath away. Goodness. Love those "locksmith hands," especially.

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  3. I like the form and shape of this Grace, particularly the cleaving at the end. Some phrases can do that!

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  4. Grace, I always enjoy stepping through your word gardens.

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  5. A delicate quadrille with a lovely layout, Grace. I love the ‘rust peeled colors beneath glossy covers’ and the ‘phrase to cleave you right as light’.

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  6. Something about "locksmith hands on old clock" touched me in this mystical poem. 💗

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  7. Nice quad, Grace. Love those locksmith hands.

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  8. I love the flow in this one, Grace. It's almost haikai-esque in its weaving.

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  9. Very nice Grace. I like the idea of a word cleaver!!

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  10. Love this! Especially the notion of "waiting for a phrase to cleave you."

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  11. cleave you right

    as light

    Love the visual presentation Grace!. It emphasised the 'split'

    Hank

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  12. locksmith hands, and the final cleaving. Very clever, enjoyed.

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  13. oooooooooooh. bursting with colors (albeit with tenderness) and then cleaves. cleaves.

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  14. This poem, this poem .... Love the beginning and every line that followed.

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