blue summer

the morning sky shimmers, powder
blue, light as flour -
scattered snow clouds
train of lace crowns -

pear trees are breezing open, flutes
ringing with fruits
green, small as thumbs
soon, sweet on tongues

daffodils and white asters sway
peach blossoms splay
summer calls, blurs-
you are not here

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Posted for dVerse poets Pub - Form for All, hosted by Frank Hubeny.  Please drop by to learn more about the minute form, starting at 3pm EST. The form requires three stanzas of 20 syllables each. Each stanza has four lines. The first line has 8 syllables and the next three lines have 4 syllables each. If that is not enough constraints, the poem is expected to have end rhymes for the three stanzas that go aabb ccdd eeff.  More information on the dVerse site.

The windows of our memories

the long day shifts, shadows,

calls us, church bells ringing

we chafe, bickering with

each other, reluctant

to let go of summer

games, flowers, dewdrops

we slurp cool water, draw

curtains to the side, breathe

growing silouttes of

twilight, bowstring of hues

as sun finally dips beyond lake,

all our windows opening

to catch the light, we brush

with watercolors in our eyes

to hear murmur of insects

we jar, along with smooth stones

those carefree days have long gone

by distance and choices

i sometimes wonder when

dusk comes, and moon is still-born

if your windows are still 

opening and and listening 

Long window overlooking the back balcony

Good thing the weather was sunny, not rainy.

Posted for D'verse Poets Poetics - Looking Out/Looking In, hosted by Lillian Hallberg ~

Thanks for your visit ~

cupcakes and almonds

stained this page- 

nibbled while broiling words
in my head

-storm, jar, kick-
between spaces 

i jot some verse
hoping 

for crash of thunder,
sudden spill of cornflower seeds

skyward, i garnish
with blue, unflickering

silence
i can bear it now-
echoes
echoing with(in)

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Posted for dVerse Poets - Quadrille - 44 words with the word FLICKER.  Please join us when the pub doors open at 3pm EST. We are back after a short summer break.

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