Showing posts with label Questions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Questions. Show all posts

Thursday, February 19, 2026

Moonseeds

 

Why are your words creased
in moon’s indigo carbon copy,
a blue my eyes cannot hold?

Why are my morning legs
ice-struck at dawn,
yet lift like pollen
when you place flowers in my hands?

Why does this story tugs at my ribs
toward opposite tides-
heavy as wet wool after rain,
light as dust drifting through an emptied room?

Why do my lips freeze into chalk
while my chest is a raging engine
along uneven tracks?

Why is the night crusted in salt,
unmeasured beats 
between the high cries of loons?

My fingers tremble against cold glass
before the question crosses my tongue.

Are moonseeds blooming where breath should be?



Posted for dVerse Poets Pub - Poems of Questions (No Answers).  Join us when the pub doors open at 3pm.  Thank you for your visits and comments.

Thursday, September 21, 2017

What is the c?lor



of the sky 
when the heart is feverish moon
grasping for air, refusing to fade in fire-
storm?



of his eyes
when thoughts are noosed in bullets
and every step is unanswered
question?



of the rain
when flood gates open, unmarking
borders, valleys & keys, leveling roofs to
pebbles?



of the sunrise
on the farthest side of galaxy
is it apricot or apple, behind cloudy mist?
or is it a mirror of emptiness, abandoned by dying 
stars? 

 
of my pen
when I forget syllables & taste of
pecan tarts & smell of wild red plum  
wine?
 



Posted for dVerse Poets Pub - OpenLink Night, Hosted by Gayle Walters Rose.   A late response to Bjorn's Poetic Prompt of writing a poem filled with questions.  Thanks for the visit.