Beauty Surrounds

Merril has us swooning over an image of roses in the dVerse Poets Pub ~ she has  shared a list of names bestowed on the beauties ~ next come poems using a few of those names.     

Sunrise we greet ~ Summer Song sweet
Wind Rush and Sea Foam wherever we roam
Tangles that bind ~ Quicksilver mind
Restless we wander far from our home

No Surrender calls through the long night
White Wings are lifting our hearts into flight
Ebb Tide is pulling ~ soft and untrue
tell me oh tell me ~ will it be you

Peace like a whisper we never quite keep
drifting between us in shadow and sleep

*** If you are into music, 

my poem's rhythm should read 

like a waltz, a 6/8 time signature. 

Think the theme song from Outlander.

https://youtu.be/0pyRbHzWCAQ

Hear Me Roar!

 Time for Poetics in the dVerse Pub ~  Lisa is hosting and requests we write poems using sculpture as inspiration!    [ my fave Las Vegas place to sit and reflect ]

Marco Cochrane’s “Bliss Dance” is a 40-foot stainless-steel, mesh-skinned figure captured in a moment of uninhibited confidence, a transplant from the Burning Man festival that made a brief stop at the Great Lawn at San Francisco's Treasure Island before being purchased by MGM Resorts International. An arm extends out to balance a soft back kick, giving the nude form a full-bodied gesture of elegance and empowerment! 

Original poem, published in 2021, in Red.

Hear Me Roar

lecherous looks from men

on sidewalks / in classrooms / airports

i turn my head / tune them out

i don't need catcalls / low-pitched moans

under-the-breath whistles / vulgar gestures

i sing the music / in my mind

celebrate / at the very edge of my soul

stride / with unwavering grace

too big to ignore

hey guys / i've heard it all before

beyond the noise / beneath the skin

ancient blood hums / with untamed song

i am iron / wrapped in velvet skin

soft as petals / sharp as thorns

not just a voice / but an anthem

a thunder stitched / from silence and scars

my worth not measured / by your gaze

my power not granted / by your praise

reborn / untamed / unbowed

a force of nature / wild and wise