If you were lucky
your eyelids were thick
heavy with yesterday
when the light of morning
tried weakly
to poke you
but mine were thinly
veiled gossamer
just wispy covers
disguised by lashes
when a tender breeze
stirred up trouble
as the light of morning
angrily flooded in
pouring over me
like yesterday’s guilt
and turning my back
only widened the shadow
I am VERY PROUD to announce that my poem ‘Plum Crazy’ was listed in the TOP 25 poems during the 2012 Poetic Aside’s April PAD Challenge! (Hundreds of poets and thousands of submissions!)
William Carlos Williams
was lucky.
He had a forgiving partner
who was able to imagine
the delicious, sweet
and so cold plums
and settle for flakes
that probably weren’t so
forgiving
and quickly limped
into a soggy mess.
And even though
his apology was so
cleverly written that it is still
read and reread
long after iceboxes
have turned into Frigidaire’s,
I would have smacked him
with a frozen leg of lamb.
Forgive me,
I am so cold.