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12/20/2012 – Patricia A. Hawkenson’s Reflections – Writer’s Digest TOP 25!

Dec20

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!)

Plum Crazy

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.

5/16/10 Patricia A. Hawkenson’s Reflections – Poetry at Bedtime

May16

Cat

Poetry at Bedtime

A hundred and one things
compile today;
my back yields to the weight
of all of them.

Yet, my cat must be hugged.

My fingers deep,
press her close
till my breath slows
to her softening purrs.

Yet, my poem must be written
before I sleep.

Digging deep
I try to leave my mark
as blood is seeping
from her scratch on my thigh.