Tendrils
tendrils
yellow locks dividing
the way back
to my love
Flirt a Bit
in a crowd
in the wash
in the stream
scent is diffused
dispersed
encapsulated
in a drop
replace cologne
with the cosmetic
leave the powdery earth tones
understated white
to the base and dying
you've come to live
to multiply
slick up the lacquer
deepen the rosé
darken color, line, and hue
dare to bare
dew drenched
lips, petals, and lines
no need to hide
your frilly underthings
sparkle and sheen
water and sunshine
bejewel the brave
so be bold
use the spring breeze
to sway and twist
show your best
angle
flirt a bit
Murmuration
murmuration
center, starlings
connected, still
wary of mystery
The Bloom Caught Fire
wicks fuse
particles collide
erupt and burn
drenched in
accelerant
dew and breeze
the flames fanned
the bloom caught fire
sultry, sweet, and solar
a pringtemps passion play
crimson lips parted
kissed by the wind
ignited in a raindrop
Tulip
tulip
after the rain
lights atom
on fire
Orion's Arm
Orion’s arm
horizon beginning
submerged circle
endless Way
Up from the Roses
Dear broken-hearted one …
Think on the tale of Shalott
Tennyson’s heroine
So winsome and tragic
Lost to the hollow echoes
of romantic murmurs
lay back, coaxed Lancelot
trust your head to my bed of roses
Petals withered and decayed
Shallot met with grasping hands
No thorns, but nails ever-sharper
Scars left, much deeper
ay back, said the prince-who-was-not
Shade yourself under my sheltering parasol
Escape the sun and its sweltering heat
Let’s take respite together
Canopied from the light
No rain fell but tears … she felt
Bleach burns and chemical blisters
Abandoned and alone
Shalott became the rose worth twice
What she felled her life for
Shalott became the rose worth twice
What she felled her life for
Dry your tears
Do not sacrifice your life
to a seductive, dark spectre
Nurture your strength
Embody insight and wisdom
Bleed not the wounds of delusion
Come now, broken-hearted one
It’s time you got up from the roses
[Cherry Blossom]
cherry blossoms
golden spendthrifts
ladies swoon
It is a pauper’s end
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Words are my own. Images were creating with Grok and conceptual guidance by me.
Flirt a Bit and the Bloom Caught Fire are published in Domesticate the Heavens. Up from the Roses is published in Strays. [Murmuarion],[Tulip], [Orion's Arm],[Tendrils], and [Cherry Blossom] were first published on the X platform. Strays, Domesticate the Heaves and all titles below are available in paperback or digital through amazon and your local libraries and bookstores. Click on any title below to further explore and support my writing.