Cinquain Train

[onestepp]

friendship
caring, sharing
large-hearted, sure-footed,
smart trustworthy adventurer
loyal

[onestepp]

Loyal
treking, trusting
delightfully joyous
universally logical
planets

[oneblindmouse]

Planets
hurtle through space,
endlessly orbiting
what they cannot free themselves from,
like us.

[Aiko]

like us
stars lose their way
but even in darkness
they never stop shining, burning
living.

[onestepp]

Living
trembling, springing
tumultuous delight
forever churning own footsteps
relax

[oneblindmouse]

relax
just take my hand
see shooting stars that climb
to dizzy heights in brand new skies
and smile

[onestepp]

and smile
wide crooked grin
delightful happiness
childhood memories recounted
wider

[Meerkat]

wider
we mind the game
of one splitting, two play
forgetful that its start was fun
for one

[Beyondian]

for one,
the world might stop
The sea might calm, and the
Sun might shine - just once more through the
storm clouds

[oneblindmouse]

storm clouds
approach again
with black and icy rain
words thunder down and find their mark -
I flee

[onestepp]

I flee
bounce, spring, zag, leap
torquoise, turtle shell white,
blindly, perfectly carry home
sandals

[Beyondian]

Sandals
Casting sand plumes
through the beaches of life
My Footprints dancing with the waves
Freely

[Writer???]

Freely
we come and give
and live in ever more
expanding bounds of connection;
unreal.

[onestepp]

Unreal
flounder,blunder
happy, jolly, delight
one mistaken identity
fishing

[oneblindmouse]

fishing
for compliments
craving pats on the back
the child within, forever sad
unloved

[Ganesha]

unloved
years of rejecting
futile attempts to give
what I craved the most, now I am
open

[Beyondian]

open
trying to see
reasons to continue
in the promise of affection
you show

[poetinahat]

you show
a visitor
the view from your window
you leave him there, shutting the door
behind

[Writer???]

Behind
the sadness and
tears, the hopes and gladness,
moments of madness ironic
to Love

[Beyondian]

to love
If I could dare
Letting myself extend
my hand, my heart, my everything
to you

[onestepp]

To you
yearning, learning
delightfully bright-eyed
questioning everything always
Teacher

[Teena]

teacher
comrade at arms
protecting freedom's goal
in far off lands for people most
unknown

[Beyondian]

Unknown
In his lonely
Wistful wanderings of
Wonder, he casts a glassy eye
At life

[onestepp]

At life
action, listen
inspiring, perspiring
one giant step leads direction
east wind

[Beyondian]

east wind
caresses my face
blows in my footsteps and
whispers the song of the world in
my heart

[Feiss]

My heart
will go on and
love a dozen other men
Ha! Lied when I said I'd never
Let go

[Beyondian]

Let go
The river sings
Of life and beatiful
moments beyond the riverbank
Dabble

[13:7]

dabble
in the sunlit
moments of joyous smiles
and splash the water of life on
your face

[Teena]

your face
so familiar
and yet no longer known
images of your face near hers
cheating

[Feiss]

cheating
girlfriends are sluts
cheating boyfriends are studs
only solution is orgy
porgy

[Teena]

Porgy
and Bess - classic
but not my preference
Phantom of the Opera is
premier

[Feiss]

Premier
Wen Jia Bao is
halting cars and traffic
to up air freshness for 08
smog games

[Teena]

smog games
L. A. basin
difficult to run when
breath rushes out but seeps back in
slowly

[Beyondian]

slowly
dangling from the
ceiling of the world, I
float in the wind - alone, serene
blissful

[Ganesha]

blissful
I am falling
hard upon your high-heels
it feels like hell's fires burning
sulfur

[Beyondian]

sulfur
in my boiling
veins, I rise on desire
longing for the cooling grace of
your lips

[onestepp]

your lips
cracked, chapped, crinkled
firey-red happy
creative musical genius
trumpet

[Beyondian]

trumpet
the world's darkness
In your dulcet whispers
all I hear is you - your sweetness
I drown

[Teena]

i drown
in the raucous
cawing cacophony
of endless politicians and
their lies

[Beyondian]

Their lies
don't believe the
whispers and promises
of my eyes, my lips, my fingers
they lie

[onestepp]

They lie
sleeping, weeping
dainty, decorative leaden
declarative dreams overflow,
pencils

[Teena]

pencils
break easily
like promises and hearts
a dime a dozen like your words
untrue

[onestepp]

untrue
growling, groaning
large melodramatic
neverending eating machine
stomach

[Ganesha]

stomach
tentatively holds
the truth of my spirit
winged creatures call me on home
I fly

[Eliel Takavian]

I fly
hover over
harrier is my name
I stoop above the spinning earth
and fall

[onestepp]

And fall
winking, blinking
wiggily, jiggily
large scarey, starry-eyed monster
slumber.

[oneblindmouse]

Slumber
blanketing dreams
seeping through lazy pores
pillowing him who tranquil snores
at peace

[Lady Cat]

At peace
the last respite
dark visions permeate
chaotic thoughts wafting away
good bye

[Teena]

good bye
you say to me
but there is nothing good
about tearing two lives apart
like this

[onestepp]

like this
tieing, trying
thin, long, strong, delicate
blindness simplified construction
laces

[onestepp]

laces
tugging, pulling
long, thick, strong, colorful,
under, over through white canvas
stitches

[onestepp]

stitches
braided, plaited,
delightful delicate
doodled designs, double life,
artist

[onestepp]

artist
mixed, stirred
great musical whimsy
unforgetable icons flew
Disney

[ddgryphon]

Disney
dreamed new visions:
brought worlds unseen to life.
creating the impossible:
his gift.

[Teena]

his gift
faith, hope and love
redemption from all sin
futures beyond infinity
the Christ

[oneblindmouse]

the Christ
would surely gasp
at what his church has done
with all his words of love and peace,
not war

[Ganesha]

not war
they had pleaded
yet the bombs fell all night
killing men, women and children
peace out

[P.H.Delarran]

peace out
smoke chokes reason
clouds of grief, rage, blind sight
this path written in history,
in blood

[Meerkat]

in blood
free rides the line
the code of clan and face
the heritage of luck and time
unearned

[P.H.Delarran]

unearned
your affection
tantalizes my will
as if I never had control
love lust

[Fiat Lex]

love lust?
the rush of need?
crave it, trip on any
rounded object. fall flat, and don't
get up.

[onestepp]

Get up
scramble, scamper,
small, delightful, quick, joy,
greying wings beneath own soul,
fleetness

[Fiat Lex]

"Fleetness,"
proclaimed the mouse,
"is all--swift feet, long life."
"Not so," grinned the cat. "Wait,
stalk patiently, and your belly will
be full."

[onestepp]

Be full
scatter, gather,
januty outrageous joy,
expertise baffled genius
Mindless

[ddgryphon]

mindless
fingers tapping
rhythmic pounding sounding
around this dull forgotten room
waiting

[kborsden]

waiting
on the doorstep
the rain soaking my bones
the cold a constant companion
HELLO!

[SinK]

HELLO!
Old friends greeting
smiles all round for those there
the absentees are mourned with tears
and wine

[kborsden]

and wine
flows as water -
a torrent of constant
cheer - or fanciful forced antics
plain pissed

[onestepp]

Plain pissed
mad, not glad, ired
irritable fury
passionate quick tempered anger
enraged.

[Ganesha]

enraged.
hot with passion
we engage our quick wits
tango embraced our bodies twist
we dance

[Colin Fiat]

we dance
around subjects
we can't agree upon
forcing on our quiet face for
breakfast

[Blarg]

breakfast
of champions
this shocking morning sun
that shakes me into my sneakers
to run

[JohnL]

To run
outside in May
under cellophane skies
beats June’s mosquito bite
saloon.

[Ganesha]

saloon
the doors swinging
guns on our hips do sway
we aim and shoot, fast but furious
we miss

[Colin Fiat]

We miss
Midnight romance
When loves noise filled the air
Fine memories held dear now we
Grow old

[Blarg]

Grow old
with me, my love,
our ripe stinky cheeses
fermenting into something worth
slicing

[Colin Fiat]

Slicing
At my good name
With cutting sharp tongue wit?
Lets settle this like gentlemen
At dawn!

[CDSinex]

At dawn
you rise and pick
your clothes up off my floor.
Without a word I watch you dress
and leave.

[Ganesha]

and leave
me awakened
to your crime committed
sugar in the gas breaks my car
karma

[JohnL]

Karma
is lazier
than most people know – it
waits for the moment when push comes
to shove.

[kborsden]

to shove
the door open
and then not pass through it
a closer inspection reveals
"please pull"

[Blarg]

"Please pull,"
she told Cary,
"harder, forget about
your Mount Rushmore face for just a
moment."

[CDSinex]

Moment
after moment
we lie awake and talk
as if to hold the dawn at bay
once more

[Ganesha]

once more
I pry the jaws
of time open to now
then they snap shut swallowing me
again

[CDSinex]

Again
it’s time for you
to go and me to stay
behind. A fate we each choose for
our selves.

[Ganesha]

our selves
a pack of lies
that tries to ignore me
I am the one who is the all
nothing

[CDSinex]

Nothing
left between us.
The bridge and road are out.
Storms took the last link and now there’s
nothing

[Ganesha]

nothing
contains it all
love can hold everything
a rainbow bridge from me to you
dear heart

[B.D. Eyeslie]

dear heart
do you hear me
when I cry to myself
will you pump one last pint of hope
purpose

[kdnxdr]

purpose -
gleaned from live's lived
molded to serve others
as an expression of God's love,
it's free!

[CDSinex]

It's free
you needn’t ask.
There are no strings, just this
one question. What will you want for
breakfast?

[wyzguy]

Breakfast?
No, I must go
To the one who can't know
About what happened after the show.
Fast break

[DionS.]

Fast break,
Next to slow work,
Is the only true sin
For which there needn’t ever be
A cause.

[kdnxdr]

a cause,
a grand escape
to higher purposes
beyond the nothingness of life;
who cares?

[celestialwolf]

Who cares?
I thought I did,
Maybe I could be wrong,
They say you only live once right?
Screw this.

[kdnxdr]

screw this:
twist it just right
where it is nice and tight,
screw it in through the long, hot night;
you're done

[B.D. Eyeslie]

You're done?
as quick as that?
I'm still kind of ... undone.
I said it was a marathon.
You sprint.

[kdnxdr]

you sprint,
hoping to win
knowing not what your prize
could have been; when you take your time,
it's sweet

[celestialwolf]

It's sweet,
That georgia peach,
Such tender flesh to taste,
Juices runnings down my chin,
Yummy.

[onestepp]

Yummy
sweet, chocolate
velvety, heavenly
fluffy as a white puffy cloud
heaven

[kdnxdr]

heaven
peaks through the clouds
reminding me, there's more -
like a parallel dimension
beyond

[LizaJane]

beyond
the melting ice
and the amber liquid
dreams shatter like glass upon the
sidewalk

[celestialwolf]

Sidewalk,
Sizzling and gray,
Radiating heat waves,
Melting shoes and burning bare feet,
Scalding.

[LizaJane]

scalding
embarrassment
makes my face blush crimson
like a rose in a scorching sun
wilted

[Perscribo]

Wilted
by the blank light
of cold, fluorescent tubes,
I climb down this thin ladder to
reboot.

[LizaJane]

reboot
this haggard soul
to the days of my youth
choices hung like grapes on the vine
dripping

[CDSinex]

Dripping
wet your hair falls
on one breast. You lean and
softly say, We shouldn’t be here.
I know.

[JohnL]

I know
nothing of plants
beyond famous flowers
and yet I bask in their morning
glories.

[LizaJane]

glories
tattered flags flown
victories heralded
heroes remembered in solemn
sweet prayers

note: had to add sweet 'cause prayer was only one syllable - sigh

[Ganesha]

sweet prayers
we had whispered
I raised my voice to God
your inner silence was broken
be still

[celestialwolf]

Be still,
I know it hurts,
It'll be over soon,
He whimpers as I pull it out,
A thorn.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

A thorn
Beneath the rose
Paints the red on my lips
Moon set sun rise it's time to fly
Victim

[LizaJane]

victim
shivers in shame
self recrimination
ravaging unmercifully
its prey

[celestialwolf]

Its prey,
Now within view,
In an open clearing,
A hawk swoops down with claws ready,
Attack.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Attack
The poor rise up
Power to the people
The ruling classes pay the price
Theater

[CDSinex]

Theater
of the absurd.
Dancing in denial
our words cannot break the silence,
for now

[kdnxdr]

for now
distance will do
waiting for time's quick wink
when our stars form their alliance
we'll know

[celestialwolf]

We'll know,
When the time’s right,
To face our destiny,
It matters not if we survive,
Forward.

[kdnxdr]

forward
into the breach
whether we die or not
only to fight for our freedom
we win

[B.D. Eyeslie]

we win
though there is loss
arms held high in glory
over the bodies of our friends
glory

[Ciggie Moondust]

glory
interlude of
tintinnabulation
impending knell, unfurling knoll
lie still

[celestialwolf]

Lie still
I want to see
Just how deep the blade goes
Before your flesh looses color
Murder.

[LizaJane]

murder
of reasoning
time crumbles foundations
chaos reigns in a hollow land
too late

[B.D. Eyeslie]

too late
the golden gate
transcontinental crush
text the words speak the words--no more
burning

[Ciggie Moondust]

burning
interstitial
a flame, then whoosh - wisp of
whispering pearl skeletons un-
rattled

[celestialwolf]

Rattled
My poor raw nerves
To the point where I shake
I desperately need to calm
Stressed out.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Stressed out?
I've felt better.
You can't burn at both ends
And call yourself acquiescent.
Go forth.

[Ciggie Moondust]

Go forth
into traffic
I won't put out a hand
nor will I pound any pavements
searching.

[kdnxdr]

searching
frantic for vowels
struggling to build a word
the consonants seem so alone
don't text

[celestialwolf]

Don’t text,
Behind the wheel,
Because you may not see,
The vehicle before you stopped,
Break lights.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Break lights,
Plate glass showers,
The shopkeeper turns red.
The young and the pissed all want more.
More blood.

[kdnxdr]

more blood
never enough
nothing satisfies hate;
when will this killing ever end?
not soon

[celestialwolf]

Not soon,
Not even close,
Oh how I wish it was,
Please hurry up and get here soon,
Lunch time.

[Ciggie Moondust]

'Lunch time'
says the werewolf
all the while wondering
why he prowls at unwolfly hours,
dammit.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Damnit
I say to you
the horse you rode on too.
If I can't get my due, I'm through.
Hear me!

[Ciggie Moondust]

Hear me!
Fear me! Beer me!
Need to get a buzz on
before the damned zombies pillage
this town.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

this town ...
I love this town;
it's where I hang my hat.
But now, with zombies everywhere,
Not so.

[celestialwolf]

Not so.
I’m serious.
Are you questioning me?
Feel free to go and look it up.
I’m right.

[CDSinex]

"I'm right,"
you like to say,
as if you thought I cared.
Lost in thought, "sorry, did you say
something?"

[B.D. Eyeslie]

something
is not nothing
and nothing is no fun
something worth noting compels me
to think

[Ciggie Moondust]

to think
bloodily so
till your musings transform
into some semblance of knowledge
blood clots

[CDSinex]

Uh-oh. Somebody’s having a 1960s hippie flashback.

Blood clots
on a fresh wound.
Absorbed in blue flowers
the energy of the cosmos:
Selfheal

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[Perscribo]

Self-heal
seeped in large heaps
helps pressured hearts increase
seconds and sand between loud beats
for sleep.

[Ciggie Moondust]

for sleep
long awaited
micronaps tide over
until fierce undertow drags you
down, down.

[celestialwolf]

Down, Down,
Into the well,
Tumbling ever faster,
Till at last it hits the bottom,
A wish.

[LizaJane]

a wish
blown by the wind
like a dandelion
lost among the tangles and thorns
choked out

[B.D. Eyeslie]

choked out
pungent hazmat
a doobie by the door
alarms and sprinklers came to life
redeye

[LizaJane]

my clothes
cover my sins
in denim and cotton
veiling the ravages of time and
regret

[B.D. Eyeslie]

regret
little in life,
though sins may be many.
the pure luck of surviving youth--
retreat.

[Ciggie Moondust]

retreat
my only one,
my blind man, my failure:
you'll only grind your dead old bones
to ash.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

to ash
with my folly
a thought out plan, indeed.
I'm back at the beach selling slush:
two bucks.

[CDSinex]

Removed for submission elsewhere.

[Ciggie Moondust]

August
ineffable--
with all this sweat streaking
down my back, so am I, for shame,
for shame!

[B.D. Eyeslie]

For shame,
I ran away.
Fears in a foriegn land
brought me back to where I began:
injured.

[kdnxdr]

injured
during childhood,
scars linger until dusk
when mercy remembers no more;
death comes

[Perscribo]

Death comes--
in wake of dirge-
piped waterworks streamed down
in virulent, over-rich ditch
--devoid.

[Ciggie Moondust]

Devoid,
sanctity seized,
revenge unsanctioned, you
traverse the narrow line, repent--
succumb.

[kdnxdr]

succumb!
shouts the tyrant;
relinquish your self will,
bow to my authority, now!
give up!

[celestialwolf]

Give up!
While you still can,
Before the bug bites you,
For once the bug has bitten you,
You’ll write.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

You'll write.
I'll read it all.
You'll say it's not for me.
I'll torture myself forever.
You'll shrug.

[CDSinex]

You'll shrug.
I’ll walk away.
You’ll call, I’ll turn around—
A little game played with one on
each side.

[Ciggie Moondust]

Each side
quarters itself
serves its blood meat to beasts,
sews its seams back up as the pack
shrinks back.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Shrinks back
with a six pack
when the field lights come on.
High school to no school in one step--
busted.

[celestialwolf]

Busted.
Swollen split lip.
I don’t care if it stings.
I said what I needed to say.
Bastard.

[Ciggie Moondust]

Bastard
son of a shit,
go fuck yourself sideways:
come around here again and I'll
castrate.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

castrate
into the pond
trout nibble on the bait
feel the pain as the hook digs deep
rainbow.

[CDSinex]

Rainbow
arcs in the sky
pointing to pots of gold.
There for the taking (or so I've
been told.)

[celestialwolf]

Been told.
Several times.
I don't listen that well.
It's not that I don't hear you speak.
Ignored.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Ignored
since arrival--
responsibility.
A baby speaks its own language:
Change me!

[kdnxdr]

change me!
make me my best,
fulfilled to be myself,
complete to know I'm part of you;
I'm whole.

[Ciggie Moondust]

I'm whole
insatiable
it's you I'll draw/quarter
until I'm more than me, than you--
teeming.

[CDSinex]

Teeming
asphalt rivers,
canyons of steel and glass.
Three-hundred miles due north, Marshfield—
and you.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

And you,
what's your story?
... So, you think that's unique,
a school for wizzards and witches?
Big deal!

[Ciggie Moondust]

Big deal,
that Dumbledore,
waved his wand, all hot shit -
when I graduate from Hogwarts,
I'll rule.

[kdnxdr]

I'll rule;
it's a hen's house,
no cockafoolery;
if I want a peep out of you,
I'll ask

[CDSinex]

I'll ask
if I need to.
You’ll answer, when you want.
The perfect sunset— sitting in
silence.

[Blarg]

Silence
is a gift that
cannot be given to
everyone; most want to open
the box.

[CDSinex]

The box
thumps louder now
in hollow emptiness.
Its use long since served— awaiting
trash day.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Trash day
lightens my load.
I've given all I can.
Now, you'll be leaning on the law,
gasping.

[kdnxdr]

gasping,
you were suprised;
thinking I'd gone away,
startled disbelief traced my face,
you smiled

[B.D. Eyeslie]

you smiled
the smile that says
I'm here and I won't go--
the smile I've seen a thousand times
before.

[Ciggie Moondust]

Ban me;
I demand it.
I'm stirring up shit, see?
Now click that button and watch me
vanish.

[celestialwolf]

Vanish.
Pseudo did it.
With just barely a click.
A triolet- robbed of its life.
Now gone.

[pseudo]

now gone
like my last post
I screwed up the format
please forgive my newbie mistake
sorry

[Ciggie Moondust]

Now gone -
will I come back?
Come and go as I please
that's how I roll, you'd best believe -
take that!

OOPS.

Sorry?
Fear not, pseudo -
forgiveness abounds, yes,
please post long and prosper, new one -
hooray.

[pseudo]

hooray!
sweet redemption
I have been forgiven
for the sins of errors long past
one love

[celestialwolf]

One love,
Among many,
That possesses my heart,
Whom makes happiness tangible,
Dearest.

[Ciggie Moondust]

Dearest:
delirious,
that is what you make me -
but when the skies rain neon frogs
you're gone.

[Tedashii]

You're gone
You're gone with the wind
Drifting past the white clouds
Floating in the air for a breath
Gasping

ETA: I NINJA'D THE POSTER BELOW ME!

[CDSinex]

Gasping,
a rainbow trout
hangs from a barbless hook.
A catch and release mood— you’re so
lucky.

[pseudo]

lucky
how your tattoo
hides the nicotine tears
that paints you into your last breath
how coy

[kdnxdr]

how coy,
to take a walk
and simply talk of love,
when so much begs discovery;
let's dance

[pseudo]

lets dance
with glassy eyes
that laugh in the crimson
of a stolen taboo sunset
shall we?

[Blarg]

Shall we?
Galloping night
thrusts a cooling lance through
the belly of blistered day; ride
away.

[pseudo]

away
where fade to black
the sentient wet dream
that falls from the curves of her smile
cuts me

[celestialwolf]

Cuts me,
To the marrow,
The harsh words that you speak,
My ego cries droplets of blood,
Depressed.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Depresed
So let it go.
Find another thread where
the writers are slower of thought.
Move on.

[pseudo]

move on
and hide the scars
that covets your coffee
one more sip to conceal the tears
for now

[celestialwolf]

Gah! A two for one..

Move on?
B.D. Eyeslie!
Dare not speak such laments!
Simply post another poem!
My friend.

--

For now,
I too am slow,
Slower than the Pseudo,
Who has beaten me to the punch,
Again.

[kdnxdr]

again
love leaves its mark,
loneliness drinks a beer;
a bleeding heart without a sleeve,
drowning

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Drowning
in a tea cup
filled with vile intentions,
never again to cross your path.
Gypsy

[pseudo]

gypsy
steal my skin tone
with your seasonal kiss
tempt me with your jazz-lit decor
break me

[Ciggie Moondust]

break me,
siphon blood dust,
down the elixir, drown;
stumble through tumbleweeds, vanquish
yourself.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Yourself,
a starting point,
concentrate on your soul;
then carve your pumpkin till it fits.
Mingle.

[Ciggie Moondust]

mingle
pancreatic
Wonka overload, child;
spun sugar veins disintegrate
don't faint.

[pseudo]

don't faint
while I conform
to the shape of your hush
the scent of your utopia
deep breath

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Deep breath ...
Now squeeze the breeze;
see the mobile flutter.
Origami cradle keepers.
Don't touch!

[CDSinex]

Don't touch!
Beware of snakes!
Warns the hand written sign—
The Village Store petunia bed,
Marshfield

[pseudo]

marshfield
in the tabloids
celebrating the flash
of her symbiotic lip gloss
exposed

[Ciggie Moondust]

exposed
our residue,
trampled the valleys of
our obscene slapdash dance, and down
we plunged.

[CDSinex]

We plunged
like the necklines
of eager starlets gowns.
A falling out? I guess— The price
of fame.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Of fame
I have little.
My resources are few,
but given half a fighting chance,
I will.

[kdnxdr]

I will
exercise choice,
its opportunity
fleeting in midst of change; soon gone
freedom

[pseudo]

freedom
that condemns me
for simply wanting you
within the always present more
of time

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Of time,
it's betrayal
of the promises made;
the cutest look turned to a scowl
one day.

[kdnxdr]

one day,
like another,
repeatedly counted
takes time captive and keeps you still;
I hope

[pseudo]

I hope
I'm underage
when karma ignores me
and your applause betrays my face
fail me

[celestialwolf]

Fail me?
You never do.
On you I can depend.
Regardless of the obstacle.
My wife.

[kdnxdr]

my wife
like ying and yang,
love reciprocated;
without the storm, there is no rain;
we grow

[B.D. Eyeslie]

we grow
weeds on our lawn,
and we try to sell them.
A few are taken in by this
nonsense.

[celestialwolf]

Nonsense!
I say to thee
This ship does fly indeed!
With a good heading and a crew
We fly!

[B.D. Eyeslie]

We fly
into rare air,
the heights of bombastry.
Those are envious stares below--
honest.

[celestialwolf]

Honest.
Or so you thought.
Snake oil, white lies and charm.
The real man behind the curtain.
Bastard.

[pseudo]

bastard
pierce me again
with your steam-risen eyes
and undress my jaded dogma
force me

[CDSinex]

Force me
to mind my place.
To stay behind the wall
you built, entrapped until the dam
gives way.

[celestialwolf]

Gives way,
My will power,
Like it always seems to,
No matter how much I fight it,
I lose.

[CDSinex]

I lose
all sense of time
along this gentile brook.
Watching leaves float off to where I
once lived.

[Ciggie Moondust]

once lived
alabaster
thrice reincarnated
muddying up the broken streams
of ink.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Of ink,
my story bleeds
from the rite of sunrise
to the last ceremonial
sunset.

[Tedashii]

Sunset!
It glows for lust,
Lust of the darkness!
The beauty of a paradox...
Beauty.

[CDSinex]

(If making the first word possessive is cheating, sorry.)


Beauty's
found in some eyes,
but in yours only rage,
exploding like a summer storm –
then calm.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Then calm
the savage beast;
I cannot control him.
Sadly, the bait speaks from the trap.
Haunted.

[Ciggie Moondust]

haunted
unhallowed ground
concealed beneath the frost
spectral ceremonies exhume
our breaths

[CDSinex]

Our breaths
are soft white haze
in winter's frozen air.
You lean in close –your warm words greet
my ear.

[Tedashii]

My ear
Can hear you now
Everything is now clear
I can see for miles and miles and
It's clear!

[kdnxdr]

it's clear;
water's deep store
like memories released;
the torrent washes pain away,
I float

[Tedashii]

I float
In the sky's cloud
I am a bird flying
My wings are my key to freedom
Unlock....

[kdnxdr]

unlock
my mysteries;
solve my life's great questions;
this riddle is for you alone,
my love

[B.D. Eyeslie]

My love
unheralded,
though the feelings are real,
I must never give voice to the
passion ...

[celestialwolf]

Passion..
Why do people
Sometimes lose their passion?
Oh how they wish to rekindle
Their lust.

[Tedashii]

Their lust
Mirrors into
Deceitful gluttony.
They already have it, why more?
Hunger....

[CDSinex]

Hunger
takes many forms—
Memories of a child
still walking the hills behind my
old house.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Old house--
a new rodent
chews the electric wires.
It started in the walls and spread--
panic.

[kdnxdr]

panic
freezes our thoughts,
turns us into statues,
begs for release that never comes;
relax

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Relax,
take a deep breath.
It's not as bad as that.
The fire is in our hearts and minds.
Exhale.

[CDSinex]

Exhale;
the wood is in,
jam and pickles are up,
storm windows washed –now ready for
winter.

[Blarg]

Winter
dusts the woodchips
the dog buried the bone
under; next spring a tree of bones
blossoms.

[CDSinex]

Blossoms,
wilted by frost,
now lying on the ground—
Enough! Time to put the garden
to bed

[kdnxdr]

to bed,
pillow to head,
snuggled 'neath the blankets;
discovering each others' love,
we play

[LizaJane]

we play
while the sun shines,
before the shadows lurk
and edge us toward the slumbering,
dense night