Lines written for #FromOneLine 300
Once upon a time
Wisdom whispered to me,
“Trust the process,
Practice the pause;
Do not brood over
What’s beyond control!”
So I embraced silence
But grief and fear
Gathered in my throat –
A heavy knot that choked
All remnants of hope.
Then, unable to breathe
Immensely fatigued
I set them all free –
Dreams, desires, wishes.
Maybe now it will find me –
My happily ever after.
#NaPoWriMo #GloPoWriMo Day 14
I have missed you before
In tangled thoughts
Jumbled recollections;
In a corner concealed
I found that one evening
We spent together
Hidden in a bulky album
Between pearl paper
Tender as papyrus
Gossamer stories
Motley of words, photos
Almost glowing neon
Just as they appeared
They soon disappeared
Blown far into the distance
In a fading Autumn breeze
Fragile yellow petals
Of wrinkled memories
Poetry inspired by the book cover for Friedrich Christian Accum. A Treatise on Adulteration of Food and Culinary Poisons. London, Longman, 1822 — Source.
#NaPoWriMo #GloPoWriMo Day 13
Old bones hold memories
Crumbling in the dust
Ivory turns to decay when
The lark has flown away
Dispersing the melody
Once resonating in the nest
Now empty, dusty, creaky
Recollections lie scattered
Broken, sunburnt, and weary
Poetry inspired by the book cover for C. Lockhart-Gordon. To the End. London: John F. Shaw and Co., 1898[?] — Source.
#NaPoWriMo #GloPoWriMo Day 9
Cold breath in the shadows
Raspy voices in the distance
A disconcerting huff
Changing to laughter
Cold as the night
From beyond the graves
Rises a specter of noises
Are they real, or only I hear
Whispers that bruise
My soul and tear apart
My frightened heart!
I shudder and wonder
Is it really all in my mind?
Poetry inspired by the book cover for Andrew Lang. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts. London ; New York ; Bombay : Longmans, Green, 1897 — Source.
In a cave of trees
In the unseen darkness
The crunch of leaves
Echo beneath heavy feet
Or resound with symphony
Revealing mind maps of
The soul that seeks;
Murmuring gusts unravel
Secrets of the forests
Beyond the twilight
Where demons lurk
In human fears deep
Or playful nymphs unfurl
Magical canopies green!
Blue Pen Strokes 