Tag: lifeandallthat

Starry Visions

#NaPoWriMo #GloPoWriMo Day 22

Book cover for Lord Dunsany. The Book of Wonder.

I sieved the stars
Through my fingers
They fell on the ground
Now, sparkling dust!

The mist from my eyes
Mingled in the glass
The shimmer flowed
Into oceans and seas

Luminescence washed
Along a silver beach,
I picked up the shards
Of the broken stars.

One with the sand
By the shores, I stood
Crystal dreams in my hand
Clutched to my bosom.

Roaring skies demanded
The glitter be returned
For they carried visions,
Of a thousand Earths!

Poetry inspired by the book cover of Lord Dunsany. The Book of Wonder. London: William Heinemann, 1912 — Source.

Just Being!

#NaPoWriMo #GloPoWriMo Day 21

Poetry inspired by the book cover for F.A Pouchet. The Universe: The Infinitely Great and the Infinitely Little.

Traveling unrestrained
The vast wilderness
Floating on clouds
Making mistakes
Capturing the bliss
Of throwing care
To the whistling winds
That was meant to be
Our universal destiny.
But look at us now
And all our messy lives
Seeking happiness,
In paper money
Living in castles
Built of dead trees
On barren lands
Failing to behold
Nature that throbs
With the power
Of just being!

Poetry inspired by the book cover for F.A Pouchet. The Universe: The Infinitely Great and the Infinitely Little. 13th edition. London: Blackie & Son, ca. 1896 — Source.

Fantasies

#NaPoWriMo #GloPoWriMo Day 20

Book cover for Richard Bowdler Sharpe. Sketch-Book of British Birds.

What are fantasies?
Illusions with wings;
Birds uncaged
Floating free
Over dreamscapes
Hovering still where
Nightmares dwell
A magical world
With a wish
And a spell
In our minds we create
A wonderland, or
A raging hell!

Poetry inspired by the book cover for Richard Bowdler Sharpe. Sketch-Book of British Birds. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge,1898 — Source.

Screams

#NaPoWriMo #GloPoWriMo Day 19

Book cover for Edward J. Goodman. Too Curious.
Book cover for Edward J. Goodman. Too Curious.

In the labyrinths of silence
I explore inner darkness
In awe, I see the lines rusted
Of rotting pain
Etched on my heart
By recollections deep
Digging in like ridged shards
Most painful are moments
I try to, but I can’t recall
They lie in the gloomy corners
Smothered by macabre screams
The ones I had muffled
For I knew no one cared

Poetry inspired by the book cover for Edward J. Goodman. Too Curious. London; Guildford: Bentley & Son, 1888 — Source.

Jasmine

#NaPoWriMo #GloPoWriMo Day 15

Book cover for E. A. Bowles. My Garden in Spring.

A window of thoughts
Hidden behind creepers
Ruffled by the rustle
Of leaves and critters
And a faraway breeze
Carrying your perfume
Placing it naughtily in the
Sweet center of a Jasmine

It’s summer time and the Jasmine vine shrubs are in full bloom. Their gentle aroma fills the air almost always carrying memories from afar. This poem is also inspired by the book cover for E. A. Bowles. My Garden in Spring. London: T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1914 — Source. Cover design by Katherine Cameron