Green

“Warm and Red Berlin” (Photo Credit: Kaisa Vuorio)

When you see red
I see green
She’s in your head
when you see red.

She was your pearl, you said,
forever your queen.
When you see red
I see green.

2014-06-18
P. Wanken 

 

Posted for 100 Days of Summer 2014 (Facebook Group): 4 ~ Green. Also shared at Poets United for their Midweek Motif: Light and Dark (not exactly in the same strain in which it was intended, I’m sure…but light/dark contrast nonetheless).

 

Author’s Note: 
This photograph was actually posted for a different day/theme, but I continued to return to it, being intrigued by the color, the feeling of looking in on others together, the reflections. Truly an interesting photo by fellow challenge contributor, Kaisa Vuorio.

Time Marches On

It
was
a year
I’ll never
forget, becoming
a teenager was thee milestone
we had all been waiting for: turning thirteen years old.
The perspective of looking back
on that year makes me
wonder why
I rushed
time
by.

2014-06-13
P. Wanken

 

On this “Friday the 13th”, I’ve written this poem for Poets United Midweek Motif: Thirteen–to use thirteen lines to write a poem about thirteen. I used the Fibonacci form with a reverse Fibonacci, which by default also makes the middle line thirteen syllables long. 🙂

The Art Of The Matter

 
THE ART OF THE MATTER
(a shadorma)

Day’s dark sky,
a pretty common
reflection
of unvoiced
grief; surprise is in helpless
flowers’ solid stance.

2014-05-30
P. Wanken

 

Written for Micro Poetry Prompt May 23, 2014: Verbal Triage (to use six or more of the ten provided words, in a poem of 14 lines or less).

Heaven On Earth

 
HEAVEN ON EARTH
(a shadorma)

Each day is
a hell all its own.
The stresses
and pressure
are enough to bury me
in your arms each night.

2014-05-23
P. Wanken

 

Written for Micro Poetry Prompt May 21, 2014: All Things Between Heaven And Hell, also shared at Poets United Poetry Pantry.

True Colors

 
TRUE COLORS
(a shadorma)

For someone
whose favorite hue
is just blue,
she’s often
seen dressed in the less-favored
color of envy.

2014-05-22
P. Wanken

 

Written for Poets United Midweek Motif: Green