Silent Muse
by Rose Ann Penney
A breath
Not seen
Vaguely grasped
Scarcely sensed
As the maple
Feels autumns
Approach
Draws blood
From leaves
Storing for
Winters
Sleep
Leaf abandoned
Crimsons
Golden orange
Death spiral
Windswept to
Gutters
Sometimes
Leaf pyres
Torched crackle
Smoke drifts
Skywriting
Inhale
Lungs filled
Exhale a breath
Poems.
………………………………………............................................………….
Silent tick
Piece of heaven
Nano spark
Of divination
Awakens
Electrons charging
Heart beats
Faster
Mind eruptions
Shadow fog
Snowfall
Of words
Blankets
Of meaning
Hiding the
Silent tick.
…………………………...........................................……………..
A beach
A wave
A hand
A gaze
A pot
A tree
A flower
A bee
A cloud
A bench
A foot
A toe
A pitcher
A picture
A color
A show
God made
Hand made
Put them in a pot
Swirl them
Stir them
Let’s see what
We’ve got.
…………………………….....................................…………………..
I don’t know
What makes
Me write
But perhaps
It is fed
By an obsession
For succession
A witness
To my life.
© 2015 by Rose Ann Penney
Not seen
Vaguely grasped
Scarcely sensed
As the maple
Feels autumns
Approach
Draws blood
From leaves
Storing for
Winters
Sleep
Leaf abandoned
Crimsons
Golden orange
Death spiral
Windswept to
Gutters
Sometimes
Leaf pyres
Torched crackle
Smoke drifts
Skywriting
Inhale
Lungs filled
Exhale a breath
Poems.
………………………………………............................................………….
Silent tick
Piece of heaven
Nano spark
Of divination
Awakens
Electrons charging
Heart beats
Faster
Mind eruptions
Shadow fog
Snowfall
Of words
Blankets
Of meaning
Hiding the
Silent tick.
…………………………...........................................……………..
A beach
A wave
A hand
A gaze
A pot
A tree
A flower
A bee
A cloud
A bench
A foot
A toe
A pitcher
A picture
A color
A show
God made
Hand made
Put them in a pot
Swirl them
Stir them
Let’s see what
We’ve got.
…………………………….....................................…………………..
I don’t know
What makes
Me write
But perhaps
It is fed
By an obsession
For succession
A witness
To my life.
© 2015 by Rose Ann Penney