Ice had formed when they found her. No thickened, opaque crust, But a delicate rime along the river’s edge. Moving gently in the bitter water, Tendrils of long dark hair marked the paleness from her skin And stone shadows filled her cheeks with shade. “Come…
Category: Marathon Poem
Techy times
Old time radio new and exciting for families In comes television family time Drive-ins and dating Technology changing our world VCR’s, CD’s radios, microwaves and swatches The latest and the greatest devices makes life easier but deboches Family time and reality shut up Radiation and…
9
I held myself underwater So I could rise above the surface And prove myself alive The lungs ballooning So I could rise above the surface And enjoy the shock of breathing The lungs ballooning Proof that I deserved to survive And enjoy the shock of…
Hour 9
Happiness is fleecing Happiness is hiding Happiness is running Happiness is lost How do I fund happiness? How do I harness happiness? How do I receive happiness? How do I fulfill happiness? Inhale happiness Exhale happiness Embrace happiness Believe happiness copyright 2016 Roxann A Harvey
Wounded
My soul wounded… heart is scarred… Love has been taken for granted… My feeling gone… ground broken… My kingdom infiltrated… Leaving my king throne-less… All pawns removed I’m out in the open… Uncovered, undone, unwanted… No knights saving me… No round table for the sake…
Walking Over Glass
Peering at the crystal underside, I walked, reached the edge and discovered I could go no further. Slowly turning around, I returned to the beginning. When the journey had begun, a voice said, I am magic. At the edge of the path the voice carried me home….
Do it
For yourself For the nation Get up and fight!
Hour 09 – 3 Images (river)
In Time Our fate has brought us here in time to meet. Two travelers alone on the same trail, the raging river churning past our feet. The misty air counters the summer heat. Although our faces both are slightly pale, our fate has brought us…
Haiku Attempt
Blue shine on black wasp Sunshine in long orange throat — trumpet vine blossom
Poem 9
Juicy peaches, sweet fresh, sitting in flowered bowl ripening, waiting The image and smell of peaches take me back to my seventh year to a kitchen that was shady and cool in the heat of a summer afternoon, to an old home lived in…