joanne.mclain – The Poetry Marathon

joanne.mclain commented on the post, Unwrapped 6 months ago

I love the sensual coming apart of the wrapping that leads to the gift at the core.

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joanne.mclain wrote a new post, Hour 12: looking through my own eyes 6 months, 3 weeks ago

How do you see with the eyes of wholeness?

What spiritual trick is there to open that window?

No trick that I can find, but perhaps

the most important step is the first:

simply open your eyes and […]
joanne.mclain wrote a new post, Hour 11: someplace I've never been 6 months, 3 weeks ago

I have never been to Florida–

perhaps I’ll never go there.

I would like to see the Everglades

and orange groves, although there

are some tourist spots I would avoid

like Disney World and South […]
joanne.mclain wrote a new post, Hour 10: Moonshadowdance 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Within the patterns of the night

I pull the shawl of soft moonlight

about my shoulders and take my place

to dance the barefoot steps of grace.

My feet are sure enough to hold

me through the years of […]
- kriscleage replied 6 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  I would love to be able to dance in the moonlight. Or even just bask in it. City lights and a heavy tree canopy hide the moon except for right over my driveway.
- cristywatson replied 6 months, 1 week ago
  
  I love what you created from the song! ‘I pull the shawl of soft moonlight
  about my shoulders’… Beautifully captured the use of our senses!
joanne.mclain wrote a new post, Hour 9: use these words 6 months, 3 weeks ago

I droop through the lethargy of the afternoon Zoom

and stare out the window.

The heat rises above the treeline,

dancing like fireflies at sunset.

I find myself wondering:

would they notice if I shut […]
joanne.mclain wrote a new post, Hour 8: Emoji poem 6 months, 3 weeks ago

I am ignorant of emoji.

I see their scoffing faces

looking up at me, knowing

I can’t distinguish

a plea from a pensive.

The details all swarm together until

they’re rolling on the floor […]
joanne.mclain wrote a new post, Hour 7: Season of the Squash 6 months, 3 weeks ago

We enter the Season of the Squash–

you know, the month or two when baskets overflow with bounty,

countertops corral the herd

before we pass them on

to neighbors less endowed.

What to do with […]
- Ingrid replied 6 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  As a lover of squash, I say “Yes!” Nicely executed! Summer is the time for squash!
joanne.mclain wrote a new post, Hour 6: A Sense of My Ideal Day 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Today

sun fills my open hand

with birdsong,

flows along my arm,

tickling fragile hairs awake.

A drift of mint reminds my nose

of dappling leaves waiting for me.

Water flows across my […]
joanne.mclain wrote a new post, Hour 5: image poem 6 months, 3 weeks ago

You float in stars

beneath stars

poised on a still lake

composed all of one moment

alone.

Would I be able to

ride that stillness with you

and hold stars within reach

yet not grasp […]
joanne.mclain wrote a new post, Hour 4: Epistolary poem 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Dear Mom,

You would have liked to know

that your old home

has an activist living in it,

shown by a sign promoting change

that you helped start

but did not have the time to finish.

More than 20 […]
joanne.mclain wrote a new post, Hour 3: My Home is a Sanctuary 6 months, 3 weeks ago

I rarely leave my home, these days,

holding to familiar rooms

and tending to my garden.

I enjoy companionship

of family as they go about

their comings and goings.

My home is a […]
joanne.mclain wrote a new post, Hour 2: Spiral Recipe 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Ingredients:

spirals
garden
dive
waterfall
gratitude

I plant spirals everywhere I go.

A garden full of climbing vines,

thoughts that turn and tumble

round the purpose of the […]
joanne.mclain wrote a new post, Hour 1, Prompt 1: write about a famous woman 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Audre Lorde

I never knew you,

I don’t know you now.

I don’t know half of what would help me

speak my truth.

You tell me that my silence

will not protect me,

even though I have […]
joanne.mclain wrote a new post, A bit about me 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Walking barefoot along the spiral path of life.
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