The Poetry Marathon

#12

I remember the feelings of joy and relief when you were born
Perfect little body with big eyes staring in wonder at your new world
I remember the feeling of panic that struck me when I was first pregnant
How would I cope without “me” time ever again
I remember the trials of early mommyhood and the complete joy of eating a freezie while lying in the grass on a hot summer day
I remember teenage angst and wondering if you would ever navigate the waters of life without crashing on the shore
I remember the long year that you lived half way around the world when you were just nineteen
Now I feel that same panic I felt when you were just stirring inside me, what is my life now that you are all grown and not needing me?

Three Tanka

on the road again

I notice a wild rabbit

its long ears

sticking out of the grass

waiting for the light to turn green

 

 

a long night tonight

as I write for the marathon

with no time to waste

my thoughts on my students

who do not do homework this way

 

 

suddenly the image

of the old heavy typewriter

the kind you can sit on

where arm muscles were needed

to punch a poem onto paper

 

 

©  Ella Wagemakers, 03.02 Dutch time (= 21.02 EST in the US)

 

Love over and over

You keep loving me year after year
No strange veil to shield your eyes
and heart
Just unfailing
Unadulterated love
Over and over again

Embrace

Take my love,
To heal your inner wounds
As I release it in a long silence
Embrace what you see or feel
You’ll experience the magic
From the earth
Through me

Prompt For Hour Thirteen

The Road Not Taken is one of the most famous poems ever written. I want you to take that poem and write your own completely original work. The title can be the same but everything else should be different. You can choose to focus on updating the poem, or re-writing it using different words, or take the theme and explore it in a different way. Your poem could just focus on mimicking the tone. You can do anything that you want as long as it ties in with Frost’s poem in some way.

Forever Love

When you take my heart too love.

Its magical its music too my soul.

When your love rains on me its  music.

Into my soul.

Where your love will stay forever.

When you take my heart too love .

You make my heart on fire.

For your love.

 

Fall free

Trying few things

experiences are new

got to stick to a line

once in a while

 

Discipline is important

Freedom is more

I say..

 

don’t look at it

it’s not a sin

Do what you want

Don’t bother someone else

 

You are the one

controlling yourself

Set them free

fly high

 

If you fall down

fall free..

 

Human Life

All -climb the wall,
Some fall,
Others stall,
Who are you inside this cry of life?

Hearbeat

Heartbeat.
Changes. Everything.

Terrifying dreams of what will become reality. What if I’m not good enough? Know enough? Quick enough?

Heartbeat. Changes. Everything.

Reality of what will become terrifying dreams.  What if we are not together? I leave? Send her away?

Heartbeat. Changes.
Everything.

Dreams of what will become terrifying reality.
What if she’s not alright? Something’s wrong with me? I don’t/can’t /won’t love enough?

Heartbeat.
Changes.
Everything.

Family

We were raised on soil,
tilling this old earth and slaving bloody days.
My people were hand shakers and bond breakers.

But as we grow we break apart,
So in these changing times we try, cling tighter still,
Tradition does not hold us back but redefines our future.