Cool Blue Water Hope springs eternal in my heartEver ready for a fresh startA place for dreams and reverieWhere cool blue water waits for me. Give me the splendid silent sunAs bees and flowers come undoneRunning through fields of green, so freeWhere cool blue water waits for me. Drifting down in the aqueductI vow myContinue reading “Cool Blue Water”
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Autumn Girl
Autumn Girl Dawnpeeks outblooming boldcrimson and goldthe season’s new girlshe is naughty and niceand everything pumpkin spiceher sweet smile reflecting sunlightshe dances on wispy clouds of whitefloating through in skies of cornflower blue.she has found the secret to happiness, to be awake is to be aliveto embrace beauty and to thrivebasking in October sunbees buzzingContinue reading “Autumn Girl”
Beneath the Harvest Moon
Beneath the Harvest Moon Autumn fires burn in golden sunOctober hues have come undone.As catbird sings his mournful tune,I wait beneath the harvest moon. Whisked on the wind, leaves are falling.Feel the chill of winter calling.Love comes not a moment too soon,I wait beneath the harvest moon. Your lips taste of cabernet wine,Sending chills runningContinue reading “Beneath the Harvest Moon”
Water Lilies
Water Lilies Latesummerpale blue skies Wingsflittingdragonflies Dewgatherslily blooms Airfillingsweet perfume Paleyellowfloating free Frogsgloatingsummer spree Sunblazingcrystal sparks Lightfadinginto dark Moonbeckonsrising high Starstwinklingvelvet night Budsclosinguntil morn Dayendinghope reborn Colleen Keller Breuning © 2022August 13, 2022 This is just a little ditty that I was playing around with that resulted in a simplistic imagery poem. It started withContinue reading “Water Lilies”
Broken Clouds
Broken Clouds Ashen gray cloudshang low to the grounda thick layer of fogrising like dense smokeinfusing the atmospherewith its petulant moods. All I see is alabaster sky.The moon has gone missing, the sun hidden in a sempiternal stretchof colorless stratus, dull likea bolt of sparkly silver tullethat has lost its shine. And I am walkingContinue reading “Broken Clouds”
My Christmas Spirit
My Christmas Spirit Tender hearts swell with gratitude,The season casts its festive mood.Twilight twirls in fresh fallen snowAs Christmas lights twinkle and glow. Cardinals cavort in branches bare,Winter sun fades in crimson flair.Your spirit calls when cold winds blowAs Christmas lights twinkle and glow. Memories of you warm my soul,Your absence left a gaping hole.TearsContinue reading “My Christmas Spirit”
Momentum
Momentum Fear pulls me downwardsinister thoughts creepingin corners of my dark mindgripping tight, talons sharpas I bleed from the inside outand rail to the heavens in ragefrom the depths of an anguished soul. Passion pushes me onwardparting a veil of diaphanous desiresatin hush, silken touchthe scent and taste of loveas the glorious sun glowsin effervescentContinue reading “Momentum”
The Magical Journey
The Magical Journey Close your eyes, come along with me.Let’s take a magical journeyTo the imagination’s end…Where we can be real or pretend. Do what you wish, be what you’ll be;Close your eyes, come along with me.Breathe in deep the lavender moon…Dance with fireflies until you swoon. Let your mind wander wild and farRace throughContinue reading “The Magical Journey”
Beyond the Spanish Moss
Beyond the Spanish Moss Scrub pines and banyans beckonbedecked with Spanish mosslazy cumulus clouds drift freeacross the periwinkle horizon. Fiery sun rises opposite the moonits early morning heat blazingas the dragonfly silently hoversalighting on dew drenched lily pad. The blue heron turns, unblinkinglifts long delicate wings in flightgliding gracefully across the bayand the seagulls areContinue reading “Beyond the Spanish Moss”
Tangerine
Tangerine Sitting at a stoplightas I look the other waymosquito on the dashboardmeasuring a summer’s day. Familiar song on the radiotakes me back to the fraya memory churns slowlyI find it slips away to grey. One split second hesitationspeeding car, runaway trainthinking of what might have beenthe hours they bring me pain. Blaring horns, obscenitiesmouthContinue reading “Tangerine”
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