Yellow roses bloom -
You follow me to the park
Hide behind columns;
We play games of hide and seek.
You award me one plucked rose.
A yellow sundress
Matches my hair in sunlight;
Yellows dazzle you.
Piano practice room, you
Listen as I play Mozart.
Coffee and music--
Day follows night fluidly.
We drink and dance words--
Pile high, curl around fingers
Melodies fill the spaces.
Beads of passion red--
Birthday request, I recall.
Summer ends, new starts,
What a lot of push and pull.
Fall leaves with letters posted.
Ribbons come untied;
Reasons lost in loneliness.
Red wine poetry--
English, French and Latin words
Penned against folk-tuned guitars.
Your heart beats movies
My mind winds in a rhythmic song.
You get lost, me too--
Then we're together again
The world's always faster then.
Repeating patterns
Bright sunny days, cloudy nights
Separate paths weave;
Life lines crossing each other
Like strings of sunflower chains.
© Gay Reiser Cannon * 10/30/11* All Rights Reserved
© Gay Reiser Cannon * 10/30/11* All Rights Reserved
Posted today for Lady Nyo's article on Man'yoshu at dVersePoets. Please click to read, and enjoy!
Reposted for Victoria's color prompt on Poetics 9/5/11 at dVersePoets. Thanks everyone!
