The Face in the Mirror/ Poets United (Moon) and dVerse (Through the Looking Glass)

The Face in the Mirror

Small pond

Nature’s mirror

Still-water reflecting

Bare branches

The deep blue sky

Echo on the surface of the pond         

All the twinkling stars above

The milky way            

The face of the moon              

All shimmery – shining silver              

Occupied the surface of the pond       

From edge to edge

They looked into each other’s eyes      

With a sideways glance   

The moon thought

The face so beautiful   

One he had never seen before             

Like Narcissus

He was captured by the image 

Without knowing the face was his own

January 31, 2018                    

                                   

Birth of a Poet & Poems are Everywhere/deVerse

Birth of a Poet

The poet is recent

Mother loved poetry 

Reading often

When we were small

It was clear

Who I was

Imagine the surprise

I began to write

About everything

Under the sun

Shoes and sailing ships

Commoner and kings

Wild places -- bracelets and rings

January 30, 2018

Poems are Everywhere

You sort my mind

Get in line

Up my sleeve

March to the drum beat

All things ordered

Much to see…and say

The rhythm of “me”

The deep blue sea

Sounds of guns

And silence, too

Whisper secrets

Sing along

...A rhyme or two

January 30, 2018