Worse than silence,
the tenor sax sounds
wounded, like an old cat
in the corner of a room -
out of tune and out of
sorts – my breath, of course,
out of sync with its notes:
it's broke but can be fixed;
it's this I think about
in the days it lays open
on the workshop table,
the technician like surgeon
taking my Martin apart –
reduced to pads and keys
and levers and springs –
things just scattered about -
piece by piece by piece,
until that moment
of re-connection,
when repairs
have been complete
for #OpenWrite about healing and hurt
(Martin is a brand of tenor saxophone)
Inks
of rain;
Life, described,
then realigned -
fits between lines in
unanimous silence;
Choose a word, then a moment,
to edit, design, distribute,
as nothing burns outside our bodies:
poetry as broken intimacy
An etheree mirror poem for #OpenWrite
using Vintage Vanity by Terrance Hayes as foundational text
https://poets.org/poem/vintage-vanity
Secret:
make a song,
gold-woven
with shadows
My fingers
play you,
gently,
a blanket,
blue like
silver
I sing
and in
my heart
I shelter
you, secretly
a blackout/found poem for #openwrite
Original Source: Secret by Gwendolyn B. Bennett
https://flic.kr/p/2qLRDgD
All day it continues, each kindness
reaching toward another—a stranger
singing to no one ...
— from For The Sake Of Strangers
by Dorianne Laux
You spent your day
in hesitation, waiting
for the moment when
kindness might come
But what if in that waiting,
you missed the opportunity
to receive the grace of
another's reaching out
And so, too, today brings
the possibility of each of us
making one small act
to alter the life of another
Sing the song
another might hear
for #openwrite
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/152177/for-the-sake-of-strangers
I thought you should know
the first one wasn't
the last one — two others
arrived afterwards,
all born healthy and now
settling into adulthood;
the oldest, the one
you knew and loved
and held and hugged, a maker
of documentary films
and creative arts;
the middle, the one
you knew was coming but
could not hold on long enough
to see, a weekend club DJ
in New York City;
the youngest, the one
you never knew but
might have loved the most,
a hip-hop music producer
living in a college room
in Boston
I thought you should know
we're doing OK
for my Mom, who died at an age younger than I am right now
for #openwrite
My old classroom was drenched
in cold, isolated silence;
Now I'm bathed in songs of joy
rising from the playground
a Naani poem for #openwrite
How the day slides by.
nearly done.
watercolor spent.
— poem by Tellio
Tellio, my friend, Terry, again,
I'm forever thankful of the moment
My quill connected with yours, for we are
forEver dipping nibs of wonder into ink
a TIME acronym poem of appreciation for #OpenWrite
I relish
the rhythms
of the shoreline
a hunk of wood
with a history
all my own
By morning,
I'm stranded
on sand
By night,
I'm on the move
again
for #OpenWrite
Dawn, opens eyes
with raindrops for a skirt;
Monday gets dressed
A Lune poem for #OpenWrite
Paint an epiphany
but leave room for wonder
In the night sky, infinity
paints an epiphany
across a creative canvas,
singing with thunder;
Paint an epiphany
but leave room for wonder
a Triolet for #OpenWrite