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30 Poems in 30 days - Day 5 "Quicksand"

Posted by Ronda Levine on Sunday, September 6, 2009, In : Poetry

I'm finally on track with these, here's day 5:

Quicksand

His supple lips

Stood out in a plethora of people

I watched in fascination

As he moved,

Careened around corners

Tripped himself in a line

Of quicksand

Sinking in, hands opened

Towards the becoming

They all stopped to stare

Crowds unabashedly gawking

At this man

Screaming in a moment

Of insanity

Listing reasons we should listen

But then stopping help

When others reached out

Silence cascades over this cityscape

The...

30 Poems in 30 Days, Day 4 "Overcoming the Block"

Posted by Ronda Levine on Sunday, September 6, 2009, In : Poetry

Day 4's Poem:

Overcoming the Block

She touched her foot to the computer chassis,

Not knowing quite what to write this time

Life dripped away like wet paint

Keeping a beat to the steady passing of time

Her fingertips pounded over random keys

She looked back at past successes

Life kept twinkling in front of her

While she kept passing opportunity by

The calendar screamed at her

Pay attention to experience you won’t find

The day that you can repeat

After all, Groundhog’s D...

30 Poems in 30 Days Poem 3 "Little Box of Normal"

Posted by Ronda Levine on Saturday, September 5, 2009, In : Poetry

Here is the third poem inspired by PoeWar's 30 Poems in 30 Days Challenge:

Little Box of Normal

I will never fit into your little box of normal
I’m sorry for this But the box really is too small
There’s no room for my creative energy
For spontaneity or fun
The corners are really too sharp,
For they jab into reason and thought and questioning—
All activities I long to do
And when I ask the infamous gadfly question,
“Why?”
The lid of the box is closed entirely too tight
It suffocates...
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30 Poems in 30 Days Poem 2 - "Why?"

Posted by Ronda Levine on Saturday, September 5, 2009, In : Poetry

Here is poem 2 from PoeWar's 30 Poems in 30 Days challenge:

Why?

Why? I wonder, eyelids still glued shut,
Hanging on still to the last molecules of the
Dream that now lingers somewhere in the foggy distance
The warmth of my husband surrounding me
I reach back for some vestige of dreamland
Grasp at it with a butterfly net
Hear the kittens pawing at the door
Mewing to explore
Jackhammer sounds outside the window
Screaming as it decimates cement
“I’m the boss!”
People shout downstairs
Peopl...
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30 Poems in 30 Days Poem 1 - "Love Patterns"

Posted by Ronda Levine on Friday, September 4, 2009, In : Poetry

I decided to participate in the 30 Poems in 30 Days Challenge over at PoeWar. This is day one's submission, based upon using the word "patterns" in the first line of the poem. The other 3 (since we're on the 4th day of the month) will be up soon!

Love Patterns

The shadows on the wall make patterns

Our hands clasp and rise over shadow heads

The light glimmers through the blinds

It peaks from behind the blanket we hung

To keep out this early morning light

We lay together, silent, your he...