Wednesday, April 1, 2015

HaikuJAMS April 2015

Collaborative poems from website HaikuJAMS

07April2015

Innocence can be overrated

your naivete
can leave you vulnerable
Sheep among the wolves
CelenaDiana, Nan, Ginger

Hoarder

Empty soda cans
Feral cats play with roaches
stacks of newspapers
Nan, Ginger, CelenaDiana

Shoebox

Faded prom photo
Seventeen two dollar bills
coded love letters
Nan, Ginger, CelenaDiana

Unplugging

under the radar
no tweets or tags to distract
FaceBook calling me
CelenaDiana, Nan, Ginger

Blink

Sun sparkling off pool
Squinting at hunky lifeguard
Trying not to stare
CelenaDiana, Nan, Ginger

She said

Remain in the light
want to see your lying eyes
For this one...last...time
CelenaDiana, Nan, Ginger


06April2015

Ecclectic Tastes

Schubert and Elvis
Pate and fried gizzards
Raw silk and cashmere
Nan, Ginger, CelenaDiana

The snake that eats its tail

Reincarnation
Returning in its next life
Choking on itself
CelenaDiana, Nan, Ginger

They cry

fussy baby squalls
hoping to be rescued from 
her own hunger pain
CelenaDiana, Nan, Ginger

Ghosts hover around

Dead man playing flute
Graceful spirits pirouette
Sing heavenly songs
CelenaDiana, Nan, Ginger
ekphrastic poem based on:
El Flautista/The Flutist 1952
by Gabriel Fernandez Ledesma
pyroxylin on masonite


Lone Woman

Tendrils frame her face
Delicate impish features
Who kisses her mouth?
CelenaDiana, Nan Ginger
ekphrastic poem based on:
Olga Costa, Coyoacan
Mexico City, 1972
by Paulina Lavista
gelatin silver print


I will regress

Tease me but don't torture me
I balance between yesterdays and tomorrows
Only to walk backwards
CelenaDiana, Ginger, Nicholas


04April2015

What it opened...(haiku)

right combination
alabaster precious box
Things that were once lost
CelenaDiana, Ginger, Nicholas

What they represent

gifts remain unwrapped
dusty and forgotten behind the couch
and so am I
CelenaDiana, Ginger, Nicholas

Infinite Vulnerabilities

hunted by her own
secret insecurities
paranoia will
CelenaDiana, Nan, Ginger

I...
I sing about
Lost loves and old friends 
New Year's Auld Lang Syne
Ginger, CelenaDiana, Nan

Currency 

the rate of exchange
found coins in pink piggy bank
dimes equal coffee
CelenaDiana, Ginger, Nan

Three

Wheels on tricycles
Me, myself and I
Bird, bee, and butterfly
Nan, CelenaDiana, Ginger

Exercise Control

Only one more Snickers
trying to portion size
10 reps in sets of 10
Nan, CelenaDiana, Ginger

Pairs

Thigh high sexy boots
Candy apple stilettos
Dollar Store flip flops
Nan, CelenaDiana, Ginger

Cottage

cool air tickles lavender stems
Collie plays tag with Horse
Wrap-around porch swing
Ginger, CelenaDiana, Nan

Riverside

City street slipping
Streets lit up with hurried voices
Coffee shops curbside
CelenaDiana, Ginger, Nan

Soldiers

Opaque mirrors we
March in muddied surplus boots
Eating desert sand
CelenaDiana, Ginger, Nan

Immigration

Hot topic ignites
Brown skin, natives played like pawns
Green card currency
CelenaDiana, Ginger, Nan

If You Font

You wonder what could Helvetica
Georgia often rests inside my poems
Of love in flowing FrenchScript
Ginger, CelenaDiana, Nan

01April2015

Who Are We To Sacrifice?

Who is the knife?  The lamb?
Altar and fire ready
How much is required?
CelenaDiana, Ginger, Nan


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