Words of Magic

Cottonwood seeds
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reading books is like seeing
endless stories weaving
words of magic
like light filtered
through glass prisms

creating soft rainbows
on the squares of
maple floor that lie
beneath her bare feet

like shifting paradigms
settling adrift as a
snowy blanket of seeds
from cottonwood trees
in Spring

when the rivers run
swift and high
filled with the melting
of snow from Winter

so it is with mixed feelings
that a story ends
as when leaves die and
drift to the ground
in Autumn

she awaits with anticipation
the beginning
of another story
that will weave
words of magic
again

© July 2013
Renee Espriu

http://dversepoets.com/category/openlinknight/

Flight Paths

roots_tree_on_Sherbourne
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creation of time
runs deep
like flight paths
too deeply settled
beneath the ground
to access

but as they work their
way to the surface
we tenderly
navigate them
holding on

in an effort to soar
to take flight
once again
bringing us
closer to the sun

like tender new
shoots of life
still waiting
awash with expectation
that a new day
will begin

© July 2013
Renee Espriu

http://dversepoets.com/category/openlinknight/

Sparks to Create & Transform

Sparks to Transform
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the blacksmith forges
on the anvil
metal striking hot
with the hammer
producing sparks to
create & transform

as so does my spirit
transform my soul
when my muse eases
my gift to create
& the wordsmith
garners words once more

© July 2013
Renee Espriu

http://dversepoets.com/category/openlinknight/

Digging In My Garden

large shovel
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his heart beats strong now
within his small chest
a babe newly born could
hardly find a breath

his clear blue eyes show
a window to his soul
blond hair & dimpled chin
he’s such a dapper fellow

came to dig in my garden
right along his dad’s side
a shovel bigger than he is
accomplishment & pride

even though the work was hard
never was there a complaint
he only asked his mom this
‘how much do kids make?’

© July 2013
Renee Espriu

My seven year old grandson can work hard just like his dad in my garden but he’s smart, this one, as he knows there is a bit of money to be had? Just loved it when he asked. Here’s to you, Wyatt!

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Thunder in the Distance

thunder storm
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thunder in the distance
a train moving
down the tracks
metal grating
against metal
creating
hieroglyphic maps
or is it storm clouds
black and angry
when life is
at our back

raising doubts
that squelch
the laughter
when everything after
can only be thunder
or the rumble
of an unrequited earth
giving birth
to yet another
mountain or is it

only a waterfall in a
distant forest
raising its’
voice in chorus
and we hear it as
thunder in the distance
creating refuge
from an
incendiary past

always keep in mind that
just beyond our
quiet solitude
whether real or an
imaginary cast
there will always be
thunder in the distance
waking us to the
reality of
life

© July 2013
Renee Espriu

http://dversepoets.com/category/atmosphere/

Rose Trellis

Rose Garden Trellis
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age creeps slowly
like wild roses
on the
garden trellis

thorns heedless
to her touch
while walking
through
the summer garden

she remembers the
veil of lace she wore
at someone else’s
wedding?

in a gown of satin
with seed pearls
sewn on her
mud stained
train
vows now broken

remembers now as she
touches her skin
a face
now marked ‘aged’
& when memory lifts
the wedding veil

her youth radiates
still soft as the
rose petals
on the
garden trellis

© July 2013
Renee Espriu

http://dversepoets.com/category/openlinknight/