Red Rose Dreams

Red roses even in             
my dreams still
belong to you as
fragrant as though
you are still
here beside me
red roses for you

© January 2012
Renee Espriu

I cannot see a rose of any color, but especially red roses, and not
think of you. In memory of mother, gone but never forgotten.

#21 Small Stone: Silent Tracks

Trains sounding in the                   
distance of darkest
night remind me of
how many tracks are
now abandoned left
silent without wheels
without destination

© January 2012
Renee Espriu

Small Stone for WOHA at

http://writingourwayhome.ning.com

Freedom’s Muse

She remembers freedom
like a forest trail
following her
beckoning

tree branches tender
caressing
showing her
heart’s desire as
budding leaves
green but
not with envy

her muse following
not as a shadow
but as one
privy to life’s
secrets

wound ’round about
as vines clinging
to tree trunks
laden but with
no regrets

dancing on fallen
leaves
a gift of her
imagination

© January 2012
Renee Espriu

#20 Small Stone: Precious Energy

Electric lines carrying        
precious energy now
left lying in the snow
leaving lives without
heat to warm homes
disconnecting work as
our world becomes a
motionless landscape

© January 2012
Renee Espriu

A Small Stone for WOHA at http://writingourwayhome.ning.com

 

#19 Small Stone: Frozen Images

Images iced and frozen          
held captive in a
storms frozen embrace
where time and the
cycle of nature only
will release them

 

© January 2012
Renee Espriu

Small Stone for WOHA at http://writingourwayhome.ning.com

City Hibernation

They emerge slowly
like hibernating bears
coming forth after a
storm hesitating
watching
moving about

They begin to shovel
snow and to scrape
icy automobiles in
hopes of venturing
out but they
remain unmoved

One gentleman wields a
camera focusing on
his laurel hedge
photographing
something
then disappears

Children begin to sled
throwing snowballs
laughing the cold
forgotten then
darkness
all is quiet

© January 2012
Renee Espriu

#18 Small Stone: Liquid Coffee Bean

Coffee brewing wafting        
aroma of fresh ground
coffee beans creating
transformation into
pure energy liquid to
warm you from the
inside out on a very
chilling winter day

© January 2012
Renee Espriu

Small Stone for WOHA
at http://writingourwayhome.ning.com

Orange and Chocolate

Orange chocolate
visual delights to
alter your taste buds
with every bite a
citrus and cocoa
phenomenal sight

© January 2012
Renee Espriu

 

Please feel free to visit Gabrielle’s site athttp://gabriellebryden.wordpress.com where she has posted this for her Citrus Week. You will find other posts to tease your senses.

#15 Small Stone: Winter Blanket

Snow falling                 
fluffy flakes
drifting
down to quietly
create a
winter blanket

© January 2012
Renee Espriu

Small Stone for WOHA at
http://writingourwayhome.ning.com