Cotton

September 6, 2017

December Passion

the Fall brought her to me warm and soft
with dark brown eyes and tiniest hands
reminding me nine months prior to the
month of December when passion ignited
fervor between cotton sheets and darkness
transforming cold into heated pleasure
where in the aftermath holidays came
filling the kitchen with baking of pies,
sweet sugary cookies warm from the oven
& the promise of love lasting a lifetime

This is in response to Jamie Dede’s Wednesday Prompt which you can see at
https://jamiededes.com/2017/09/06/portrait-in-february-a-poem-and-your-wednesday-writing-prompt. The photo below was taken from Public Domain Pictures
and digitally altered by myself.

Heart's Passion

January 26, 2014January 26, 2014

Always Tomorrow

the tops of pine trees
push their way
out of the fog
like the stuffing
come loose
from an old pillow

who are you, I ask?

the puppies fur
like fluffy cotton
after her bath
but coarser and dense
the static of cold air
pulling it upright

who are you, I ask?

the pre-spring earth
teaming with life
bring juncos, crows
starlings & chickadees
spilling across the yard
the excitement rising

there is always tomorrow

Image Taken From Morgue File
by jpkwitter

March 17, 2013

The Color of Envy

smoldering green with envy
she did not know of
having plenty but dreamed
of store bought pretty clothes

not handmade ones of fabric
that she chose to
craft on the Singer
as she had learned to sew

taught by her mother who
was taught by her own
using bolts of cotton with
colored threads adorned

she did not know then
of the loved passed down
in every neat seam
or how it made her unique

she only dreamed of being
the same as the girls who
like candles burned brightly
but smoldered green with envy

This is for dVerse Poets Pub http://dversepoets.com/category/tag/its-not-easy-being-green/

January 17, 2013

Simple Beginning

Google Image

a single thread hanging
loose from a seam of
clothing worn daily
without much thought
now connects to a
simple beginning from
a cotton plant in bloom