Pressed Against Glass

april beckons hope

may will bloom with open arms

closed palms mourn empty

©Susie Clevenger 2020 

#napowritmo2020 Day 19

Inspired by: #skyloverwordlist - beckon

Real Toads - April 2020 - Day 19

Song of Shadows

I want to lie in moonlight,

float mulberry shadows,

and listen to Keats nightingale

sing me closer to the stars.

©Susie Clevenger 20120

#napowritmo2020 Day 13

Inspired by: #skyloverwordlist - lie

Real Toads ~ April 2020 ~ Day 13

Vain Supplication

A murder of sullen prayers

smudges the sky with tantrums - 

dark rosary of vanity.

©Susie Clevenger 2020

#napowritmo2020 Day11

Inspired by: #skyloverwordlist - sullen

Real Toads ~ April 2020 ~ Day 11

Color Feminine ~ American Sentences

Her cranberry hair tumbles to her waist in secrets and temptation.

He tested the limits of a raspberry blush until he reached thorns.

She’s cherry lipped impudence and August heat melting ice from his winter. 

©Susie Clevenger 2020

Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #8

Never Far From the 60's ~ Music in Me

Rebellion was Joplin and losing pieces of my heart to a crush.

Love thought it wanted freedom until rainbows became empty echoes.

Some people born to wave the flag believed peace came from the biggest gun.  

©Susie Clevenger 2020

Poets and Storytellers United ~ Weekly Scribblings #7 ~ This Is a Tribute

Insect and Soul ~ Tanka

cicada night song

echoes through my stone pillow

the shrill crying fills

empty spaces in my soul

stars candle our communion

©Susie Clevenger 2020

Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #115 Transformation~ A Stone for a Pillow

Dark Toast ~ Poetry Sentences

The month of April delivers muddy boots and knees that can predict the weather.

Pain leaves us with memories rewriting sunny days into an American Horror Story.

A book takes me away from dirty dishes that remind me dinner could have used a better cook.

©Susie Clevenger 2020

Poets and Storytellers United ~ Writer's Pantry #5