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Open Poetry #48

My Poems Are . . .

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

0 posted 2013-04-18 07:43 PM

lines follow the other
some rhyme, others do not
but layer upon layer
words are built to contour
into word jazz
tinted with history's essence
or reality's starkness
perfumed, maybe rank in nature

they can be small
three lines or a saga built
my heart laid bare, sometimes
blood-soaked vengeance full-force
vengeance is mine, saith . . .
still, poetry, the settling of scores poetry
can supercede the biblical wrath
it seems that way to me

been there
no longer dwell in the dark
my world has been turned
topsy-turvy
I've allowed someone
to influence and rearrange the lines I write
these days you won't find so much dark
love blooms within my heart

whatever the reason
my words now have a softer flow
I think of my words
in relation to a garden of flowers
and, for me, a meaningful way of life
my words search not
for perfection or excellence, no
but for the feel of love and warmth

I build my garden of words
and cultivate them all especially
for you

~*~ I know a guy who's addicted to brake fluid. He says he can stop any time. ~*~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

1 posted 2013-04-19 12:08 PM

You write some of the best love poems I've had the pleasure to read Jerry. This is no exception.
Thank you for the smile!

lori

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2013-04-19 12:22 PM

Thank you, Lori.

~*~ I know a guy who's addicted to brake fluid. He says he can stop any time. ~*~

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