Heart of Hearing

Waking, shaking in the
Soon-to-be-sister-in-law's bed
Words resonating in
Her head, chest
"DO NOT MARRY HIM"
Heart thumping
Tongue thick
Lips tucked tight
Flight imminent
Then
Ignorant of calamity
Door opens and her betrothed
Shoots a smile of delight
Her brain stomps
The rebel edict
Lips curl, automatic
Faux happy
And her gut churns acid disgust
Days and weeks the battle
Ensues, heart beating
The brain, until the ace
Is drawn and played
"No one else will love you."
Chills her through
And she succumbs
White-dressed and smiling
She says "I do"
And four years later,
"I won't"
Lessons learned
The hard way through
Heart knows what
The brain don't
And the amygdala lies, too

PS  Happy ending--listened to Heart, found soulmate--married 24 years, 2 wonderful sons and an amazing stepdaughter, plus Max the Wonderdog who chases my latest mistake (never should have fed the ducks, but that's another poem)

From the "Mistake" prompt at poetryjaam.blogspot.com,  would have liked to have written a poem that went along with Sinatra's words-- "Mistakes, I've had a few, but then again too few to mention..." but that would have been a mistake...

Grin and Share It

The following is an unpaid
Public Smile Promotion:


A sprite of sunlight
Rippling on the water
Monarch marionettes
Dipping in and out of
Milkweed flowers
That first sip of champagne
A fizz and shimmer on your tongue
The warm brown eyes of
A happy lab
Yeasty warm bread, melted butter
A smile from a fellow shopper
Erasing your focused frown 
(from trying to choose the least hard melon)
A morning, and evening hug
With a snuggle while you sleep
There's plenty
More, keep 
Thinking...
Celebrate your smiles
Time to up the ante
Kids smile 400 times/day
Adults only twenty


This is from the prompt (thank you Mary!) at Poetryjaam.blogspot.com


Please leave one of your favorite reasons to smile--c'mon get happy! :-)

Not What She Sea-ms

Her liquidity is not in question
Nor her panache
The way she flashes light
Back at the sun
Moods that roll in waves
Or crest for the moon
Storms only thrill her
Splash-dancing crashing with thunder
A body that rocks the world
But, 
Never be lulled by her 
Mirror calm or
Turquoise beauty
A mere tectonic scrape 
Of her belly 
And her wrath is tsunamic

From the "water" prompt at poetryjaam.blogspot.com

In Need of Counseling

Hiking, teaching silly songs
Swimming, hugging
Righting wrongs
Tucking in and story time
Keeping six giggling girls
In line
Laughing at the weekly dance
Sneaking out for moonlit
Romance
Scenes that repeated
From Monday to Sun.
A summer full
Of counselor fun


This could also be titled "Earning College Living Expenses"  you do what you know and I knew camping...
From the prompt to write about "camp" at Poetic Asides

Sanding

Another one of life's
Ironies
Sand creates smoothness
(Except in swimtrunks)
If there are 
Rough patches
Pit paper against patch
Grip it, slide it
Let that grit
Work for you 
Until you can
Find the smooth places
If all else fails
Sand was here
In the beginning
It will be here 
In the end
So pull out that worn
Deck chair
Lean back and wait
Sometimes life is
A Beach




From Open Link night at dversepoets.com  Thx Tash :-)

BIG NEWS!

My poem "How to Wake A Teenage Boy" was just accepted by "Errant Parent" http://www.errantparent.com/

It will be posted on 7/4/12  come celebrate independence and poetry!


Joy--popping out all over...going a little nuts...:-)

Art-ticulate

Nuerons and heartbeat
Compete 
For my words
While Cadmium Blue
And Vermillion pump
Through
Me

Eager fingers dip
Splash, slip, smear
While hips
Sway 
And I hum in the 
Key of joy
Michaelangelo
Leaves me at a loss
For words
But my fingers
Are ready to sing


From the prompt "What does art mean to you?" at Poetry Jam poetryjaam.blogspot.com