Age comes to us all
A burst of vitality
Vibrant as the sun
Fading to transparency
Like ghosts of the stars
~ kei
17 July 2015
Taraxacum ©Karin Bole Tupper
Dandelion Wisdom ~ Tanka X
Rain
Wordless Wednesday
After The Rain
©Karin Bole Tupper
Pregnant Pause
Anticipation’s held breath
The distance between lips and kiss
The electricity driving you mad
Before at last the heavens unzip
In a gush of storm and fury
As son and daughter are born
Bringing forth a new creation
Witnessing the birth of a storm
~ kei
7 July 2015
Pregnant Pause
©Karin Bole Tupper
Inherent Homing
Sequential pools of lamplight stitched
Down rain-swept midnight streets
I’m walking on pavement
With the sheen of watered silk
Drops so soft against my cheek
Dilutes the tears but not the intent
Of my raised hand, knuckles rapping
Against the rough grain of this door
That should not be
Here in front of me
~ kei
7 February 2015
Summer Rain ~ Cinquain II
Listen
Quiet trickling
A calming sussurance
Accompaniment to sweet bird song
Hush now…
~ kei
30 July 2014
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Definition of the Cinquain form from Shadow Poetry:
“Cinquain is a short, usually unrhymed poem consisting of twenty-two syllables distributed as 2, 4, 6, 8, 2, in five lines. It was developed by the Imagist poet, Adelaide Crapsey.”
For more about this form visit Shadow Poetry here.
The Dance
Breathless…
The rhythm of the dance entrances still, tiny feet that seek the music’s will. Two bodies caught in pas de deux, I am she, and he is you.
Surrender to the music, beloved let go. This time and space is all we’ll know. Two bodies move in perfect time, mine in yours, yours in mine…
~ kei
11 June 2014
Do not fear the storm. It is as necessary as the sun.
You’re On My Mind
Clean
I’m praying for a thunderstorm
To wash your taint from my body
Praying for lightning
To burn your image from my eyes
Wishing for thunder
To drown out the sound of you lies
God please… give me a storm
~ kei
26 February 2014
Once Upon A Valentine
He is the thunder in my heart and in my soul
And if I never heard another sound beyond
The storm of his words from this silent screen
If I never saw another light brighter than
The lightning in his eyes in this photograph
Should it be I never feel anything more cleansing
Than the rain of sweet love and emotion that
Is this perfect storm of he and me that we have created
If it is willed that I will only ever feel his touch
Standing in the deluge, embracing the dark sky
Arms and mouth open to catch and taste every nuance
Drinking in the power of the hurricane that he is
Then I would be filled with, wrapped in, the essence of… Him
And my life would be complete
~ kei
2011
Be the thunder in my heart, the lightning in my veins, the rain to soothe my soul…
Rain Haiku V
Concentric circles
Raindrops fall and are forming
Orbits in puddles
kei
11 June 2013
