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
After The Rain
©Karin Bole Tupper
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
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
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.
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.
