Half Asleep

Image: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, wn.com

Disconnected

Red Spot II, Wallisy Kandinsky

Divided between worlds,

I find myself in pieces.

So many paths…

choices, possibilities; even

otherworldly options--

no guideline which to take.

Negative images darken peripherals

elicit emptiness, imminent doom.

Contrary, life looms bright.

Time distances itself…as

each day I find myself a little more
disconnected 

©  Ginny Brannan January 2012

Sharing at "The Mag"  (Magpie Tales)1/29/12
Photo courtesy Tess Kincaid.

Foreplay

Boris Hopek's Tokyo Exhibit:"Ever"

Unhook…unclip…while slow we slip and sway;

dispense pretense; begin the dance risqué.

Soft breaths imply...intensify…convey…

igniting heat, scent moist and sweet; replay.

Caress, digress; find youthful lust astray--

no rings, no strings to hinder this ballet.

We feed the need and shun the roles we play;

adrift to sift the remnants of that day.

©  Ginny Brannan January 2010

Image courtesy Tess Kincaid, she provides the image, we provide the story.

Sharing at Magpie Tales , d'Verse Poets Pub , and at Poetry Jam "Sensual Poetry" 

Grace

Written for d'Verse Poets Pub Meeting the Bar "Imagism" 1/19/2012

Swift silent glide through backyard

to light on lavender buddleia.

Pale lemon trimmed in ebony

touched with sapphire, her

wings pulse softly, finding

balance against breeze;

extends proboscis straw, sips delicately,

finding succor in sweet nectar.

Common yellow swallowtail

graces with her beauty.

© Ginny Brannan January 2012

Harbingers

Evening calls to silhouette sentries,

rainslick roads swift-swallow sound;

lifeblood weeps to parch-dry ground,

while ravens silent-watch from trees.

The banshee wails on late-night roam;

then piece-by-piece, they carry me home.

© Ginny Brannan January 2012

**Image Credit to Whitebook @ DeviantArt, titled A Christmas Story for Rezzan

"All Around Wonderful" Blog Recognition

Honored to be recognized by Michelle at All Around Wonderful

for my poetry blog, and would like to thank my friend Susie Clevenger for nominating me.

Michelle asks that I share three blogs that I feel are "wonderful" to receive this award.Very difficult, as I follow some really amazing poets, writers, and photographers, but here are three of the many wonderful blogs that I follow! (Okay, technically 4 blogs, yes, but 3 bloggers!)

Mary Bach, Writing in the Bachs 

Weaving her poetry with beautiful words, wonderful metaphor, 
and a wee bit of humor! 

Charlie Parant, Appetite for Words & Appetite for Photos

Appetite for Words: Observing the everyday in his own unique way.

 Appetite for Photos: a collection of nature, scenics, black and whites, 
and historical photographs. Previously published in Vermont Life, 
Yankee magazine, and Seacoast Life, to name a few.

Margaret Bednar, Art Happens 365 (Photography & Poetry) 

Margaret's keen eye for beauty is seen in her wonderful photography,
and in the words she chooses to express her poetry.

On Building Walls…

Smiling fortitudinous,

the wall goes up

Rebuking family;

obscured in chosen oblivion...

Soul saved; who saves

the rest, my sister-friend?

Why don’t you fight?

Are we selfish to want you to stay,

or you, in giving up so easily?

We ache, knowing inevitable destiny

…as you smile behind your wall.

© Ginny Brannan January 2012
Sharing at d'Verse Poets Pub Open Link Night Week #27 1/17/12