Love Ruined

Oh my darling, your love is ruined!

Your flaming desires

Driven by the screaming thunders,

And the darkest fires,

Have selfishly poisoned

My lovelorn heart,

Keeping us together

By holding us apart.


(After William Blake's "The Sick Rose")

The Daydreamer

The Word Friendship

The word friendship is priceless


refreshing and impressive, luxury of
mutual love, and savoring protection


full in the soul and feeling
like feather


tolerant skin
hurt, wounded, provoked into
trust, and loyalty


giving
and taking, smile and hug
of affection.

Maria Karl. (after The Word Plum by Helen Chasin)

You Kill Time

You kill time. You
Like crime. You

Have a gun. You
Fight none. You

Eat bread. You 
Stay dead. You

Make Love. You 
Rise Above.

By Sini (after Gwendolyn Brooks' We Real Cool)

Eyes Of A Sorcerer

                                      Eyes;
                            Speak to me
                     Calm my frenzy heart
              Bring joy to an empty fountain
     Call for rain to cleanse our tainted years
                              Content 
                            May you be


Yona
(based on "A Christmas Tree" by William Burford)

Not Leaving But Waiting (After Stevie Smith's "Not Waving But Drowning")

I was wrong, I know.
It was all my mistake.
But I was there, I am still there.
And not leaving but waiting.


Waiting for an excuse.
Waiting for a hug, a kiss, a smile.
"Don't you worry, everything is ok."
That was all I was waiting to hear.


I could not let you go away,
Because I love you so much.
That is why I am here.
And not leaving but waiting.




Devoted to my boyfriend
F. Kar.

TOUCH ART

What happens when we touch art?

Do we plunge into its abyss

And get consumed?

Do we get trapped in its maze,

End up confused?

Do we taste our newfound freedom

And find release?

Do we nourish our wisdom

And watch our souls cry?

Or do we touch the sky?

Maggie

Good Morning

I ate the peaches

we need 10 more!

Do you remember the beaches

where we found love?

I booked the tickets for the island

you should sign the check

You are my skylark!

Oh, don't forget to feed the bird

~Xenitidou Panagiota

This is just to say

I bought the red dress you wanted,

Yes, the one with the plunging neck and the feathers

-that would make him come crawling back to you-

Forgive me darling

but it looked much better on me.

RoseandDagger

Dear love

 My dear husband, I woke up for work but,

I realised that I wasn't in the mood so, I

will go for coffee.

You have to wash the dishes,

to do the ironing and to make breakfast for the kids

because I forgot them.

      Probably, you will make the

lunch, too, as I will go for shopping therapy!

       I love you, your kitty.

       

                                                      Maria Karl.