Photo by GEORGE DESIPRIS on Pexels.com - Poetry by Joni Caggiano on 7/5/20 I walk through dark waters and study them turning memories to bloodthe full moon shines her dreamless side down, with disdain for the divinemoving into the shadows and the grays of night, with its cautious armstwo lovers lost their way, in the … Continue reading Calabash Pipe
Category: Nature
The Marriage Seed
(reading time 1 minute 9 seconds) Closing my eyes, I hear the feverish pitch of your heart while my skin senses the earth, which discriminatingly recites her poetry in unison with the sun. My fingertips feel the pressure of garden seeds pushing dark, damp soil as roots grow downward. Your smell penetrates my nostrils, leaving … Continue reading The Marriage Seed
Bashful Lily
Poem written by Joni Caggiano on 06/25/20 - Photo by Couleur on Pexels.com black and white notes of the wide-eyed dusty pianospare the two lovers their uncharted melodybare windows are dripping tales on the insidewhile flushed water lilies turn their petals bashfullyemerald green and scarlet was their cottage on the searising from the bed now, … Continue reading Bashful Lily
Cemetery Lake
Ripples roll over me tonight with an adrift half moonLurking with grey shadows wounding dreams too soonBulky the arm, of the once firm oak, crying as it floatsLost laughter of children fishing in old wooden boatsWater moccasins slither, stirring lifeless toads, and weaveIn and out of silt made of chemicals, and fetid brown leavesInsects, rotting … Continue reading Cemetery Lake
Bougainvillea
She stood bent, beyond positions of declaration, but without breaking. The Mayten tree stands triumphantly close to the violet-blue of the sea. Woven, her green hair, like olive showers, lay upon mossy meadows. Dotted like white islet cloth, are the small villas that cover her hills, like a blanket, placed in the fresh scent of … Continue reading Bougainvillea
My New Poem, “Echoes,” Now Live at TheFinestExample
rain falls on hot sidewalks in the steam i see strangers a child trips on her red boot southern flannel moth emerges from a silk cocoon like a new bride in yellow Please read the rest of my poem [here] Picture by Pexels.com - chosen by thefinestexample.home.blog
My Poem “Tribute to the Forest” is my first published work on Vita Brevis Poetry Magazine
Disentangling my body as my spirit flows without restraintthrough the dreams of the elusive creatures of the blessed forest.My skin touches tiny petals of love that float freelyas cottonwood trees have turned the forest into a winter’s land.As their fleecy white seeds blow into my dreamland with a subtle gustreminiscent of the exquisite white feather … Continue reading My Poem “Tribute to the Forest” is my first published work on Vita Brevis Poetry Magazine
My Honey Bee
Like honey the smell of the pink feathery blooms of the mimosaAre my contemplations of your wrinkled brow when I shall weepKnowing already, tender wounds which drip blood, that cut deep Dressings are indulgent shadows of a multitude of kisses laid softTo divert recollections that burden the holes where tears do pourFoulness one tries to … Continue reading My Honey Bee
My Poem, “The Nature of Jazz”, Now Live at Spillwords.com
Besieging me with her exquisiteness was the sea.Palm trees rustle, rejoicing in a seamless tune.Anegada sends echoes from an aging graveyardof polished conch shells gleaming rosy pink.Caribbean an indigo blue, crafting elusive ripplesin unison as gliding pink flamingos shriek gently. Please read the rest of my poem [here]. I am delighted that my poem, "The … Continue reading My Poem, “The Nature of Jazz”, Now Live at Spillwords.com
My Pillar
Your touch reaches toward the Aegon seaYou open the door, your heart speaks to meCreating a sensation, a quiver, your smellsMy pillar, my very breath, my blushing tellsAs I ache, as a bee for honey, a hand for a gloveYou’re the man who gave friendship and loveCome to me under the sky and sing your … Continue reading My Pillar
