Showing posts with label Keith Harkin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Keith Harkin. Show all posts

Thursday, November 19, 2015

A Poet's Thank-you~



Thank-you for the pictures that will never leave thought's whispers
Thank-you for the smile that stirs the heart in spite of years
Thank-you for the vow that once-upon-a-time you made me
Thank-you for the poetry that has no words...but tears

Thank-you for the memories and all the inspiration 
Thank-you for a paradise that never disappears
Thank-you for the labyrinth of laughter and vexation
Thank-you for the poetry that spills its verse... in tears

Thank-you for the place that nothing can erase, save dying
Thank-you for the invitation to brave private fears
Thank-you for the answers to the heart-prayers I've been crying
Thank-you for the poetry that found its way...through tears

Janet~


Thursday, May 21, 2015

Blue and I





Blue is the colour between violet and green 
on the optical spectrum of visible light. Wikipedia

I drove her away from country hills robed in virgin green, dappled with violets beneath an endless sweep of blue
to her concrete vista of highrises, buses, people
and daydreams waiting to come true...

I miss you
With all the colors
In the world
Blue.
Sometimes I wonder
If you
Miss me that way
Too

Letting go
Is hard
But holding on
Is harder
And just between
You and me
Blue
Is my favorite color

You grab your backpack
Wave, I smile
We brave farewell with 
'I'll call'
You turn toward the bus-stop
I forgot
You were so 
Small

Then, I miss you
Like the first time
I let go
Of you
While a world full of color 
blurs
Into one big drop of
Blue

  
© Janet Martin

Thursday, February 26, 2015

The Blue of You and I





When daylight dies
Blue over blue
Time’s half-shut eyes
Draws me to you

With keen caress
Echoes compete
Where happiness
Is bittersweet

Before and after
Intertwine
Moment-laughter
Ever mine

For though having
Folds to years
Holding never
Disappears

When daylight dies
Blue over blue
Time’s half-shut eyes
Draws me to you

© Janet Martin

The quiet is amplified as the noise of three lively boys is packed into Daddy's pick-up midst 'bye Janet' shouts:)
It sparked echoes... seems the color of 'missing you' is twilight blue.