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The Matron and The Man
My attempt at an Orwellian poem while taking aim at George Orwell’s quote: ““Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
Written for the All Poetry contest / Quote Prompt: George Orwell (1984)
Vacation From Mundane Tasks
Sand spills from loose lips onto the matte page
Chiseled stone lips that stole my beating heart
My dry pen smears short loose words that are strange
Scratch a camel, add a cart. He’s my transport
Apple Blossom
Extinguished glowing bar of light—
Her breath reveals the cold of night
Petals cloak the path toward safety
She grips her staff and turns bravely
Messenger of War
Don’t gaze too slow at the towering stronghold
Focus on the goal down the rolling long road
While the answer soars higher than the ramparts
This message is only for the cast down heart
Great Escape
A warm breeze blows fluffy blankets to a basket from the clothesline
Raspy Fiddler croons by my fire while the sun sets past a road sign
Orange and the smell of pine ascends joining the scarlet sky
Gold trimmed Lady joins the song clinking needles on her starlit thigh
Warrior Fatigue
I joined them at last
Warriors of the past
Lives placed in a sieve
So loved ones could live
I came back alive
With all my pieces
But fighting won’t stop
”War never ceases.”
Smiling Upside Down
Yesterday there were a lot of people coming around
Wondering why I’m leaning upside down
At first they thought I was a joke
Now they understand that my smiler is broke