We together sit upon the earth in the shadows of a sundial that connects Me to the soil that fed me from the mud patties I fed me with a place that grounded me of a ground that holds family Us under the sun defines place out of it seasons my own by it my…
Writing Snowflakes
whatis it liketo writeSnowflakesout oflife? All text and photography © Dale Schierbeck …. more of my original Poetry on EatsWritesShoots here.
Mother Earth
Rape our Mother Consume her tomorrow’s son Suck her spirit dry Invade your vampire virus Hungry for today Disown our geologic history.” All text and photography © Dale Schierbeck See more of others’ submissions to the Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge on “Earth.” … and more Poetry from EatsWritesShoots here.
I Stand
I stand beneath the cables that fasten me to this dust moving in eddies spread my tired arms to touch willing my fingers, arches and whori, my white flecked nails to grasp the infinity of a memory of a moment when I wound the handle of tin box to a tune that played like baseball…
Maman
Captured in a nightmare’s night four by four, legs and arms, entwined preying on and praying for an end a cul-de-sac an empty sack steel away your marble eggs midnight bliss births a poison kiss. Spin your web, Mother may i, may i not. Captured in an imagination box tourists take and travelers see a…
Chiaroscuro
My love is composed Upon a limestone canvas Worn white with history’s chisel Her mystery emerges Through a faithful portal past Shadowed oak lacquered black The solidity of her stance A palette knifed upon her dress Smoothed soft upon her breast Brush strokes feathered fine With an afternoon’s warm shine Breaching bright background walls Reaching…
Fortune’s Shadow
“Hold the rosemary, Listen my child, I offer you fortune, I offer you clarity. “Give me your hand Give me your life Give to me money and I’ll stop time in the sand. “Your lines are your roads Your hand is my map You travel from far, it is written in codes. “You are newly…
Parasol of Desire
Your figure is sculpted upon the sky Hips pressed against my gaze You are sex upon my eye You drift upon the history Swaying your skirt upon the wind Captured within your memory You stride upon the cityscape Propelled with classic symmetry Fashion wrapped around tradition’s drape Your are a sultry figure A mother to…
Admiration
Hobbled by a rugby scrum Halted by the surgeon’s drum You drag, you limp, you fight You struggle with all your might Determined to walk without a brace You make physio a sprint to race Stretching, bending, building strong Pushing through pain all day long Your need for help hurts your pride Vulnerability affixes me…
Future Fast & Fit
You are my future*, fast and fit: Standing still — running into revelry You’re dancing dirty — a dervish in a circle, ours Firm upon a cliff — climbing a mountain, steep We’re cycling — feasting along the Loire Jumping for joy — flung into arms, yours forever Striding across the sea — sinking into…