Like Anna and Alexei

the lemon and mint night

deceived me with its fragrance

stronger, subtler than roses,

pink, and blushing deeper still

i’m sorry,

i should have listened to me

but my voice

went hush

when i heard your words

and all i could think about

was your tongue

Copyright © 2013 Jennifer Wagner

Peggy Goetz at Poetry Jam invited us to write from the perspective of a fictional character.  I based my poem on the both tragic and captivating characters of Anna and Count Vronsky in Tolstoy’s novel Anna Karenina, and the attraction between them.  I read the book a while back but have yet to see the 2012 movie version.  I’m curious to know if anyone has seen it and what they thought of it.

When You're Young You Don't Care About Appearances

dandelions are weeds they say

but to me they

are summer

and a fluffy snowflake

mixed-breed mutt who made a beeline for me

when i lay out on the kentucky bluegrass

of home

needing love

Copyright © 2013 Jennifer Wagner

I'm pledging to be a little less grown up today--and to link up with those amazing poets at the dVerse Poets Pub for OpenLinkNight #90!

Your Tonic Like Hawthorn

Hawthorn berries (Crataegus monogyna) 

Image:  Wikimedia Commons

you’re not

supposed to speak softly

in feather light whispers

at my throat

language foreign

to a scrap like me

my mini-heart flutters

in its hummingbird bones

afraid it might learn how to

cherish me too

Copyright © 2013 Jennifer Wagner

 

*Note:  Hawthorn berries, flowers and leaves are used as an herbal medicine in the treatment of heart and cardiovascular ailments.

Written for dVerse Poetics where Fred Rutherford has us keeping it brief!