Jukebox (Boombox), Baby

Joan Jett on cassette

softball summers

of field-dirt-crusted scabs

on my knees

and thighs

sliding into second

my dad said I never did it quite right

because there should be more on my thighs

if I were

a cherry Tootsie Roll Pop

with a ‘tude

sneaking gin and Jack Daniels

and smokes

dreaming of VW Super Beetles with glitter in the paint

or a ‘64 convertible Mustang, cherry red too, of course—

and The Outsiders

fast-forward

in audible

relief, mom and dad,

glad

I didn’t turn out wielding

a six-string and blowing sugar pops

but still I do

Love Rock ‘n Roll

Copyright 2013 Jennifer Wagner

At dVerse Poets Pub master prompter and poet Stuart McPherson has us writing about 'Growing Up'. 

Harbinger

Harbinger

by Andrew Romero

Haste the day the harbinger comes

With songs of loyalty and triumph

The sounds of life exude pain

The silence of existence is eternal

Death saddles his horse

At the living’s lamentation

He rides unto the cradle

Listening for Ataturk

Upon release he kneels

In respect for the deceased

At this he takes them within his bosom

Thrashing they vie for life

His icy embrace calms their tenacious fire

The horseman rides on

To father time, with emptied hourglass

Onwards he rides unto oblivion


Copyright 2012 Andrew Romero 

My son Andrew recently turned 18 and will graduate from high school this year.  Sigh...expect to see some nostalgic mama writes from me.  He writes poetry and wrote this piece a few months ago.  Also, he predicted, on the day of the Super Bowl last year, that the Seahawks would play in the Super Bowl this year.  Poet and possibly prophet?  Proud mama, no doubt.

January Smoothie

dark tart cherries

frozen

winter bliss

winter melancholy

the color of

iced blueberries

pomegranate arils

winter’s

escape pods

Copyright 2013 Jennifer Wagner

for haiku my heart

Old Man, Winter, and I

old man winter and i

standing on mountain grass and rocks

a slicing breeze

pulls the cork

and empties me

character failures spill out

on a screen of snow

i watch them play

with my mind

enter Remorse

followed by Blessed Forgetfulness

because the sun is up, bright

among sparse clouds

burning mercy, a silver lining,

into memories

that never forget me

Copyright 2013 Jennifer Wagner

Linking up to another great day of poetry at dVerse.

Proximal

she hears it

thud

within her heart

darkening that softly whispered thing

he’d wept at her feet

squeezing his chest

begging her

to come back

where he could have her, love her

but, snow white

and glistening,

she congeals in

the rush of blood—

cheeks heated, flushed

and damp

spent where he

could never bring her back,

hold her into it long enough

to let it sink

into her skin,

her fluids,

her flesh and bones

holding her, hard

and pushing love into

that bruised place

she cries

every time he touches

forged with passion

sought with tears

a groove never deep enough

to reach the watercourse

and dangles

not siphoned,

a conduit,

clamped

as she turns away

too close

to feel it anymore

Copyright 2013 Jennifer Wagner

Posting to The Poetry Pantry at Poets United

Sitka Pirates

a seashore moon

casting long sitka spruce shadows

            ghost pirate ship sails

Copyright 2013 Jennifer Wagner

  

haiku my heart 

Dreamwish 2013

Street art - Seattle, WA

photos © Jennifer Wagner

...

if your dream

doesn’t fit the page

color outside the lines

... 

Copyright 2012 Jennifer Wagner

Linking to imaginary garden with real toads and d'Verse.  Happy 2013!

New

in awe of His promise

to make all things new

even me

Copyright 2012 Jennifer Wagner

New for Haiku Heights and haiku my heart

Happy New Year :)

Inspiring Blogger Award

The lovely and amazingly gifted poet Janet Martin, who writes at Another Porch, has nominated me for the Inspiring Blogger Award.  What an honor!  She inspires me. 

So if I understand this right I am to give 7 facts about myself and then I have the privilege of nominating some bloggers for the award as well.  

My 7 facts:

1. I’m pretty good at Texas Hold ‘Em, if I do say so myself.
2. In my opinion ‘I Love Lucy’ is one of the best TV shows.  Ever. 
3. I enjoy Agatha Christie mystery novels.
4. My favorite food is a tomato right off the vine.
5. I (heart) baseball.
6. I do not (heart) squirrels. (don’t ask…)
7. book, blanket, fire = happy, happy me :)

You know how you get excited to see what some bloggers have come up with in every new post?  Here are a few I consider to be inspiring.  My nominations:

Margaret Bednar at Art Happens 365.  Poetry.  Photography.  Inspiration.  And she’s a mom of 6!  What can’t she do?  Amazingly brilliant lady.

Lolly at Look for a Lovely Thing.  Hers is a newly discovered blog for me.  She absolutely nails the ‘haiku moment’.  Her haiku are among the best I have ever read.

Yelena at moonlitpoetic.  Every time I read something she’s written I feel as though I’ve just witnessed something incredibly beautiful and delicate.  What a poetic gift she has.

So again, thank you Janet!  I’m honored and humbled and smiling straight from my heart!

Snowdrops and Sleigh Bells

snowdrops splashing

like citrus squeezed

onto feathered ice

---

snowdrops

dripping from the tongue

of the moon

---

sleigh bells

and a hush of snow

almost silent night

---

sleigh bells jingling

even the snowman

smiles and waves

---

the sky flinging snow today

just to hear

children laughing again

Copyright 2012 Jennifer Wagner

Haiku Heights