Balm (A Butterfly Cinquain)

Photo © 2013 Jennifer Wagner

Speak soft-

petaled twilight

against my shoulders, tanned

and salty, from a day rippling

with sun.

Envelop me, with your mouth, cool

with mint and cucumber,

our purpling kiss,

perfumed.

© 2013 Jennifer Wagner

For dVerse OpenLinkNight

Music Box River

The river sings a song for pebbles

from the bank of wild daisies, white.

I cast them in, with a grin,

and much to my delight,

it plays my favorite memories

of you and me and lavender

on honeysuckle nights.

© 2013 Jennifer Wagner

for Poetry Jam where it's all about the flowers!

 

Farolito

waning vigil

luminarias burning low

firefly prays on

© 2013 Jennifer Wagner

Farolitos, Jemez Historic Site, New Mexico.  Wikimedia Commons

for Carpe Diem: Hotaru (Firefly)

*Farolito:  little lantern (northern New Mexico).  For more about farolitos/luminarias go here.

Meadowdance

Indian Paintbrush, Flickr

Indian paintbrush

and velvet rose,

a butterfly kiss

on my cheek, on my toes—

color me summer, remind me how to sing,

leave lipstick on winter

and the last breath of spring.

© 2013 Jennifer Wagner

Here’s to summer and dVerse OpenLinkNight #100!  Way to go Brian and Claudia and all the pub tenders and poets who make dVerse such a great place!

Summer Zephyr

remembering winter

the limbs of a pine tree

shiver with mine

© 2013 Jennifer Wagner

for Carpe Diem, a daily haiku meme:  Suzushi (cool, coolness)