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)

 

After the Thunderstorm Night

 

Fir0002/Flagstaffotos

 

When you

look at me like that,

as if I’ve hung the paper heart moon

with artistic hands,

a lavender morning mists softly

against my skin, each cell brightening,

stretching toward a living,

growing new day.

All I want is to breathe,

to breathe in this sky of moment, deeper,

to feel each evolving hue as it rises

like milk and sugared tea on my tongue;

to hum my birdsong notes

back to you,

and your arms

of encircling sun.

© 2013 Jennifer Wagner

“Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?”  -Rose Kennedy

for dVerse OpenLinkNight 

Stone

that place in her heart

at the mention

of his name

© 2013 Jennifer Wagner

for Haiku Heights: Stone

Viking Lover's Missive

The Mist

Find me here

in sweet-dappled sunlight kiss,

naked,

save the bangles on my wrist.

Come to me,

cling like mist;

like bilberries—

stain my lips, my hips.

Pull my flesh

from the silknight bone

and leave my carcass

to the stones.

for Ian

© 2013 Jennifer Wagner

This was written for Ella’s Sunday Mini-Challenge at Imaginary Garden with Real Toads where we were given the opportunity to write a poem inspired by the wonderful photography of L. Diane Wolfe.  I’ll also be linking to dVerse for OpenLinkNight.

Midnight

barefoot on the lawn

the midnight moon and i

traipsing the dark

© 2013 Jennifer Wagner

For Carpe Diem:  Be Inspired by Takahama's Gold Bug