Twinkling in the Midnight Blue(s)

That flicker in the

spaces between quivered breaths

calls to me on quilted nights.

Like stars collected

in a jar of lidless hopes,

each dark sky births want of you.

© 2013 Jennifer Wagner

This is my attempt at a Sedoka for dVerse Form for All:  The Princess’ Poem to her Secret Love.  Poet and host Samuel Peralta has invited us to try this rare form of unrhymed Japanese poetry consisting of two tercets with a scheme of 5-7-7 and 5-7-7 syllables.

Yuunagi

evening lull

the steady creak – creak – creak

of the porch swing

© 2013  Jennifer Wagner

for Carpe Diem:  Yuunagi (Evening Lull)

Eeyore Drives a Minivan and Writes a Haiku

nobody notices

my windshield is a magnet

for rocks

© 2013 Jennifer Wagner

for Poets United:  Verse First, The Long& Short of It and Poetry Jam:  RockOn!

“This writing business. Pencils and what-not. Over-rated, if you ask me. Silly stuff. Nothing in it."  -Eeyore, Winnie-the-Pooh

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!