after the long hours

write me a song

with your eyes

like you do

hang up your helmet,

your axe,

come

home

to

me

© 2015 Jennifer Wagner

Image © 2015 Jennifer Wagner

Two tenWord poems. Over at dVerse this week we were offered to play with the tenWord form. These two can be read together as one little love poem.

For Ian,

for Poets U,

and for all the spouses of firefighters...may the hours quicken!

Resurgences (2 tenWords)

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winter garden

tiny grave beds

(tu)lips are whispering,

“come, spring”

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tracing her scars

like braille, mouthing,

I

lived

to

tell

© 2015 Jennifer Wagner

For dVerse, the tenWord, a form created by Brian Miller.

mercy, please

image © 2015 jennifer wagner

a red blossom, bloodied burqa,

             voice

                        buried

stoning hole shadows

awaiting execution

press my heart,

 

            crush

within me

© 2015 Jennifer Wagner

For dVerse MTB. Bjorn has invited us to do some blackout poetry. I used a book I am currently reading, Stone Crossings, by L.L. Barkat. This particular page/segment from her book brought to mind the the film The Stoning of Soraya M. If you haven't seen it, it's gut-wrenching. Honestly, I couldn't sit through all of the stoning scene.