monthly

 

 

 

I remember you

on your period and heartbroken.

 

What a day for the pestilence

of muse; for poems to write about

the Pacific.

 

Or for jumping off a "bridge"

tethered to Crane.

 

Oh Lord, in this I give,

grass covered and plain

 

my shortness of breath,

my body cognitive,

 

my little ankle twisted and

disturbed. That

 

the dragon precipitous sweeps over

the pampas, beats me to an inch

 

of my life. Yet as it begins it

ends, and it is magnificent

 

it's white panicles borned of tall stems;

We touch and smile

 

and make mad,

noisy love.

Reviews

[Emily B]

came to visit and found myself warmed by the word

thank you for being you and so very dear

[Marie Anzalone]

I swear to you, dana, it is not our fault- you do not know what it is like to have your body and mind hijacked by invisible assailants! But I will say kudos to you for not being too squeamish to enjoy the singularity of lovemaking during this roller coaster ride.

[emmajoy]

I'm laughing .. looking into the poem's wording, trying hard to understand the writer's mind!

Could there possibly be a similar situation in the opposite gender, not necessarily as personal but .. : the on.going effects of your team's frequent losses; the day-in-day.out lack of permanent parking space, the every growing cost of living.. etc,, those minor bits and pieces of bother that can also be sorted out with a little mad, noisy love! 'That the dragon preciptous sweeps over the pampas, beats me to an inch of my life.' What great phrasing, what fine thoughts in their creation! An ingenuos write that couldn't be written by a woman because she's centre stage, not the audience!

[Nwanna Onyeka Benedict]

Nice piece. Keep on the good.

[Nwanna Onyeka Benedict]

Nice piece. Keep on the work. Try to be better than this

[writing mojo]

I tried to write about my wife's monthly friend and I never got as far as this creative equinox. I went for a humorous approach, due to my cro magnon insensitivity and her quest for fire smoking from a stone throwing age period...great piece dana