Pouring Ink~

He pours Braille into my cup

his story roams my taste buds

I sample his prose de jour on the inside of my cheeks

little pebbles of exotic spice

bursting open

I swallow metaphors in amber casings

nectar on the underbelly of a rose

a little note of edible wafer

opens

a garden between my ribs;

the violin purrs under my palm

printing music into the nimble joints of my fingers

He paints Braille the length of my spine

a double helix

music

I am a living Haiga

a sensate geisha

an ornate teapot in my hand

I pour my Braille into his teacup

our fingers brush

generating

a new language

 

 

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Reviews

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

This makes me think of a poem entitled, "Braille," by John Lee Clark:

"The world rests on my lap.
If my finger is the sky,
Then under it the fields prosper.
Row after perfect row of buds
Bid me gather all I can.
The harvest is food for thought."

He was born deaf and lost his sight when he was an adolescent.

It's extraordinary to think of how those who have sight go through life blind to all the beauty around them. Thankfully, you are not one of those individuals. You have the gift of making all things beautiful.

Linda Marie

[R E Tree]

Wow, such imagery and poweful words. I enjoy your writing style and the big font suits the poem making it a wonderful read. I can't get over this line "little pebbles of exotic spice bursting open" it's so inspiring and it makes me want to taste the spice. Writing like this is powerful, if you can make such an affect on the reader then that is impressive.

[Jessica]

Selene, your poem is great but maybe you could make the words more easy to understand so my younger sister could also appreciate your good work. You make me hungry! You aren't feeling lke this.Aren't you?

[TAO]

I always like the injection of Japanese imagery... I REALLY need to go, soon! You know what this poem makes me want to do? Paint... I suddenly have an urge to paint...with my eyes closed... Wonder what we could come up with then? I'm glad to have read this.

[cleomaxtic]

such delicious descriptions...yum

[G. Marie"floating on an..]

awesome metaphoric writing here. amazing poem

[Cheryl J. Turner]

Ah, I can see befriending you will be a true lesson in expression - I am humbled. Fabulous writing.

[Alicante lullaby]

astounding selene...astounding...so pretty...i envy your words..a new language indeed.

[Seerose]

Wow. Impressive. That's exactly the act of writing. Thanks so much for sharing all these beautiful poems and stories with us.

[Angel Veselinov]

Speachless :) Thanks for sharing Great work :)

[mirabella]

I truly love the poem and the astounding imagery (especially the 'tea' imagery), but I just feel the font ad size of said font is a bit much. :) But I am here about the poem and I wont dwell on that!
I really like the senses evoked. :)