Making a poem Is like looking for an opening then picking at a splinter you don’t know how you got It’s like telling a secret without naming names like saving a life you know is worth living __________Colleen Redman / Poets and Storytellers United
I found poetry on the radio and moons that dangled like carrots on sticks I found God in a picture frame at the top of the stairs and a book of fairytales in a house that is gone I found rusted metal butterfly wings that I keep with a picture of my older sister I […]
It takes effort to adjust my pace to follow the beat and not lose my place I’m not a leader and I’m not a follower I’m a wallflower that already bloomed that moves to the rhythm of the seasons and uses solitude to think straight I close my eyes to see until the drum is […]
Astonished moon looks down with surprise as if just discovering its fear of heights ___________Colleen Redman / Poets and Storytellers United
-For Katherine We dig and hit pay dirt A vein that shines when polished that runs through the gray of granite A soul’s inheritance Awakened subconscious ___________Colleen Redman / Poets and Storytellers United
I think of every part of life as a developmental stage. We learn to walk and talk. We develop attachments and a conscience. We are attracted to others, try new things, do work that we love and hope to be recognized. It all goes according to some unspoken schedule and with every stage we can […]
The moon trances on a balcony of branches a late-night caller attracting admirers Like moths to a flame drawn to its serenade we’re wooed by the moon’s gravitational ways __________Colleen Redman / Poets and Storytellers United
Our bodies are like maps on dog-eared pages marked by old haunts across sun freckled flesh Stretched with furrowed plots down travel-logged paths where bones bend like branches under the weight of fruitful days Our bodies wane translucent Our veins bulge blue Sharp edges soften and thoughts slow with overuse Until our view turns inward […]
You like to rhyme time and make it seem natural You make the best of chaos and resist denial You leave your will and testament with every written poem You read newspaper obituaries as if looking for your next home room You hurt your knees scrubbing kitchen floors You gave up praying on them years […]
I like to rhyme but not on cue I like a relationship of lines that are interchangeable Poems like make-up no one knows you’re wearing Aged like wine and honey poured from the psyche I like stand-out stanzas that hold up without a prop and words that show up where you least expect them Distilled […]
1. Lifted mood Night light soothes Orbits like a mobile in a baby’s nursery room 2. Escaped petal Floats away in daylight Will not be pressed by summer’s end ________Colleen Redman / Poets and Storytellers United
Yesterday I googled “Drop off the face of the earth” and worried the FBI could be watching I wanted to pay up whatever was due but couldn’t afford forever stamps I learned that empyreal is a real word that means the highest part of heaven It speaks to the quantum reality that emptiness and matter […]
