Periodical (poem)

Periodical

The parchment

Where words were written

Photos meant forever

And calendars removed from their nails

And replaced again and again,

Through the years

Eventual fragments

Peeled, stripped,

Abandoned to the wind

©Expressions by Christine 12.7.16

Pathways (poem)

Pathways

One foot on black

One foot on white

An edgy balance

To let go and leap

Diving headlong

Into gray matter

Lines crossed and webbed

Along those neurons

A net of science

To rediscover

And be

©Expressions by Christine 12.6.16

Classic (poem)

Classic

I may be a deviant,

Apostate, bohemian

But I have Morgenstimmung

For breakfast

And Eine kleine nachtmusik

For dinner

And it is a most delicious life

©Expressions by Christine 12.5.16

Travel (poem)

Travel

When I go

About my way

I’ll pack my bags

In that suitcase

With the stickers from foreign places

And never look back

Maybe you’ll miss me,

Maybe you won’t

©Expressions by Christine 12.4.16

Treasures (poem)

Treasures

Since it’s Saturday

And it possibly snowed last night

(The wet sidewalk tells me something happened)

I believe I’ll stay inside

And go through those dusty dreams

In the attic

Until the blue skies appear

©Expressions by Christine 12.3.16

Clean (poem)

Clean

Your intentions

Are like lice on a nit comb

Every morning reshorn

And decontaminated

©Expressions by Christine 12.1.16

Rough Draft (poem)

Rough Draft

Lumbering through this winter lullaby

Mists mingle and chill the foothills

Stiffening the hardwood forests

It’s December nostalgia once again

And cozying up, I’m staying in

Warmed by oatmeal and cranberries

And buffalo check

Rough draft gray dissolving

©Expressions by Christine 11.30.16