Snap To It (Poem)

Snap To It

I see these things

Everywhere

Documenting life,

Lives,

Memories

Nature’s beauty

And the like

I too

Have taken photos

Through my eyes

Cataloged

In my mind

But sometimes

They are unveiled

And paraded about

Not because I like them

But pixilated and loomed

For others to see.

© Expressions by Christine 8/30/11

Earthly Aesthetics (Poem)

Earthly Aesthetics

She wanted
To beguile him with camouflage
Gray on gray
Subliminal cairns
Marking the trail
To her heart
So theirs would be
A geological evolution
Erupting and transforming
The landscape of love.

© Expressions by Christine 8/29/11

A Smiling Day (Poem)

A Smiling Day

It was a good enough

Day

Starting at 5 a.m.

With morning

Kisses

And then

Eating bacon and eggs

Cooked by the best chef

Evah!

Wishing my daughter

A happy birthday

As she came down the stairs

Looking cute and disheveled

As a nineteen-year-old could be

Counting my blessings

As storm clouds dissipated

For me, and yet,

Praying for those

Who are losing it all

But

Buoyed again

By that healthy

Nineteen-year-old

As we ate at Quaker Steak and Lube

And a son who tomorrow

Will be starting his freshman year

Of college

As a senior in high school

And now

Sweet desserts

Oreo sponges floating in milk

And a photo in Explore.

Yes, it was

A good enough day. :o)

© Expressions by Christine 8/28/11

Catching My Drift (Poem)

Catching My Drift

Lying parallel

We dream across

Pillow-soft wavelengths

Passing shared surrealism

Back and forth

And climaxing

In the rhythmic poetry

Of inspiratory and expiratory

Then softly waking

To the tangible truths

Of our creation

© Expressions by Christine 8/27/11

School's In (Poem)

School’s In

Horizons vast

This journey is yours

Each plateau

A mile marker

Celebrated

With shouted hoorays.

Open-armed

And welcoming more

Forever climbing.

© Expressions by Christine 8/26/11

Step-stone Bridge (Poem)

Step-stone Bridge

Granite sentinels

Pose as stepping stones

Markers

Posted as reminders

Toppled igneous cairns

Only a jump away.

© Expressions by Christine 8/25/11

The Fastest Way (Poem)

The Fastest Way

Following you

I used to

Longingly watch your movements,

Proclaiming

To the up-and-down motion

Of the hitch in your gitalong

That one day

I would fllirtaceously trace

The edges

Of your back pockets

And getting from A to B

Wouldn’t seem so far away

© Expressions by Christine 8/23/11