A Man Like That

His voice
               is
 erotic-amphetimine

I n j e c t i n g
                napalm daylilly-desire

E
 r
  a
   d
     i
      c
        a
          t
            i
             n
                g
                         all

logic-vomit

                     Wilting the boldness-bearer
of my resolve.

Burning me with the
                                 ice-blue-fire
of
     his
          gaze.

My body

 trembles 

with well-being
                               and 

the sweet

ache

of time-halting.


All I do is wait for the freedom-flame
                                                         That is the caress of his fiery stare.

heidi
written 3/21/14
for dVerse Meeting the Bar

Bjorn introduces us to Kennings in this Meeting the Bar at dVerse. They look like so much fun, and I think I did it all wrong. Oh well. Happy World Poetry Day anyway! Make sure you go by and check out the other poems using Kennings. You won't regret it!

Lovely Spring

Art by Sunita Khedekar 

She is Spring
Strong, fragile, funny, sweet, volitile
My lovely daughter.

heidi
written 3/18/14
for my Aoife and
dVerse Poetics.

Grace's Poetics prompt today is to use the amazing artwork of Sunita Khedekar as inspiration for a poem about Spring. I love this piece! Please visit her Facebook page or her Blog. I have chosen to write a Collum Lune (one of my favorite forms...very Twitter friendly) about my sweet girl. For more poems using the art of Sunita Khedekar as inspiration, go check out the submissions over at dVerse!

Apple Pi

                                        My husband likes it cold. I prefer it warm to hot

                                    moist, tart and gooey. The crisp of the flesh as I sink 

                                my      teeth down                      in. Savoring 

                                           the flaky                         delicate crust.

                                           I inhale the                      ripe, sweet 

                                           odor a hint                      of nutmeg?

                                           cinnamon?                       Carefully

                                           blow, it may                     burn my 

                                           mouth. And                      yet, the pain

                                           would be                          worth it. I 

                                           consume the                     Pink Ladies

                                           with sweet                        whipped cream               &

                                           a bit of cheese                  sometimes feta                or

                                           maybe some                     cheddar. There               is a 

                                           sweet perfection                in this moment.              As I 

                                           once again                        surrender to homemade apple pie!
                                                                                             heidi written 3/13/14 for
                                                                                              dVerse Meeting the Bar

Brian at dVerse made an interesting observation; that we write appealing to our sense of sight. He asked us to write to our other senses. Since this year all of March is Pi month, and tomorrow is Pi day (3.14) I thought it an excellent opportunity to write about one of my favorite food groups. Y'all know the four food groups? Pie, Sweet tea, Fried Things, and Chocolate. I did cheat a bit, though, but I wanted to see if I could write in this shape. Yay! If you aren't finding me through the dVerse linky, then why not pop on over and check out some of the other awesome submissions. (Anna's is scary and sad...I highly recommend it!)

Last Prayer

Last Prayer by heidi helmer

a mantis offers up her
last prayer
attached to my screen
dreaming of freedom outside

heidi
written: 3/12/14 for dVerse Poetics

It has been too long since I have participated in a dVerse prompt. This week, Shanyn challenges us to write mircopoetry about macophotography.  I'm not sure if my picture qualifies as macrophotography, and my poem is micro-micro, but I am happy with it. Click the link above to check out the submissions to dVerse, and try one yourself!