Sparkle in eyes; flowers tight in his
hand
He risked it all to display deep
feelings.
Life is tapestry of up and down plans.
Desires are rockets that break
ceilings.
Notes hover piano; music unborn.
Stutter on paper excitement shrinking.
Coast like anger on a bus that is
scorn.
Found a ditch in the center of
thinking.
She asked, which came first grape or
vine?
Can armed questions over take mystery?
Hidden ignorance breed the
stinging-unkind.
Planted the riddle sprung from history.
Never risk what you're unwilling to
lose.
A hole-in-the-heart is a space some
choose.
© 2017 Beverly M. Collins
Beverly
M. Collins; author of the books, Quiet
Observations: Diary Thought, Whimsy and Rhyme
and Mud in Magic,
is one of three prize winners for the California State Poetry Society
2012 yearly competition. Her work has appeared in Poetry
Speaks! Year of Great Poems and Poets (Calendar),
California
Quarterly, JOMP 19,
Altadena Poetry Review
and many other publications. In 2015, Beverly M. was nominated for
the Pushcart Prize and Best Independent American Poetry for her work
that appears in Rubicon:
Words & Art Inspired by Oscar Wilde's De Profundis.
Collins was born in Delaware and grew up in New Jersey.
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