Poppy...

If I could write your story
From then to now
What stories I could tell
A tall tale, legend, myth?

From one story, one view
A life derived from strength
That carries those
Who are part of you

Of character that supports
Teaches and believes
One life that is boundless
A greater story than I could conceive.

Forum

Glimmering thoughts in open minds
Capturing within our hearts the world
Across the street or far reaching
When meeting in this place
Visions of possibilities
Go dancing through my brain
Together we reflect many sides
Each holding a trust
Within our realms

With so many things
Within our reach
I'll hold this time
To my heart
To sustain me
On the long roads
And build piece by piece
Thoughts, once random
Into something
That changes the places
We dwell within.

Pack the blues away

Blues of days to come
Tease with promise
Now packed away
Encased behind grey
Only sight seen
Was a glimpse
For a day

Sitting here waiting
At the beginning
Of another day
The light is mellow
The air is chilled
Dwelling on promises
Of days of blues

Seen

Eyes glance away

If sight unseen
Our world is filled
With rainbows
Happy ever after scenes

Point out
The hidden
Lift up
Move and draw
Eyes
Opening
To worlds
Now seen

Raw

Emotions sit upon me
Gulp, gasp
Spinning, sinking
Inhaling each motion
Float with a tide
Rushing over my mind
Make me still
Numb, overwhelmed
Movement, raw
Falling into depths
Dark corners
Hidden thoughts
Building up
Breath, see
Turn away...

Red Tears

Red Tears (words)

I hear their memories,
Calling!
Wafting across fields.
Floating.
Singing their final lullaby -
Weeping:
A harmony of voices,
Haunting...

Whispers drift over fields,
Calling!
Threads of their memories.
Floating.
Visions always lingering -
Weeping:
Staining the fallen leaves,
Haunting...


*Reflecting on why this poem came into being - post ANZAC Day on Behind Dreaming...

"Red Tears" was first published in Teesside Artists' Journal, November 2009. Thank you to Carol Fenwick, the editor of Teesside Artists' Journal, for all her support including understanding my decision to republishing this poem on my blog.


Red Tears by Allison Brown is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.5 Australia License.
Based on a work at allisonbrown.blogspot.com and Teesside Artists' Journal.

A Leaf

Words within A Leaf...

Unfurling
Expanding
Spreading
Catching
Absorbing

Displaying
Teeming
Gathering
Covering
Breathing

Swaying
Changing
Grasping
Pausing
Relinquishing

Parched
Fragile
Brittle
Twisting
Floating
Falling

Discarded
Withered
Dying
Mingling
Feeding

A Leaf by Allison Brown is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Australia License. Based on a work at allisonbrown.blogspot.com.

Print - pictured

Contains the poem Print that was also posted on my blog. I am still trying to decide what image should be shown with this poem. Yet I cannot ignore what came to me when I was thinking about it :-)

Print - pictured by Allison Brown is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Australia License. Based on a work at allisonbrown.blogspot.com. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at http://allisonbrown.blogspot.com/2008/09/print.html.