Welcome to the August 2013 Edition of PICK-APART POETRY as we once more celebrate the unofficial end of summer which coincides with Labor Day and with the beginning of a new school year. And as we look forward to autumn and some cooler weather, we feature two poems, one celebrating […]
Welcome to the June 2013 Edition of Pick-Apart Poetry as we welcome Summer and welcome back a treasured friend. We are most honored and excited to feature our friend Mary Margaret whose presence and poetry we’ve so very much missed over the past months. Be sure to visit […]
Welcome to the May 2013 Edition of Pick-Apart Poetry as we approach June and look forward to the arrival of Summer in just a few weeks. For many of us, in fact, the Memorial Day Weekend marks at least the unofficial beginning of summer. So let’s celebrate the occasion with some poetry that looks forward […]
~Dancing in a Raindrop~ I hear a far off drumming, Starting to begin. Sometimes the storms, Just takes my breath away. And takes me in…. Rat..a…tat….tat, Rat..a…tat….tat, And my mind just drifts away, To other, Long ago days. Splash…splash…splash, Oh, I was so fast….. Each puddle got bigger, …and bigger, As the rain fell drop […]
Whispered petals, Washing, Lapping over me, Oh, so tenderly. Am I , In these layers, Drowning in a sea of uncertainties? Or possibilities? Lost or found, Beneath these velvet waters, Am I bound? Luring, In their seductive caress, I sub come to the Softness of their velvet nest. Haunting in these depths, Of solitude, I […]
I reached sleepily for your pillow, But you were no longer there, In the room were the echoes of my dreams. Tugging hungrily at my mind. Time after time. Bereft, Into the darkness, I could only stare. Sitting on the dresser, Our love letters silent, Left unread. Silly me, Those daydreams still haunt…dance in my […]
Welcome to the April 2013 Edition of Pick-Apart Poetry as we celebrate Universal Poetry Month with several poets who have written poetry about poetry. Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman and Elizabeth Barrett Browning are but a few of the many poets who have written about that which we love to write and share — […]
Welcome to the March 2013 Edition of Pick-Apart Poetry as we continue to celebrate our March theme of Imagination with a poet who epitomizes the places we can go with and within our Imagination. Dr. Seuss, Theodor Geisel, was born on March 2, 1904 and died September 24, 1991. But his words and his art […]
Welcome to the February 2013 Edition of Pick-Apart Poetry as we continue to celebrate the Month of Love by featuring a poem about love written by W.H. Auden who was born in this month of February — February 21, 1907. He died on September 29, 1973. Auden’s work, both poetry and prose, covers a wide […]
Welcome to the December 2012 Edition of “Pick-Apart Poetry” as we celebrate Christmas in a Pick-Apart kind of way. ‘Tis the Season for Love and Peace and Good Cheer. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! And in the spirit of Christmas Day, we celebrate poetically as we select our 25 words from the three Christmas songs […]
