Mixed Media Basket/K.L.Smith April 2013, Charleston, SC

NaPoWritMo 2

NaPoWriMo #2

More Than Once

His footprints capture rainwater like a cup;
this trace too will disappear
when clouds depart.
Earth absorbs water
like a lover mending quarrels,
and grass recovers quickly,
bending back to reach the light.

Nature reclaims her own,
leaves oasis or despair.

But footprints in a desert
cup no rain,
disappear with wind
and the beholder,

and one dies more than once
in a lifetime.


Kathleen L. Smith

NaPoWriMo #1 Today's prompt is to write a total lie.

The Lie

Decadence is Lovely,
instinctual, rich,
runs through the veins
like a subtle itch,
sings out loud
like frogs in June,
plays like a violin out of tune.

Satin ribbons and velvet shrouds,
tattered Elegance, funereal crowds--
Oh, slay me with Decadence,
chocolates and pearls;
I was born a slave
to the material world!