thrumming tires
asphalt hot
mark the miles
high beams spear
the double-dark of night
a country house
buttons up two knolls
panes of warmth
drag buried yearning
toward my throat
the Cleavers
suit and dress
children two point five
share a faultless dusk
like I’ve never known
morning’s breaking news
divulges to the dreamer
that private lights
aren’t what
they could have been
Original abstract watercolor: No ReturnNorth of Summer, A Decade of Poetry is available at Lulu Publishing.
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Really like the watercolor. ah, "what they could have been" not?
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there's an ominous undertone to the picture and the words "morning's breaking news"
i like the image of the house buttoning up two knolls
The first especially moved me. Reminded me of my childhood and constant moving. The nighttime sky was my companion as the tires turned.
Thank you for taking time to read and comment! I'm smiling!
This poem put me right in the place. I loved the line "the double-dark of night". I can picture it clearly! - Well, as clear as you can in that kind of dark...
Hi there! Thanks for stopping in to my blog today! By the way, southern Idaho here!!
I love the images this poem brings to my mind.
'panes of warmth
drag buried yearning
toward my throat'
I love those lines. 'the double dark of night' brings to mind a deep winter moonless night.
i like the quick layering of images in these ~ really paints a picture.
Beautiful water colour. Your words are amazing.
BTW, I linked your blog to mine.
Thanks for visiting my blog! “The private lights aren't what they could have been" isn't that so often the case....Loved the poem....lots of heat here! Lovely watercolor too!
Peace Giggles
From just across the border!!
Your watercolor is vivid and amazing! I enjoy both the colors and the movement...
My favorite lines in your poem, thrumming tires...
drag buried yearning
toward my throat
What a gift you have! Nice to visit you again.
loved the twists and turns of your journey and the innuendos.
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