January 20
dVerse, Free Verse, Multimedia Poetry, Phoetic Art, Photos, poems, Poetics, The Unique & Sundry, The Unique & Sundry: A Poetry Collection
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Hello everyone;
I did say "haphazardly" participating in the April PAD Challenge. This is why day one is being posted after day two.
Day 1 prompt of "write an optimistic poem"
Not Dead Yet, Me
Is it really such a tragedy
that my sentences are raggedy
words tread together by similarity?
The conversation is still defiantly
expressions of me.
Is it really such a travesty
that I wander aimlessly?
When I can travel through time so easily
…our life history
…a life lived outrageously.
Is it really such a disparity
that I have forgotten the melody
of your name? Still there’s some clarity….
I know the feelings of family
and passions intensity.
Is it really such an indignitythat something once familiar is now a novelty.
Or that simple tasks escape me.
I still dance to life’s jamboree
and sing majestically.
Is it really such a finality
even as I become more absentee?
There is plenty of life in my legacy.
Don’t bother writing my eulogy,
when there’s still time to create a memory.
©2024 Delaina Miller
In waves
the sun tiptoes
and sinks into footprints
left in soft sand.
In a gull’s cry
echoes carry.
Lovers come together
on the strand.
Yesterday leaves
with the tide
to bring the future —
glistening footholds.
Tonight at the dVerse Poetics Mary is serving up the inspiring photography of Totomai Martinez. Come and join the fun and art.
This poem can now be found in The Unique & Sundry, which happens to be available on Amazon.
Delaina J Miller
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That’s an ineuoings way of thinking about it.
This is like finding a treasure..I can’t help but think that a blind person reading this would have to have this image in their mind upon hearing it.
Wow! Thank you Kathy want a wonderful gift your complements have given my heart. Cheers.
Aw. I so thoroughly enjoyed reading this. it’s like a precious, delightful snack. Beautiful words.
Thank you so much Myrna! What a nice comment. Cheers!
… and to wonder what that future will be
So true! Thank you!
you really caught the mood of the photo in your words, nice
Thank you! The Photo made it easy 😉 Cheers!
the ebb and flow of past and future…and with every new wave the old disappears a bit more and the sand is a blank canvas for whatever lies ahead..
So right you are, thank you Claudia!
Picked a great image, & matched it beautifully with your words; time by the sea, for me, is always a revitalization, perhaps reminding all of us that the ocean was our first domicile.
Thank you Glenn! Yes maybe that is why we are drawn to the ocean I love that thought! Cheers!
Love. Tiptoing Sun. Lovers Meet, a new place under the sun! Thank you for an unforgettable word image.
Thank you Susan! I appreciate you comments!
The first stanza it felt i was walking beside the rising sun as a dear friend returning from a short sleep.. wonderful.
Oh what a lovely thing to say, thank you Bjorn!
Very lovely, Delaina! I couldn’t pick a single verse to like better than the other as each conveys different picture of touching moments. So refreshing to read, at the same time, really affecting. Thanks for the poem. Smiles.
Thank you Kelvin! Your complements mean a lot to me. Cheers!
This photograph has really reached out to me. Lovely scintillating words 🙂
Thank you Prajakta! Yes the photo is brilliant and very inspiring. Cheers!
Sunrise brings in hope & promise. Ushers in the future with same events 🙂
Nice description.
Thank you Anita! I appreciate your comments!
absolutely love your description of the sun tiptoeing in footprints on the beach
Thank you Bryan! The image struck me and I ran with it. Cheers!
Oh yes, I see our suns were both tiptoeing………great minds! LOL. I love the photo you chose, love it when the edge of the sea looks like that…..and your poem captures its essence so beautifully.
Thank you so much Sherry! It is so fun write poetry to images. Cheers!
This reads like a meditation to me–the ocean and her tides are such vast sources of inspiration. Beautiful use of the photo.
Thank you Victoria! The image does evoke and mediative state of mind. Cheers!
a relaxing piece captured by your words.
Ah thank you Totomai! Your photos are absolutely inspiring. Thank you for sharing your art with us. Cheers!
beautiful write and so true – yesterday does leave with a tide… making way for another day, a fresh start.
Thank you Anthony! So great to have you here. Cheers!
My favorite time of the day & place ~ Love that glistening footholds ~ Thanks for sharing ~
Thank you Grace! It is my favorite time too. Cheers!
Sunsets and sunrises, especially at the sea, are very unique moments when yesterday leaves and a new day is ushered in, everything seems possible.
So true Gabriella. Thank you!
So true that yesterday leaves with the tide (as it should) making way for that glistening future! Enjoyed your response to this photo of Totomai’s. I can almost feel the waves in your words.
Thank you Mary! Great choice of inspiration tonight. Thank you!
nice…i like the play on feet all the way through…the sun tiptoeing into footprints….great opening…and then how you come back to footholds…the middle though gives it substance in my opinion though…the lovers coming together…and how yesterday…today…flows back out making way for tomorrow…
Thank you Brian! Your comment means a lot to me.
Cheers!