1.
radiation
2.
an alien invasion
3.
a dimmed GO! traffic light
makes you wonder
if it really wants you
4.
Daisy’s West Egg
looming inside
Freedom in the fog
5.
my favorite color of fireworks
still flashing in the haze of smoke
from where i stand
dragging itself up, and then violently breaking
like a black seed.
flaring,
shimmering 'til it becomes
the cosmos
the mystery of life
so vivid in the darkness
6.
veins of a leaf
like a green fingerprint
on the water
7.
a mossy lake
soft, slippery steps
‘til it lets you loose
Ophelia in a dream
placid
and free
8.
emerald, and jade stained glass
those precious stones
reflected on the pews
to kneel to
like a fresh, lit Spirit
9.
an Easter egg
washed in green water
for as long as the hard shell will take it
always fainter than the pigment
and
splotchy like tie-dye
its just a hard-boiled egg
10.
exotic
tropical
i can eat the air and
drink in the lush foliage
around me
the warm tingles
fuzzy when I see paradise,
my own private island,
in that eye
that I inhabit, needing only
poetry, and love
11.
a rustic olive
from Sicily
falling from the tree
smooshed under my foot
anointing my sole
12.
loose chartreuse crotchet
interspersed with fraying threads of
ruby and gold
a spiral narrative
like a Native American God’s Eye
13.
in double-vision,
staring back at you |
Submission Name: 13 Ways of Looking at a Green Eye
