Overheard at Table 1: SlamWords, March 2023, Encore Round

From this weekend's SlamWords Encore Round

2023-0304
#SlamWords #68thEdition er1 Blooming

She loved to repot plants.
It made her happy to see living
things blooming.

She wished that she, too,
would bloom, like she used to,
like the way he used to make her
bloom, instead of spending weekend

watching telly
or at the pub.
2023-0304
#enneadpoet 2023-0302 Dig

Dig
deep
to find your
gold vein,

then,
shine!


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#enneadpoet 2023-0303 Eureka

The best “eureka” moments
always hit us unexpectedly.

Satori.


2023-0304
#enneadpoet 2023-0304 Found

You found my broken pieces
and envisioned me whole.


2023-0304
#SlamWords #68thEdition er2 Rebirth

Even though only early March,
in the still-cold ground, she
could see little chutes of rebirth,

a bit of clover, sprigs of grass
gaining green, this time always

made her want to undress,
strip down, roll naked, to
let the chill prickle her hairs

and make all her soft parts
firm
again

[posted]

Even though only March,
in the still-cold ground, she
could see rebirth,

a bit of clover, sprigs of grass, this
made her want to undress,

strip down, roll naked, to
let the chill prickle her hairs

and make all her soft parts
firm
again



2023-0304
#SlamWords #68thEdition er3 Idyllic

While he bear-snores on the sofa,
she closes her eyes, touches
her lily, and remembers that
most
idyllic day,
in the IMMA gardens,
her hand
in her hand
and their hands
snugglesneaking
into each other
becoming one
with a summer breath.


2023-0304
#SlamWords #68thEdition er4 Panoramic View

2017, Tuscany,
a week in a villa,
with a panoramic view
of hills that rolled like
gentle waves of the most
verdant ocean,
crested by a Medieval city,
under whose shadow
they made love
through long, langid
afternoons.
2023-0304
#SlamWords #68thEdition #encore - round Bonus!
Yin-Yang/Spiritual Balance

curl you into me,
satellite, i
hum inside your orbit,

breath, breathe, the bubble
bends, stretches outward,
event horizon eclipsing
some other sun, all light

collapsed into our
quiet sphere



2023-0304
#Gothiku Week 2 Frantic

Midnight on the bay,
we walk into the black cave,
then - the bats, frantic,
scatter around us,
taking flight
to the obsidian night,
leaving us here
with the sound
of the somber waves
lapping at our toes.


2023-0304
#SlamWords #68thEdition er5 Picturesque

Picturesque, you
turn, glance over your
shoulder,
hair spills down your
bare back, which
flows into the soft
swell of your hips, covered
only in white gossamer,

and this photograph
will be only a memento
of this fleeting light.
2023-0304
#SlamWords #68thEdition er6 Rejuvenating  

Rejuvenating cream she dabs
at the crow’s feet, lightning streaks
from her eyes, and she wonders

why
women are taught to hide
these lines
that remind us
of every smile,
every furtive kiss
stolen at midnight,
every laughter that
danced in daylight,

these lines, around the eyes,
are indeed
what keeps us young.

[posted]

Rejuvenating cream she dabs
at her crow’s feet, & she wonders

why
women hide
these lines
that remind
of smiles,
furtive kisses
at midnight,
laughter danced
in daylight:

these lines,
around the eyes,
are that which
keeps us young.








2023-0304
#SlamWords #68thEdition er bonus Earthly Spirits

sometimes at night she
walks outside the house, gazes
down long rowhouse of brick,
glass, metal railing, & she listens

intently, for a faint
the rustle
of Earthly spirits,
hiding in tiny leaves,
blades of grass,
the quiet trees


2023-0304
#SlamWords #68thEdition er7 Verdant

I love the deep earth
of you,
the rich soil,
your verdant flora,
the heady aroma
of your delicate pistils -

my love, silly as it
sounds,

let me roll
myself in you

feel the sunlight on my face
as I sink everdeep inside you.