100% UNINSPIRED (April Poem-A-Day Challenge - Day 4...100% (blank))

Sheep hair dyed

and spun into skeins

sitting on my desk

in a huge colorful mess

waiting to be knit

into something fine

round after round

to the shop they’re bound

Surina needles

sitting in a cup

wondering why

they’ve not been picked up

a red broken counter

a journal of patterns

inspiration on hold

waiting…waiting…waiting.

I NEVER DID (April Poem-A-Day Challenge - Day 3...Apology)

My apologies to you if you misunderstood

those two little words meant “I would”

to have you and hold you ‘til death us do part

to cherish and love you with all of my heart

My apologies to you if you mistook my smile

to mean I would stay longer than awhile

for better, for worse, in good, and in bad

in sickness, in health, and times when you’re sad

You should have questioned those calls each night

instead of attempting to avoid a fight

you should have seen that “meeting” meant “date”

and wondered why I always came home late

Your ignorance and bliss were your blunder

as you never once stopped to wonder

when always as you had something to say

I would tell you to save it for another day

That day has come as you stand at the door

and hear me tell you I love you no more

your blue eyes grow wild in disbelief

as you take off for an hour to confront your grief

The day before we were planning our future

now you’re left with an open suture

a promise of truth, love and admiration

now shattered and torn, a disintegration

My apologies to you if you misunderstood

those two little words of “I do”

as promises were broken and secrets I hid

I no longer love you…and I never did.

A MOMENT SO BRIEF (April Poem-A-Day Challenge - Day 2...Visitor)

I did not expect

to hear from you today

I did not wish to listen

to what you had to say

For a moment so brief

you knocked at my door

pushed so hard

I ended up on the floor

Unexpected as your visit

had been this noon

I was not ready

to leave so soon

The car in my rear mirror

coming ever so nearer

the one before me

its motion slowing

To my left

another approaches

in an instant

death encroaches

With all my might

I turn aside

though you had hoped

that I had died

I managed to shut

the door in your face

claim my own life

put you in your place

I wish not to see you

especially today

with my three kids

I would rather play

I yearn to cook dinner

and clean dirty dishes

a new morning to see

as one of my first wishes.

***Inspired by a near collision today on the freeway driving home.

NO REPOSE (April Poem-A-Day Challenge - Day 1...Communication)

in silence I sit

in silence I ponder

my mind drifts endlessly

my thoughts now wander

escape is my goal

the pen is my friend

do you hear me now?

will the reticence end?

silence is needed

in order to compose

to hear my own thoughts

to write my own prose

I yearn to share

do you dare to hear?

do wish to know

what I deem dear?

confined within walls

behind the screen

no one to hear

the deafening screams.

Do You Like to Cook?

those food people

those bloggers

how I do not like

those Internet cloggers

Look here

no, look over here

wait, what about me

come see, come see

would you like

to learn to cook

would you like

to write a book?

would you like

to snap your meal

with this pricey camera

it’s a steal!

I do not like

 to cook, I say

not at night

not in the day

would you like

to learn to cook

from a book

a blog or

3x5 note card?

not with a book

not from a blog

not from a simple

grocery store card

would you like to cook

with kids and me

or a Food Network

tv celebrity?

not with the kids

not with a “pro”

get out of my kitchen

just get out and go!

would you like

to write a book

like Cook 1

and Cook 2?

do you want

that certain style

that’s been out

for a while?

or have you

something new to share

tell me, tell me

do you dare?

I will not

write a book

I do not

like that look

I will not buy

a cup, a dish

a useless plate

for some poached fish

would you like to go

to anthropologie,

sur la table,

and Z gallerie?

I do not

need to shop

get out, get out

and make it stop!

would you like

to shoot your meal

in a pretty bowl

on boards of pine

a splash of color

on the side?

not in a bowl

not on white boards

not with bright fabrics

just get out and go!

Do it, do it

and you’ll see

follow my blog

and you will need…

that cup,

a dish,

a bowl,

a towel,

a mandoline,

blender,

and layer cake dowel

the fabric

the burlap

white paint

and boards

and let’s not forget

the books

oh, lord!

fine, fine

if you say

I will try it

this fine day

I will try it

if you may

then please, oh please

just go away

hmmm…

that bowl’s divine

the food sublime

I might just need

that plate or two

the lens you use

I need as well

perhaps that table

you could sell

I will learn to cook

from a book, a blog,

and even from 

a 3x5 card

I will buy a camera

with lenses galore

now tell me…

do I need more?

I will buy the bowls

the cups and plates

the books and boards

and off-white paint

I will write a book

as Cook 1 and Cook 2

I will buy Photoshop

and Lightroom too

I will post large photos

of food that I make

I will make it look real

and not so fake

I will post recipes

found in abundance online

change three ingredients

now they’re all mine

So, do I like to cook?

why yes

Will I write a book?

Oh, sure!

do I like to write?

certainly, I say

I will gladly write

all night and all day

So, I will write

 on my site

I will cook

what I want

I will share

recipes and photos,

and use really cool fonts

Yes, I do like to cook

I will write my own book

I will cook with my kids

I will have my own look.