Showing posts with label poetics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poetics. Show all posts

22 June 2013

two are better than one

The poetics link-up challenge today is to write a poem using idiomatic expressions.

two are better than one

come to me
let's put our heads together
life is too bitter a pill
to swallow alone

burning that candle
from both ends to the middle
left us bone tired
barking up wrong trees
and weary beyond weary

we can hide away
snuggled in close
two peas in a pod
find our comfort
and refreshment there

linking at the pub today 
 

19 January 2013

Winter poem/Poema de Inverno


dVerse ~ Poets Pub posted today about Foreign Tongues 
and suggested we add other languages
 (real or imagined) to our work --

Here then is a new seasonal poem:

snow falls 
silent victim 
to howling winds
caught in the frenzy
drifting
seeking solid ground

just as I seek shelter
cupped gently 
against your chest
love poured into love
watching the ice freeze
crystal hearts 
upon the windows

and here, the same in Portuguese

quedas de neve 
vítima silenciosa 
a ventos uivantes
pegado no frenesi
ir à deriva
busca de terra sólida

tão como busco a coberta
em forma de xícara suavemente 
contra o seu peito
o amor fluiu no amor
observação da geada de gelo
corações cristalinos 
sobre as janelas

To let your poetic spirit absorb more even if your mind can't quite understand,