Don’t overwater Please climb Take time in the dark Some roots collide with cement and win the battle against it Some insight comes from closing a door and looking out for others Don’t underestimate The weight of a petal What we see and what we don’t are equal ___Colleen Redman / recently published at the […]
I mourn the loss of turquoise and the richness of royal periwinkle, powder cobalt and cornflower Sometimes black looks navy Sometimes in the morning I catch a glimpse of aquamarine but by afternoon it’s all gone white I imagine gray as baby blue and dream about the passion of indigo I write about a robin’s […]
They raise their purple petals like holy grails of spring Expose their hearts of gold for giving and receiving Colleen Redman___dVerse Poets Pub
Hopscotch crisscross The moon plays ring toss It rolls down a cloud slide in a playground of blue sky _____Our World Tuesday / Imaginary Garden with Real Toads
Empty sheet of snow Unwritten winter notes Footprints wait to play Imaginary Gardens with Real Toads / Our World Tuesday
Your room is yellow quiet with a window no roommates no peanut butter crackers for breakfast You love the nurses but want to go home You thought your granddaughter gave you a sponge bath I laughed when I asked “How many fingers am I holding up?” but was really thinking “How many daughters do you […]
A wide grin of moon lifted my mood It gave me a smile that I passed on to you ______Colleen Redman / Imaginary Garden with Real Toads
I shook out a poem at breakfast like loose change from a pocket From leftover lines and settled crumbs I gambled a metaphor and let the meter run I coined a new phrase but spent it at lunch Until morning’s excess was afternoon’s rut By supper I was bankrupt ______Colleen Redman_____Imaginary Gardens with Real Toads
A petal A giggle A delicate drop of dew A flutter Wild wonder Honey hushed Sweetness suffused ______Our World Tuesday / Imaginary Garden with Real Toads
Skipping stone moon in a tide of evening sky incoming clouds ripple by ________Colleen Redman / Imaginary Garden with Real Toads
Mary’s halo Oh holy night A wiseman’s moon of guiding light ____________Our World Tuesday / Real Toads / I Heart Macro
The light trickles back through the skinny-waisted squeeze of winter’s hourglass grip ________Colleen Redman____dVerse Poets Pub / Imaginary Gardens with Real Toads
