Featuring three poets, three twists and three very different poems.
(Twist: "Card as Character" - personify a greeting card, giving it with its own thoughts and feelings in response to the poetic message that the card holds.)
"OUTSIDE THE CARD" On this sweet day of love and cheer,
I send you my heart, so true and dear.
A token bright, a love divine,
Forever yours - be mine, be mine!
"INSIDE THE CARD"
You hold me close, then toss me wide,
A fleeting spark, then set me aside.
My words profess a love so deep,
Yet soon in drawers, I'm left to sleep.
Once crisp and proud, I stood so tall,
Now bent and folded, near the wall.
If I could blush, I surely would -
A card in love? That can't be good.
But here I am, you silent scribe,
Watching love fade, as papers pile.
Will you recall this verse so fine,
Or will I yellow over time?
No kisses land upon my face,
No fingers trace my ink with grace.
Ah, such is love! It sings, then stills -
A card remains, but love soon chills.
© Concetta Pipia
US
(Twist: "Dialogue Format" - second half of poem as an imagined response from the recipient)
"WHERE HEARTS MEET" I waded into the pristine waters of your heart And felt the vibrations that aroused me From my stupor; I was immersed and felt
The swirling music that wafted over me,
As if from a choir, lifting my spirits.
When I raised my head, the world had changed:
I wished I had drowned, never to rise again.
(Dialogue Format):
I'm a wild, meandering aimlessly in the woods
I love the trees, the birds and the clouds, whose company I love to keep
You fell in my arms, and I embraced you, felt you in my heart.
It spread like lightning in my veins
I cried in pleasure, at your sudden intrusion.
I ran wild, like an untethered stag
I loved the way you sponged away my feelings.
But you couldn't fathom me, or my feelings, and left me to flow, free.
I'm still waiting for you, come, swim and fathom me.
There will be no escape, now!
© Kalucharan Sahu
India
(Twist: "Synesthesia" - Describe love or emotion using a blending of 2 or more senses together with the objects of the poem)
"ROUGH"
How can I make it through the rain?
Jagged little thorns brush so much pain
Sitting by the sea hidden from above
This restless heart flutters like a dove
I still can't find my resting place
If love would be my only solace
Half alive I'm dragging my feet
Giving it up only for my soul to keep.
(Synesthesia)
Oh, how can that be?
Haven't heard about it in many yesterday
Trapped in this wooden heart I say
I'm buried in the past for all eternity
I heard the echo of our last lullaby
Love from the heart that has gone by
Only found comfort every night when I cry
Longing for ultimate freedom and to fly
Why think of love as soft and gentle
Like delicate flowers and clouds so nimble
Just come with your untamed edges
All you pain and battle that rages
Let's dance deep into the burning fire
Who we are only is what we desire
If love can heal only when it's pure
Would I just say that it should alway endure?
Just cross the line that separates you from me
I'm just here waiting forever and a day.
© Floyd Gale Cabus
Philippines
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