National Poetry Month Day 30: Words Matter #NaPoWriMo

This last poem, for Day 30 of National Poetry Month, speaks for itself...

Words Matter

Tossed, strewn, bandied,

careless language stew

slights, happenstance, hurt

that wandering miscue

I love you ~ doesn't mean it

I miss you ~ a cheater

who never thinks twice

Player ~ Lover

Philanderer ~ Husband

Secure ~ Fearful

Respect ~ Disdain

Selfishness ~ Compassion

You’re ugly ~ hates the mirror

and too fat ~ binge dieting

self-esteem just excised

Nerd ~ Individual

Geek~ Distinctive

Independent ~ Alone

Proud ~ Afraid

Labels ~ Acceptance

© A. F. Stewart 2015 All Rights Reserved

National Poetry Month Day 29: In Memory of Forgotten Loves #NaPoWriMo

To reminisce about lost love, on Day 29 of National Poetry Month...

In Memory of Forgotten Loves

Wandering the streets of old Paris, lost

in tender thought, our woven dreams rose glossed

Our sweet hands entangled, in youth’s concord

grasping absolute love, as we adored,

until affection fled with winter’s frost

Another love, passion’s kiss breathed star-crossed

Fire and ice, lovers sailing tempest tossed

The flame died quickly, we became unmoored—

wandering the streets

Years produced caution, and love less embossed

reflected esteem, contemplated cost

I tried, but often her heart, I ignored

The day she left, I watched as the rain poured,

churning the soot and the smell of exhaust

wandering the streets

© A. F. Stewart 2015 All Rights Reserved

National Poetry Month Day 28: Flickering Shadows #NaPoWriMo

A little shadow play on this Day 28 of National Poetry Month.

Flickering Shadows

That darkened silhouette playing at dance,

where sunshine greets night, melded in sync.

Framed against hues, red, copper and pink;

an evening of flirting, with shades of romance

Come hither shadow, black depths askance,

its raven obscurity donning a colour of ink

That darkened silhouette playing at dance,

where sunshine greets night, melded in sync

Dusk ever fading, the union’s last glance,

daylight’s course waning, forever to shrink

as night-time envelops, moon on the brink

A shift in the partners, yet it will prance

that darkened silhouette playing at dance

© A. F. Stewart 2015 All Rights Reserved  

National Poetry Month Day 27: Scales of Justice #NaPoWriMo

Today we traverse the halls of justice, on this Day 27 of National Poetry Month...

Scales of Justice

The scales of justices are ever weighed

with the sorrow of victims, their disfigured lives,

our fragile expectancy and blind trust betrayed

The scales of justices are ever weighed

Witness to punishment, fairly meted, debts paid;

smallest of comfort, but there hope survives

The scales of justices are ever weighed

with the sorrow of victims, their disfigured lives

© A. F. Stewart 2015 All Rights Reserved

National Poetry Month Day 26: Unwillingness to Bend #NaPoWriMo

On Day 26 of National Poetry Month, I bring a poem about the obstinate spirit...

Unwillingness to Bend

pride,

untamed

feckless youth

and loathe to bow

to rule or reason

forever cloaked in scorn

abject fool and misplaced truth

such agitation of the mind

an unselective melded medley

careless arrogance of distended eyes

© A. F. Stewart 2015 All Rights Reserved