Familiar Face in the Crowd
Blue skies and white clouds
Familiar face in the crowd
On the banks of a lake
A soft handshake
Winds of summer
I used to love her
April sun on her face
of memory and desire, no trace
Signs of spring aren't fully erased
Her cracked lips, I still want to taste
But a bluebird sings
and she says, "It was just a fling."
© M. Jay Dixit, September heart-to-hearts, 2024 All Rights Reserved
A Bittersweet Friday
Friday
In a new city
with mom and aunt
We took a walk in the park
crossed a bridge
build over a rapidly flowing river
We visted a new doctor
For second opinion
which, as I thought
was the same
as first doctor's opinion.
© M. Jay Dixit, September heart-to-hearts, 2024 All Rights Reserved
Posted over at dverse
A Condition That You Can’t Understand
Slitting wrist
Letting it bleed
Blood warm spills on my feet
No more waiting for sleep
No more psychotic nights.
No more telling lies
about the shadows
that follow me
about the ghosts
that talk to me
Everything red and out--
in the open
It's no crime
But a condition
that you can't understand.
© M. Jay Dixit, September heart-to-hearts, 2024 All Rights Reserved
Senryu
What are we doing?
Acting like lovers in Spring
When we're just kind friends
~Jay
Untitled Quadrille
Sharp scent of "Good Morning" deodrant
Empty growling stomach and
Shivering hands
Right pocket has ruler and 2 pens
Left pocket has bike key in its chain
Back pocket is empty like my brain
I hope I don't faint
When I see the questions.
44 Words
© M. Jay Dixit, September heart-to-hearts, 2024 All Rights Reserved
posted over at dverse
I desperately long for the rain
A hard rain that’ll wash
away my thoughts
That‘ll wash away my past
That’ll knock on my door
And break all the windows.
© M. Jay Dixit, September heart-to-hearts, 2024 All Rights Reserved
Linked to dverse: Open Link Night
Just Another Spring Day
As I walk out
The twin girls in my neighborhood
Give me double smiles
They're getting ready for school
Golden dawn
Streets deserted
A light spring rain
Feels refreshing
On the sidewalk
I see a woman
With beautiful eyes
Blue like the sea
I cross a lingerie shop
And a parlor--Lemon Beauty Care
Both closed
This early in the morning
I'm halfway through my walk
The fading moon gives silver smiles
The sun's orange progress is good today
Winter is gone with its ice follies
Plants and trees are giving out love calls
Butterflies are dancing from flower to flower.
© M. Jay Dixit, September heart-to-hearts, 2024 All Rights Reserved
Written for dverse where Merril is hosting Tuesday Poetics.
Prompt
Merril says, “Below you will find some names of daffodil varieties. Choose at least 3 words/phrases to use in your poem, but you may choose more. If the name is more than one word, you must use both words. There is no required form or length. Your poem does NOT have to be about daffodils or spring, and there is no restriction on form, style, or subject. I’m eager to see what poems spring from these words!”
(I’ve bolded the ones I chose)
baby boomer
beautiful eyes
double smiles
Dutch master
February gold
goblet
golden dawn
golden echo
ice follies
lemon beauty
lingerie
love call
Merlin
narcissus,
orange progress,
pink pride
Professor Einstein
sentinel
silver smiles
sovereign
split corona
Tahiti
Tete a Tete
Thalia
white lion
Haiku #73
Procrastinating
A day before the exam
Daydreaming at park
© M. Jay Dixit, September heart-to-hearts, 2024 All Rights Reserved
Haiku #72
Wind blows clouds away
As I sit on the terrace
Spring sun shines on me.
© M. Jay Dixit, September heart-to-hearts, 2024 All Rights Reserved