Sunday, February 24, 2013

The Widow


She didn’t hear the waiter ask
How would you like your coffee?
…twice.

Adrift in her unknown,
simplicities were impossibilities.
Her life line had been cut.

The only thing she could feel
was the warmth of the cup
cradled in her hands.

The only thing she wanted 
was the warmth of his hand.

She wanted her coffee with him.

Patricia Spreng

Joining with d’verse Poetics in response to the artwork of Kelvin S.M. The Widow





Sunday, February 17, 2013

Shadow Cast





The lady lives
shadow cast long
defying cold
she travels on


Patricia Spreng

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Gum on a Bedpost (mid life faith)



Stuck
like gum on a bedpost
stale

dried hard
and used

in dire need of
reconstitution
or a
waste basket

where is my child
who would pop it back in,
work it out,
and believe it perfectly good?


Patricia Spreng


Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Letting Go



There is so much man inside,
his frail body can no longer hold all of him.
Life inside of dying.

A treasure of stories lived
in passion, strength and love.
Foolishness of youth colored by the
twists and turns of selflessness
that tumbled into
wisdom of old.

Sacred ground,
this passing.

A letting go,
to gain.


Patricia Spreng

Joining with d’Verse Poets tonight for Open Link Night… come and see the wonderful words of poets.