Showing posts with label poetry community in Seattle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poetry community in Seattle. Show all posts

Saturday, December 23, 2017

"A Wish for Snow" by Elissa Rosenthal


 A Wish for Snow
by Elissa Rosenthal


 

Wishful for snow,
to climb its' way to our front door.
This time is one of the few,
where the beauty could not be a nuisance.
Work is now set aside,
waiting for the new year to toll.
Please, 
father sky,
let it snow. 

The crisp shivers,
within the air,
make it clear,
of the possibility.   
For hot chocolate times,
among trees covered in fresh frost,
and boots digging into the softness, 
let it snow.

Saturday, December 16, 2017

Vanilla and Licorice by Elissa Rosenthal

 Sweet Tea
by Elissa Rosenthal





Fragrant waters swirl in clockwise motion, 
steaming from the brew.
Glasses fog with scents of vanilla and licorice, 
bringing the desire to taste. 
Lips meet warm liquid nourishment,
setting the heart in front of its' own private fireplace.
Muscles rest from their tight positions, 
and melt into the cushions surrounding them.  



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Saturday, November 18, 2017

Black Money


Black Money
By Elissa Rosenthal



I gave up my dreams to serve you,
toxic overlays of unrest.
Sleepless gasping on dead waste,
clogs your nightmares.
Gaping holes filled with money,
so sticky they pull you into,
the consumption.
You crave for needs not met by your own,
filling your graveyard with the dead touch,
of long dead beings,
so you feel like you have at least received,
gentleness from something.