Part II: Write a poem of your own reflecting the beauty in nature and the approximate sense of Part 1.
Foxtrot Ballare
Regal, bronzed arrow of ballrooms,
spine straight along the path
framed only by my porch light
and the spinet of my eyes
Move mute above the grass
nose leading floating steps
of full-tailed grace
Elegant
Arrogant
Smooth
fingers reaching for perfection.
Not a hair out of place,
as the tingle of the vixens stealth
leaves
just the quivered shadow
of my trailing smile.
Diana
by Augustus
Saint-Gaudens
In Roman Mythology the symbol of imagination,
sensibility, and the creative insanity of poets and artists.
Part I: Edit the text given in the form of free verse.
Citrine
From a pillow I see
a slice of
lemon slip between clouds:
a suppository for showers.
and then
--
The full moon exposes herself
complete in her roundedness.
To
my eyes alone,
she winks
she teases
she tosses me beneath
her wry eye
from warmth of my bed
and I --
stagger to the
ensuite
see little bulbs dance within the pedestal's lake -
unblinking
till they fragment in splashes,
stumble back through shadows and shoes,
find the moon's obsequious face
fawn with expectation of my uncertain
devotion
and she dims
eyelashes wet,
fixed frown half-concealed
yet she winks once more
before scurrying by the skirt of my curtain.
My eyes close on clouds
clearing on the window of night
and,
with unseeing quick eyes,
dream Olympian icons wink at me
laugh
as
they hurl lemons into that
unblinking great pedestal --
The Sky
Gold trophy winner
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