April is poetry month

[firecat]

The Crush

Breathe out, 
and it swells, 
solid, firm-seeming,
translucent and squeaky.
It clings to your clothes, 
and the belly of your cat. 

Let go, 
       and it zooms 
round the 
     room,
            blatting.

Ignored, it drifts 
into a corner, 
becoming flaccid.
Blustery and fra-
gile, a pinprick 
can burst it.
Breathe 
in.

Comments

[eggcrack]

This is beautiful!

[firecat]

Thank you!

[laughingrat]

That's fabulous!

[firecat]

Thank you! (Love the icon.)

[zillah975]

Oh, this is lovely!

[firecat]

Thank you!

[tangledaxon]

Beautiful.

[firecat]

Thank you!

[serene]

Oh, my. I can feel this one, and see it, and I'm not that visual a person. Really beautiful and effective. I love it.

[firecat]

Thank you!

(I hope you are going to play along this year. I love your poetry.)

[serene]

I had planned to, but then things got away from me yesterday, and then today I talked myself out of it because I'd missed day one. I'm my own worst enemy sometimes.

[firecat]

Well, I prefer to think of it as "Write some poetry" month rather than "It doesn't count unless you write 1 poem a day" month (I think my record was 9 in the years I've done it). But I know what you mean.