Saturday, December 5, 2009

I wear my loves


I wear my loves
Do not cry
Do not cry for me
I will not cry for you

I wear the sky as
opal on my skin
keep it shining

Do not cry
Do not cry for me
I will not cry for you

I wear the sunset’s
vermillion and ash
fleeting in my blush

Do not cry
Do not cry for me
I will not cry for you

I wear the fields’
lime-light carpet
walk in them

Do not cry
Do not cry for me
I will not cry for you

I wear the oaks’
writhing crackled bark
remember to touch them

Do not cry
Do not cry for me
I will not cry for you

I wear the grasses
Fuzzy tips of saffron
feel them in my hair

Do not cry
Do not cry for me
I will not cry for you


I carry music
in my fingers, toes and loins
hear it, touch it, feel it.
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You can hear my voice, and enchantedoak, on this new podcast from last week on our local public radio station. http://kcbx.org/mp3archive/eoa091202.mp3 Hooray for local poetry on the air!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7 comments:

  1. Oh, such gorgeous unusual images! Wonderful poem to share! that crackling oak bark...the lime-light grass, wearing the sky on your skin....
    There's no reading this Sunday, by the way. It's next Sunday in Morro Bay. A date?

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  2. nice verse...wonderful imagery...ok, off to hear you voice!

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  3. I really like this, Dianne. It has a pleasingly incantatory feel to it and sounds really effective read out loud.

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  4. Listened to the whole podcast. Very well done by both you and Chris.

    I like this piece very much Dianne and through the images my thought is I hope no one ever cries for me. why ruin such a beautiful face.

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  5. Very successful, it was well-conceived and it works well.

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  6. Stark and real, enjoyed!!

    Congrats on being pod-casted!

    Smiles!

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  7. again, it makes me want to hear this as a song, such lovely rhythm of light and colour - and not very easy to forget, this image, my favourite one among other intense ones:
    I wear the sky as
    opal on my skin

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