RFK25
Jiving Beats
Be-bopping
be-Bop, be-Beep,
syncopated lights shimmer
jive to the beat.
Hot lights, play it cool,
tapping feet and jazz hands,
pulsing plus and minus,
you rule!
Code-switching, electric twitching
bebopping, a petri dish of hip. Cool.
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KPG25
Blue
Flower faces—orange, red, yellow, pink—
smile at the sun,
extend their leafy fingers high to touch
the blue,
not morose or melancholy,
but vibrant and serene,
the color of cool, calm–and seen.
Blue is a current for river-drifting,
quietude, tranquility—
it’s life-force energy, mint-fresh, or
blueberry-jammy—a sea-salt breeze.
Sapphire is the late September sky
with maple leaves turning, and purple shadows
waiting for winter to appear. Blue is a shade of snow
and ice. It’s my bedroom walls. It’s a dream.
It’s water. It’s life.
SEB25
Pears (after William Carlos Williams)
The pears in the bowl,
so fragrant and sweet—so delicious
I couldn’t resist.
I’m sorry. I will buy you some more
from the fruit stand down the street.
For Day 25 of Paul Brookes’ annual ekphrastic challenge, I was inspired by the art
of Robert Frede Kenter, Karen Pierce Gonzalez and Sara Elizabeth Bell. You can see the art and read other responses here.