Magpie Tales: My Locked Heart

Charleston Farmhouse Door 

A heart above a metal lock

beats on, knowing full well

there is no key and the lock

is broken.

-Gerry@ Strummed Words

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A Conversation of Birds

Waking, Walking, Singing, in the Next Dimension? 1979 by Morris Graves

I have spoken to birds as a child, 

inviting them from their high perches

to land nearby where eyes

could see what my ears received, 

songs and messages that flew

through the air, its creators hidden in foliage

thick with green leaves of camouflage. 

And as an adult, I have heard them talk to me,

often in reprimand as in their dimension,

I rearranged their order and routine.

The poignancy of their sharp messages
of my flawed perceptions
was my genuine surprise.

- Gerry, Strummed Words

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The Conscientious Gardener

Lighthouse Dandelions by Jamie Wyeth 

  

A sea of dandelion starfish

 crawl on blades of green glass

and shine before the crisp silver blade

of the conscientious gardener.

- Gerry, Strummed Words

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The Other Side

Young Woman Picking the Fruit of Knowledge, 1892 by Mary Cassatt

'Neath stirring apple blossoms

I come to find my true self,

The other face of my coin.

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Night Moves

Woman With a Towel, 1898, Edgar Degas 

Night Moves

I am moved by silence and the quiet

night that brings no sleep.

In the shower, water gliding down

  arms and face,

A soft wrap of white around

my waist

prepare me for a feast

where I alone will dine.

A dash of pepper, cumin, oregano,

 rice wine and more

over long strings of transparency,

Noodles that shimmer sensuous

in a cradle of soup.

Refreshed and fed by
the silence of the night,
 After all this, I may sleep.

-Gerry@Strummed Words

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