Kitten Jumping in the Night -- Italian Sonnet

Kitten Jumping in the Night

My dear kitten, why do you jump on me?

I am not some new trampoline for you.

Bouncing up and down, over one and two

Scrambling across my prone form, hear my plea!

Ceded blankets, pillows, trinkets to thee

Not one thing has gotten you to just do

Sleeping next to me like you're supposed to

Instead, I now wake... I did not agree

What should I do with my annoying cat?

Some nights tempted to toss her at a wall

Then she purrs at me and I remember

Oh yeah, I love her, I can't forget that!

Sits next to me when lonely, sad, and all

Warming me up, my personal ember.

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type: Italian Sonnet

Black Holes in Your Eyes

Black Holes in Your Eyes

Black holes in your eyes

Gravity wells 

Undeniable in their lure

Holding me in their grasp

Taking up all my sight

The darkness complete

Light cannot

Escape

Black holes in your eyes

Ensnare my mind and soul

Fight as I may

The bonds are total

Complete submission to

Unshakable will

Collapsing my resolve

Into its component parts

Nothingness

Black holes in your eyes

Suck me in

Time stands still

Stretches into the infinite

Trapped for eternity

Until we achieve

Evaporation

Form: Free

12/29/12

This poem had a direct inspiration. I ran across this particular picture on Facebook from a group called, "I Fucking Love Science." I saw it and the Black Holes in Your Eyes line (and title) came into my head.

Poly Promises -- form poetry Kyrielle

Poly Promises

Kiss my lips, turn and walk away

I like to see you come and go

Waiting until next we can play

Together separate made one

Absence breeds fondness of the heart

When I see you, my love does grow

It hurts when we're too long apart

Together separate made one

I with mine as you are with yours

I care for them more than you know

Sometimes shaken to both our cores

Together separate made one

Love given life with every breath

Words, touch, kiss: lovers love does sow

Loving each other until death

Together separate made one

12/20/12

form: Kyrielle

Kyrielle: French style poem consisting of quatrains with a minimum stanza allotment of 3. Last line of each stanza repeats in each stanza. The rhyme scheme is flexible, but examples are: a,a,b,B  c,c,b,B  d,d,b,B  and  a,x,a,Z  b,x,b,Z  c,x,c,Z  The typical amount of syllables in each line is eight.

Cry Away Memories -- a Blitz Poem

Cry Away Memories

So happy you could die

So happy you could cry

Cry me a river

Cry until you run dry

Dry as the desert

Dry up the words in your heart

Heart wounds heal slowest

Heart cares not

Not for all the world

Not in all of time

Time for free thought

Time enough for love

Love carries all things

Love bears all burdens

Burdens pile on until backs break

Burdens lay where they drop

Drop dead in your tracks

Drop that hot potato at your own risk

Risk not want not

Risk everything for a kiss

Kiss me 

Kiss you

You love me

You can bear me no ill will

Will work for food

Will fuck for work

Work killing me a day at a time

Work taking its cut of your soul

Soul drippings are the trimming

Soul droppings are the words

Words are the blessings

Words are the curse

Curse in the hearing of a child

Curse put upon me from birth

Birth to death and back again

Birth I will never see

See the scars invisible

See invisible tears

Tears streak down from soulless eyes

Tears puddle on the floor

Floor slippery when wet

Floor bathed in water

Water washes away the stains

Water cleanses and clears

Clears away the pain
Clears away the memories
Memories...
Pain...

12/20/12

Form: Blitz

Blitz Poem: series of short phrases and images with repetition and rapid flow. Begin with one short phrase, can start with a cliche. Begin the next line with the same word as line. The third and fourth lines are phrases that begin with the last word of the 2nd phrase. the 5th and 6th lines begin with the last word of the 4th line and so one, continuing with each subsequent pair beginning with the last word of the line above them, which establishes a pattern of repetition. The title must be only 3 words with some sort of preposition or conjunction joining the first word from the third line to the first word from the 47th line, in that order. There should be no punctuation. When reading a Blitz, read it very quickly pausing only to breathe.