Challenge: Daily Poetry 2018

January 2018

1/2/18

Brand New Year (poem)

Good morning to a brand new year
Welcome hope and let go fear
'Round and 'round the bend we go
Anticipating the unknown

burning air within my heart
a fire breathing all my air
eating all my oxygen
whenever you are near
the flames are hot, and I can't bear
to let you go, I hold you near
I'd rather hold you than to breathe
rather burn than ever leave

tiptoes (poem)

dancing on my tiptoes
to the edge of some horizon
spilling into heaven
imagination's flight

sweet things (poem)

don't cry
there are still sweet things
summer kisses
from a child's lips
not ignorance, love
but innocent bliss

1/4/18

beating heart (poem)

wings beat blindly
under my skin
where my rib cage captures
their soaring within
don't let me fly
away from your heart
you gave it to me
it bleeds in the dark

dear (poem)

Your voice is the music my heart
can no longer hear,
though I heard that the songbirds paused
to give you their ear,
and I know that I promised once
I would hold you near—
I tried, my brother, I tried
and still hold you dear.

1/6/18

pass the pain (poem)

pass the pain from my soul
like rocks in the river water, harsh and white
through narrow canyon walls
too high to climb

1/7/18

dark like pain (poem)

For D. and C.

red like fire
dark like pain
I don't forget
but speak your name
softest whisper
nightmare bright
I'd give much
for you in sight
you don't forget
I left you first
when you leave me
so do your worst

1/9/18

your light (poem)

For D. and C.

red
is the color of your light
bright
is how you rise and fight
void
is a desired sight
more
than your brilliant flight

1/10/18

like rain (poem)

For D. and C.

wanting you
blossoms in my chest like pain
falls on me like rain

radiate (poem)

For D. and C.

you are burned
under my skin
like a tattoo on my wrist
the band
is bright and fierce
it catches eyes
they glance again
they turn away
unable to bear
the light, the heat
you radiate
I bask in the sun
you are to me
burning bright
flaming beneath
the flesh
that covers my heart

kings (poem)

We were once the kings
Of our own world
Imagination bowed
Before our wills
Sparking fire and light
Our minds brought forth
All that we would claim
As we grew strong

1/11/18

light in my veins (poem)

open roads
light in my veins
breathe you in
memory strains
faults in the earth
wind woven clouds
sparks in my heart
unspoken aloud

1/12/18

as gravity (poem)

as the fire is warm
as the ocean is deep
as its churn and its cold
through trenches too steep
I can't breathe in the ice
in the fog of my breath
in the steam of your touch
awake me from death
as the gravity dark
starts crushing my heart
I fall into you
let the universe start

escape (poem)

Words do not escape my brain
You blame me for it, and I say
Less and less; the years roll on
Swallow whispers, then they're gone

1/14/18

To Conquer Fear (poem)

This is the year to conquer fear
To face the light with steady sight
To year and desire with burning fire
To stake firm claim upon your name
To hold to hope like knot to a rope
To rise in song, so bold, so strong

1/15/18

Into Brightness (poem)

I will find peace in forgiveness
My tears fall into the sea
The heavens are painted with mercy
New sunlight burning in me
I stare into brightness, unmoving
Walk forward in certainty

miss the way (poem)

I miss the way the leaves blew
Before the wintry winds
Before the snow came early
To bury everything
I miss the summer burning
And miss the snow so white
I miss the crickets singing
Every single night

in castles (poem)

we lived in castles spun from dreams
but never went to the extremes
tasted vict'ry on our lips
drank adventure in small sips
swallowed sunlight 'til we blazed
gazed with wonder, awed, amazed

tickles (poem)

For D. and C.

It tickles my lips
It burns my tongue
An insult for
Each day we're young
You hate my taste
I hate your jokes
You turn the wheel
I am the spokes
It burns inside
My flesh, my gut
The tie between us
We don't know what
We walk away
And leave behind
Yet together
Again we'll find
The world spins us
Forever nearer
And never allows
Another quite dearer
It tickles my insides
The anger you light
In my heart, in my mind
When you're in my sight

Tell Me (poem)

Tell me you know my name
That my life breathes in your breath
You whisper upon your lips
I am not alone
Tell me you'll hold me
When the sunset lingers
With faithful fingers
Tell me you won't walk away
Just stay for one more day

1/16/18

after the fire (poem)

Mornings wake my heart anew
Open places once seared through
I welcome all the burning pain
As spring and life return again

wish you (poem)

kiss you like I mean it
hold you like I need it
wish you'd know I'd never leave
hold me back this once, please

partners (poem)

For D. and C.

it's in my blood,
the way you itch beneath my skin
the taste of my knives, sliding within
the trust, my life held in your hands
wherever one is, the other one stands

1/17/18

pictures (poem)

For D. and C.

pictures of you
on the wall of my dreams
I've forgotten on purpose
it's not what it seems
your absence a pain
I lost on the way
surely you didn't
abandon and stray

foundations (poem)

there are bones under the earth
longer than a man and heavier
there are names written in marrow
that no one can speak, only feel
my heart beats like the core
of a planet turning in space
I raise my hopes and the bones
rise into spires again

1/18/18

morning song (poem)

There are roses in the garden
There's a song upon my tongue
It rises every morning
When the day is young
There's love within my heart
Beating vibrantly
I offer it to Jesus
Who first gave it to me

1/19/18

You Knew (poem)

For F. and Y.

I figured you out
You knew my name
Breath on your lips
My invisible fame
Though every star
Shines bright in the sky
I am content
To shine in your eye

never the pieces (poem)

what I want
is never the pieces of you
I cradle them, shattered
who did this to you
I will hold you forever
make glue with my love
rebuild in my heart
send you forth like a dove

give you (poem)

love me in pieces
I hold out to you
I'd give you everything
you know that it's true
if all of me still
was where it belonged
but I give you my pieces
and so give you all

1/21/18

no broken pieces (poem)

I am a lot of things
no broken pieces
breaking skin, like white
pieces of bone
I am bright, the lights
burn through my skin
warm yourself by fire
place hands within
I am not a hopeless night
I am the candle
burning prayers like incense
can you handle
the endless murmured prayers
of open memories
like open wounds, the gasps
like open stares
I am a lot of things
those broken pieces
gilded with gold, with light
stronger than stone
I do not break, I bend
like reeds in the wind
like hope in the hand of Spirit
I'll last 'til the light

1/22/18

thankful (poem)

morning light emerges from a shining newborn sun
open up your eyes and open up to everyone
pour out perfect love and be thankful for a day
when we are alive and walking forward on our way

under the wings (poem)

keep me safe, I used to pray
I trust in You now every day
and never doubt but walk in faith
I'm safe with You and with You stay

1/23/18

Through Battles (poem)

For C. and R.

Words we never spoke
But always needed to
Promises we broke
While keeping them all through
Battles fierce and nights
Dark with memory
I hold you in my sights
You mean so much to me

the distance (poem)

you promised not to leave me
why are you not here?
you're standing right beside me
but you do not see nor hear
your heart is far away
the distance very clear
I miss you while you're with me
come back to me, my dear

my moment (poem)

Today, I am quiet as a whisper
I missed my moment, I miss my strength
I know how to go to any length
But my limbs keep trembling, and I am quiet
Silence is a comfortable place
Warm around me, forgotten grace
The moment passes, the heart beats on
Silent tears, please tell what's wrong
Spinning years, the sands fall by
In the midst of glass before my eye
Don't press too hard, don't cut too deep
I left my hope in hours of sleep
Today, I am quiet, today again
Once long ago, I knew how to win
The road ahead still lifts my head
I'll think of light, not fall instead

warm as (poem)

leaves fall
to the ground
their colors
are bright and
warm as a promise
then snow

scars (poem)

For R. and C.

burn scars on your shoulders
blade scars on your wrist
I kiss them and you shudder
you give me even this

1/25/18

the summoning (poem)

call my name
summon me from the depths
make your claim
call to me from the breadth
of the ocean tides
and the heavens wide
open your arms
and call my name

Challenge: Daily Poetry 2018

Contents

January 2018

1/2/18

1/4/18

1/6/18

1/7/18

1/9/18

1/10/18

1/11/18

1/12/18

1/14/18

1/15/18

1/16/18

1/17/18

1/18/18

1/19/18

1/21/18

1/22/18

1/23/18

1/24/18

1/25/18

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