Sunday, March 10, 2019

Cosmic Love



~ Cosmic Love ~
 
By the sun, the moon and the stars
I will soothe, and erase your scars
I'll warm, I'll guide, steady and true
my love will always cover you
 
as time flies, and as time stands still
an eternal vow to fulfill
the cosmos knows what it must do
my love will always cover you
 
while you may never know it's me
they are in place for you to see
just look what love has brought them to
my love will always cover you
 
by the sun, the moon and the stars
my love will always cover you.
 
(c) Dahlia Ramone:  March 10, 2019
 
(a Kyrielle Sonnet)
 
 
 
This was written for Blogophilia:
 
Week 1.12 Topic:  Time Flies
Bonus Prompts:
Hard (2 pts):  Incorporate a lyric
from the band Twelve Foot Ninja *
 
Easy (1 pt):  Incorporate a song
that has the number "12" in it **
 
* "The sun, the moon and the stars" (from Point of You)

** "Look what love has brought them to"
(from Room with No Number by Elvis Costello)
 
 
 
 
 


Sunday, March 3, 2019

Midnight by the Numbers


~ Midnight by the Numbers ~
 

Eleven eleven
the pinnacle of wishful thinking
carries me to midnight
once again
 
twelve ten
the special appeal of midnight
begins to lose its allure
the stars did not align
 
twelve twenty-nine
another someday slips away
I shrug, not surprised
I've never left with more
 
twelve fifty-four
it's time to walk away
I hang my heart on the moon
another midnight, gone too soon.
 
(c) Dahlia Ramone:  March 3, 2019
 
 
 
This was written for Blogophilia
Week 53.11 Topic:  Midnight Special
 
Bonus Prompts:
Hard (2 pts:)  Include something you would find in Oz (heart)
Easy (1 pt:)  Incorporate the title of a Patsy Cline song (someday)
 
 
 
 
 
 


Sunday, February 24, 2019

And so it goes

 

 
~ And So It Goes ~
 
A furtive glance
words whispered just so
what do you know?
 
heart versus brain
which to overthrow?
what do you know?
 
drinking alone
whisky runs low
what do you know?
 
stomach the loss
how apropos
what do you know?
 
missed opportunity
free to go
you'll never know. 
 
 
(c) Dahlia Ramone:  February 24, 2019

 
 
This was written for Blogophilia
Week 52.11 Topic:  What do you know (or no?)
 
Bonus prompts:
 
Hard (2 pts:)  Name three internal organs
(heart, brain, stomach)
Easy (1 pt):  Name three spices (I did not)
 
 
 
 
 

Sunday, February 10, 2019

The Sentinel Moon

 
"Life and love go on"
(Stephenie Meyer, 'The Host')

 
~ The Sentinel Moon ~
 
Halfway between
yesterday and tomorrow
when fault looks to land
the Sentinel Moon rises
awaiting love's command
 
devoted to
those who came up short
whose hearts don't understand
the Sentinel Moon flickers
and burdens are banned
 
as black turns to rose
and dawn comes anew
absolution will stand
the Sentinel Moon fades
until the next demand.
 
(c)  Dahlia Ramone:  February 10, 2019
 
 
This was written for Blogophilia
Week 50.11 Topic:  Under My Skin
(I did not write on topic)
 
Bonus prompts:
Hard (2 pets):  Incorporate a Stephenie Meyer quote *
Easy (1 pt):  Mention a New York State mountain **
 
* quote before poem
** Sentinel / Moon / Halfway / Black / Rose
 
 
 



Monday, February 4, 2019

The Puppet Moon



~ The Puppet Moon ~
 
The evening settles in
and I call your name
as I have so many nights before
 
"Moon.
I come before you again
to exchange wishes for hope
that my dreams may come to light"
 
but the moon is surly tonight
 
"you think I'm your puppet?
that you could simply seek me out
and control me with your heartstrings?"
 
taken aback, I countered:
 
"do you not do that to me?
with all your glory, you seduce me
you bid the winds to carry stories
of the hope you hold, and might dispense,
if one worshipped you enough
your promises echo through the night
to reel in lost souls like myself
you are simply posturing
and there's no magic in that"
 
the moon becomes flippant
"perhaps you should cut the strings
and find a substitute
to hang your dreams upon"
 
but the moon knows
as do I
there is no substitute for the moon
 
"I can't let go," I whisper
"even though the more I see you
the more you disappoint
but the heartstrings are strong
and come tomorrow night
I will still call your name."
 
(c) Dahlia Ramone:  February 4, 2019
 
 
 
This was written for Blogophilia
Week 49.11 Topic:  "It's Magic"
 
Bonus Prompts:
Hard (2 pts):  Mention the title of a song
written in the year you were born *
Easy (1 pt):  Incorporate an echo
 
* I Call Your Name (The Mamas and the Papas)
I'm Your Puppet (James and Bobby Purify)
Lost Soul (Screaming Lord Sutch & The Savages)
Substitute (The Who)
I Can't Let Go (The Hollies)
The More I See You (Chris Montez)
 
 
 

Sunday, January 27, 2019

Faith


~ Faith ~
 
She wore faith like a gossamer wrap
fragile and delicate
yet of such beauty
she did her best to protect it
 
time and again
she fought against the winds
- of change, of reason, of doubt -
her faith fluttering about her shoulders
threatening to float away.
she sought the wisdom of the moon
to hold on tighter
 
the moon whispered down to her:
sometimes,
you have to let go, to hold on
 
she wavered
when had the moon ever delivered?
then she wondered
if perhaps the moon always had
but she had been too focused to see
 
her ideals and hopes
dance on the wind
lifting and teasing her faith
she wants what she cannot see
and she cannot see what she wants
 
she doubles down on the moon
releasing her grasp
she gives freedom to her faith
and come the dawn
what will be, will be.
 
(c) Dahlia Ramone:  January 27, 2019
 
 
 
 
This was written for Blogophilia
Week 48.11 Topic: High Noon
(I did not write on topic)
 
Bonus Prompts:
Hard (2 pets):  Quote the Philosopher Alan Watts *
Easy (1 pt):  Include a breakfast food (doubles) **
 
* Included in photo above
** Doubles is a common street food
in Trinidad and Tobago
(used in last stanza)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



Monday, January 21, 2019

Sieze Upon the Midnight


~ Seize Upon the Midnight ~
 
From the terrace
I beseech the moon
to seize upon the midnight
to call upon her empire
of glistening stars
and whispering breezes
for her to align the planets
and for Fate and Destiny to dance
across moonbeams and the Milky Way
to illuminate the path of hearts in waiting
 
the time is almost upon us again
the tantalizing allure of midnight
that breath of space
between yesterday and tomorrow
between hope and resignation
where a million and one possibilities
wait on the edge of their seats
to fulfill the prophecy of the moment
 
but the moon does no such thing
and hides behind her shadow
counting down the seconds
until it is too late again
 
her empire falls
and I am alone
in the quiet darkness
of another midnight
slipping away.
 
(c) Dahlia Ramone:  January 21, 2019
 
This was written for Blogophilia
Week 47.11 Topic:  Writer's Choice *
 
Bonus Prompts:
Hard (2 pts):  Writer's Choice (Mention an empire)
Easy (1 pt):  Writer's Choice (use the word "prophecy")
 
* I used the topic from Week 40.11:
"Cease Upon the Midnight"
and tweaked it a bit to use "seize" instead