Gypsy Memoirs

by Maple Tree   Feb 11, 2014


Tasted velvet passion
upon road mapped lips,
scorched like the Sahara
desert in winter.

Soft words devoured hunger,
as winds
carried me away
to the border,
where Canadian geese
gathered around tired,
weathered goulashes.

Splashing in puddles,
of a soft spring rain
beneath palms,
kissing the Atlantic
one afternoon
ended with icecream
dribbles.

By sunset-
bathing upon Mother Moon's
eyelashes for comforted
conversation
with a stranger
left me lonely.

I shuffled by slot
machines a few times
and what happened in
Vegas didn't stay in Vegas,

that scorpion on my back
is a memory I buried
along with a pirate treasure
that was full of broken,
unwritten poems.

I adore the Gypsy in me;
makes my lazy
eyes twinkle in darkness.

Planted a tree in New York,
and perfectly content on watching
it grow-

however,
the cymbals that dangle
from my phalanges
will always play a melodic
tune of belly dancing
ripples as the man in the corner
puffs away on a cigar....

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  • 10 years ago

    by Meme

    I love the images you portray in this piece hon, it becomes so vivid to the reader as they progress to read each line in it.

    Loved it!
    xx

  • 10 years ago

    by Hellon

    I haven't read much of your work recently..simply because you're never signed in at the same time as me anymore haha!!! This one is a beauty and I got the impression it was about your younger years before you settled down and...while you don't yearn for these days anymore...planting a tree in NY...you still have very fond memories of these times. Maybe, when things get tough you think I wish but...that's something we all do I guess and...it is nice to reminisce when life deals us a lemon. O couple of little typos

    by Maple Tree

    Tasted velvet passion
    upon road mapped lips,
    scorched like the Sahara
    dessert in winter. *desert*

    Soft words devoured hunger,
    as winds
    carried me away
    to the boarder, *border*
    where Canadian geese
    gathered around tired,
    weathered goulashes.

    Splashing in puddles,
    of a soft spring rain
    beneath palms
    kissing the Atlantic
    one afternoon
    ended with icecream
    dribbles.
    * This needs a comma somewhere? I think after palms because I'm reading it like the palms are doing the kissing and, I don't think that's what you mean.

    By sunset-
    bathing upon Mother Moon's
    eyelashes for comforted
    conversation
    with a stranger
    left me lonely.

    I shuffled by slot
    machines a few times
    and what happened in
    Vegas didn't stay in Vegas,

    that scorpion on my back
    is a memory I buried
    along with a pirate treasure
    that was full of broken,
    unwritten poems.

    I adore the Gypsy in me;
    makes my seaspool
    eyes twinkle in darkness.

    ^^^

    I wasn't sure if seaspool was a word so I looked it up and couldn't find it...do you mean cesspool perhaps?

    Planted a tree in New York,
    and perfectly content on watching
    it grow-

    however,
    the cymbals that dangle
    from my phalanges
    will always play a melodic
    tune of belly dancing
    ripples as the man in the corner
    puffs away on a cigar....

    ^^^^

    Just wanted to say that I thought the man puffing on the cigar was pretty random...left the reader wondering who he was and as the poem ends...will we ever find out :)

    Loved it!

    • 10 years ago

      by Maple Tree

      Thank you so much Hellon!!!

      I really hate it when I have typos so again I thank you!! and I agree, changes needed to be made.. You are wonderful.. I was struggling with cesspool- it was not the word that truly fit, so I changed it to lazy :-)

      I really loved your comment, thank you!

  • 10 years ago

    by Darren

    A great story telling poem that explodes with images in just a few words per stanza.

    Nice to see that you got a tree mention in there as well.

    I love the final image of the man puffing on a cigar, very nonchalant.

    great write as usual.

  • 10 years ago

    by Midnight Sky

    Very long but it's worth reading great job my friend 5\5 :)