Risks

I did not hide
sewing scissors
in the laundry

or set a bucket of water
by my screen door
to invite the rain in

I spoke of love, but did not
insist upon it, least of all
to myself

and I ran out of money
for all the extra fees
so I retrenched, literally.

I am peeping out of a hole, expecting
mortars to fall, and I think I am smiling.

I haven't gone
to the place where flowers are taught
what colors to display

but I pass that garden every day.
And there is a strict jungle of offices
and so much more that I do not know.

It's all in books. The library is the most dangerous
place in the world, and is, I think,
the door that leads in and out at the same time.



for http://totallyoptionalpromts.blogspot.com

My animal's all dressed up
in frothy, languorous petticoats tonight,
in bright hard glitter and a beat of blood.
She's been to a party, she's been talking with you.

She's been leaning up against the fruit trees
in the garden out back, full of coarse stars.
Give me, give me, she says.

She hitches homeward
from the night of tossed-up crinolines
eyelashes and bare arms--

She comes home with hot coals,
to me.

I fall into bed, disconnnect
the fiery diodes,
play my heart with a spoon,
chew on foil--

waiting, shiny with the fanaticism
of a new affair.



for http://readwritepoem.org

Intro

I'm Rachel, I blog irregularly at http://improbableenjoyment.blogspot.com on topics of general/no interest.

I've decided I need a spin-off blog for when I want to participate in poetry prompts hosted by various communities such as

http://readwritepoem.org
http://totallyoptionalprompts.blogspot.com

and whatever else I find, without spending too much time at Improbable Enjoyments just talking about my own work, since that was not the idea behind starting that blog. If it can be said to have a theme, well, it's not that.

So I don't know if there will be much here or not, but I need all the help I can get when it comes to writing and god knows I have so much time on my hands that I'm sure managing two blogs will be a snap.