Imaginary Garden With Real Toads--dVerse Poets Pub
On a sun-splashed day
in a desert
where the Horse With No Name
made his claim to fame
With spring making overtures
like a punch-drunk lover
I saw her
in my mind's eye
I heard her
in my mind's ear
I contemplated her
in my mind's belly button
Behold The Vagabond Princess
electric rays sparking
from the tips of her golden hair
she's been there
and back
on a beach with some name
And all because sunshine came
softly through her window that day
Swaying to the beat
of a distant drummer
her gaze is locked on summer
A painted man
walks down the street
blowing bubbles out his ears
How does he do that?
The world is a wondrous
and magical place to be...
The answer blowing
in the tail winds
that are bringing her to me
Aw! Love this and her. Almost here! Spring, spring, spring already!
ReplyDeleteIt's here!!! We don't spring forward or fall back around here. We just do a lot of sitting on our asses :)
DeleteSuch lovely images to behold and cherish in this verse. The world is a wondrous place indeed.
ReplyDeleteWell-penned.
-HA
Thank you for the kind words!
DeleteThis is how love should be... the joy of spring, and bubbles in your ears.
ReplyDeleteTwo things the poets don't normally pair together--lol
DeleteOh, how delicious! I particularly love the contemplation of your mind's belly-button. ROFL
ReplyDeleteIt's a navel exercise :)
DeleteExquisite both in words and image ❤️
ReplyDeleteMany thanks--appreciate your consistency in being there!
DeleteSpoken as a true lover
ReplyDeleteI think you're right!
DeleteOne of your best poems ever so far, friend ... Thanks for sharing your gift ... Here is hoping for many more spring bubbles coming out of your eyes, ears and belly button (DST or not), hmmm ? Love, cat.
ReplyDeleteWell thank you, Miss Kitty!
Delete"in my mind's belly button" made me laugh and then the rest was a real good trip. "Her gaze is locked on summer", so is mine! Really enjoyable!
ReplyDeleteGlad it tickled you!
Deletespring's overtures - like a punch drunk lover... Fantastic. I'm a bit in love with her myself.
ReplyDeleteWe do get punchy this time of year, don't we?
DeleteI like all the references to the 70s pop songs.Princess Vagabond might be too young to remember those. Very sweet poem:)
ReplyDeleteThe Princess ain't tellin'--smiles and thanks!
ReplyDeleteLove it all, especially the guy blowing bubbles from his ears! A light-hearted visit to nonsense! Bravo
ReplyDeleteJust another of life's little mysteries. Thanks!
DeleteThis is fun. Love the image of "my mind's belly button".
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Bryan.
DeleteNice lines: "I contemplated her
ReplyDeletein my mind's belly button"
Smiles. And thanks for the follow, Frank!
DeleteI saw her in my mind's eye
ReplyDeleteI heard her in my mind's ear
One enamored one sees her everywhere.
Hank
Everywhere...kinda like Santy Claus
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