Posted in Poetry 2010 - present, tagged age, colors, continuity, designs, endurance, hippy skirt, memories, ode, playfulness, poem, Poetry, skirt on June 28, 2017| 33 Comments »
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Skirt of many long colors
sewn in gathers
and tiers
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brushing my ankles
with playful seams
cutting through the design
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of mismatched patterns
wearing thin
after all these years
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washing on delicate
hanging to dry
one more time.
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© 2017 Betty Hayes Albright
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Posted in Poetry 2010 - present, tagged age, inner fire, life, metaphor, perspective, poem, Poetry, spirituality, wisdom on October 3, 2014| 15 Comments »
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Time is not the enemy,
aging doesn’t dowse our fire.
Instead the boundaries burn away,
we seek the siren’s call
and grow wilder than a tiger’s eye.
Light flares from our fingertips
passion tingles up our spine
joy is found in minute pieces –
feathers, petals,
agates, leaves
and every atom spinning
through the dancing universe.
No, we don’t dream of rocking chairs,
we rocket like a comet
into life.
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© 2014 Betty Hayes Albright
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