Here's one I wrote after what we in the romance novel world call "The Black Moment." It's that part in the story where you're not sure the hero and heroine are going to get that happily ever after.
Slaying Silence
Silence hangs
between us
like summer night
heat haze
across the
faraway moon,
blurring her
light,
her vision.
Blackness mutes
the celestial
edges,
and I am small,
alone,
unwanted.
It would take
but a touch of
your hand,
a brush of your
lips
against my skin
to lift the fog
and silence the
silence.
Your heartbeat
would fill my ears,
caress my soul,
connect me,
save me.
Toodles,
Chris
The Maple Leaf
Series, available now. Book One, More Than Pancakes, is always FREE in ebook.
5 comments:
Good advice. And great poem, Chris. I'm going to have to try that.
I liked the poem a lot. You're very good at poetry, Chris! Me, not so much, but the thinking like your character advice is excellent.
Wow, Christine! Lovely free verse...my kind of poetry. So many of these phrases/words can be used in the text of your novel. Great heuristic technique!
Love this! I was thinking it could be transferred to the novel as well.
I usually skim over poems. They remind me too much of school where we had to dissect poetry. But, I loved yours. Very poignant. As the others have said, you could easily use the phrases in your story.
Post a Comment