Carolyn Wolfe- Storyteller
Making WAVES
WAVES
Swimming Pool
Jumpers dive from off side
irritating the water into a reaction of waves
swimmers freeze, annoyed at the friction
jumpers and swimmers always at war
one careening into the pool,
the other luxuriating in the silence
of wind and water
one disturbingly active
the other in repose, swimming slowly, or floating
even in play
we choose sides
and chance causing commotion
hence the saying "don't make waves'
but no one is listening...
Poetry Reading
The room was blue with smoke
it danced with dust particles
where sunlight hit it,
from some window
unattended by blinds
the patrons breathed it in
like fragrance
filling their lungs
with second hand vice
as if the night wasn't full of
That already.
Poets tend to thrive
in an atmosphere of smoke,
heavy drinking and heavy thinking
and proliferate in the neon
like exotic flowers in the dark...
Everyday Lives, Outspoken Art
Every Day lives, Outspoken art
He works nights
and I work retail
we put it down
to our attention to detail
He is an artist
I write short fiction
we create ourselves
not worry about our positions
we are not tied
to image
as prison
we fill our time wisely
with creative ambition
I love his pictures
He likes my rhymes
we do not worry
about wasting our time
the dream is alive
is awake
can't be taken
it all started
by deciding
art's true spirit
can't be shaken...
In The Dark
It's 4 am
rain falls softly
there had been a report of tornadoes
which gets one to thinking...
some storms can't be seen in the dark
like that late night call
telling of an illness or
worse..
or
Clouds gathering
in the night sky
mirror desperation and rage, unseen
in a dark room..
or
Sadness
and retreat
tears
that fall softly
like hidden rain
in the dark.....
It's 4 am
there's no storm yet,
That I know of anyway...
Authentic Fraud
Be Authentic
Be you
Be Here
There is such concern
about be-ing
discovering our inner child,
inner plain,
revisiting past failures,
peering into the future with doubt
Maybe even afraid
but being constantly told to get real...
I don't agree with all that now,
I want
to be an Excellent Forgery
a beautiful copy
of a masterpiece
stolen
a mural
not a mirror
Authenticity
is for amateurs....
How It Is Done
If you want to look really evil
If you really want to look dangerous
forget about the black lipstick,
Dark eyeshades
cape,
long black boots
black nails
scars, piercing, even the reversed crucifix
these won't get you near as close
to the look you want
as
A BP uniform
an animal laboratory lab coat
a club, for all those pesky little seals
or just wear a suit
be a CEO
capes, fangs, and Goth anything
man, that is so passé’
the suits have it now
heck, they taught the Vampire
how it is done!
This book is available as a Kindle edition:
To order please click on this link: