Soft
My tires on the rain soaked road
sound the whispered words
of misplayed music--
a distant tape heard backwards,
or a record needle bumping center
after the last song has played.
sound the whispered words
of misplayed music--
a distant tape heard backwards,
or a record needle bumping center
after the last song has played.
The sky ahead is softer still--
lilac clouds on baby blue.
Blanketed in soft
of sweep and sigh,
I travel soft the road
to safe
and warm
and home.
Published by Tina Twito
I'm 39, with a wonderful husband (in Iowa), and a daughter who lives in NC with her hubby (love them both!). I write mostly children's stories and poetry (rhyming poetry, traditional poetry, haiku, but mostl... View profile
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9 Comments
Post a CommentGreat imagery, very evocative!
Always love your poetry.
excellent poem Tina...
A lovely, warm and soft poem. Perfect for holiday homeward bound travel. Loved!
:-)
wonderful use of words...love it
Very nice imagery. I could feel the road going home.
Beautiful! Deonils is right...I loved the metaphor!
Beautiful ... and the first stanza has a powerful and opriginal metaphor. Very original and effective Lady Poet. Shalom and thank you.
This is really nice.