Please join in today’s Invitation to Poetry at Abbey of the Arts. This is my contribution:
Such sweet lunacy,
your tidal pull
through my salty blood.I am liquid being,
boundaries wavering
and thin as light.
Photograph by permission, Christine Valters Paintner




{ 6 comments… read them below or add one }
Abbey of the Arts 11.26.07 at 8:08 pm
Tess, I love the image of being liquid and the “tidal pull through my salty blood” — so luscious!
Elaine 11.27.07 at 8:08 pm
I love this, too, Tess. Very powerful. I could visualize a current of red blood cells coursing through my veins. Maybe this explains why we so many of us are drawn to the full moon. I know on my 2008 calendar I will be marking each one.
the dream 11.28.07 at 5:07 pm
Hi Tess-
I decided to head on over here from Lucy’s blog – and so glad I did. Wonderful words … liquid and light and liquid light seem to be themes for me lately. Now if I could only represent it successfully in a painting!
Tess 11.28.07 at 7:00 pm
Thanks everyone, and welcome to the dream. In both senses of the phrase!
Abdur Rahman 11.30.07 at 1:40 pm
Peace Tess
Very nice. Short, powerful with some unusual imagery.
Abdur Rahman
Tess 12.03.07 at 7:06 am
Thanks Abdur