4.06.2016

Hairstory

1.

Your hair
is a tall tale
fantastic
undercurrents
barely contained


2.

Yours
cascades
like headwaters
seeking confluence
in your heart


3.
And yours
strokes yesterday
behind your ears
overflows
in favor of someday


Number Six for Poetry Month! For Kerry’s Get Listed prompt to the Real Toads: COMPOUND WORD EDITION
Posted by Marian at 6:34 AM
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21 comments:

  1. OutlawyerApril 6, 2016 at 6:49 AM

    Ah sweet. I keep imagining your little boy's picture. (I think.) Lovely. k.

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  2. Debi SwimApril 6, 2016 at 7:10 AM

    Made me think of my grandson's and all their different hair styles. Nice

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  3. Kerry O'ConnorApril 6, 2016 at 9:54 AM

    Ah, this is just superb work, Marian. I think hair can be a most beautiful part of the body, and you have captured that sensuous glory so well.

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  4. Sanaa RizviApril 6, 2016 at 11:30 AM

    This is absolutely gorgeous..!!

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  5. Linda C. FolksApril 6, 2016 at 11:31 AM

    This is lovely, I especially like the first stanza (if that's the correct term) The poem speaks to me of love.

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  6. Sherry Blue SkyApril 6, 2016 at 11:35 AM

    I picture their faces as I read. Smiles.

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  7. MarianApril 6, 2016 at 12:37 PM

    I was trying to go for rivers of hair here too. I don't know, this whole thing started with thinking "your hair is a tall tale" and then I obsessed over the compound word list and took the descriptions to the water. :)

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  8. brudbergApril 6, 2016 at 2:32 PM

    I really love this... hair has been an obsession of mine in some of my recent poetry too... it's almost a personification of hair...

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  9. JimApril 6, 2016 at 4:09 PM

    I like this too, Marian. Are you writing about my friend, Willie Nelson?
    Fun reading, Marian, and more fun trying to figure it. Thank you for your hints above here for Sherry. I don't think I've ever used 'hair' in my writings here, literally or other. The third verse, if literal, sort of describes my friend, Willie, and me. We both are old. He can 'sing', I cannot.
    ..

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  10. AnonymousApril 6, 2016 at 4:15 PM

    nice head shots;)

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  11. DeApril 6, 2016 at 5:56 PM

    I love that first stanza, especially.

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  12. Magaly GuerreroApril 6, 2016 at 6:47 PM

    What a beautiful head of hair this is. I love the last stanza, especially the last line.

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  13. Rosemary Nissen-WadeApril 6, 2016 at 8:01 PM

    What a lovely conceit, or series of.

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  14. HannahApril 6, 2016 at 10:01 PM

    Love this trio of thought on hair. :)

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  15. Gemma WisemanApril 6, 2016 at 10:22 PM

    A hair-raising trio emitting some rather hairy thoughts. Loved it.

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  16. Susie ClevengerApril 7, 2016 at 12:36 AM

    Yes, I could see your family in this one. What a creative way of describing them.

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  17. grapelingApril 7, 2016 at 1:31 AM

    My 17 year old son cut his long hair last week ~

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  18. hedgewitchApril 7, 2016 at 10:11 AM

    I have always found long hair so beautiful, on either sex, and here you really give it a life of its own, an extension of our lives, a connection to our natural selves, time and each other. Much loved it, Marian.

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