July 16, 2014 by Victoria C. Slotto

Dancing, Music, Dreams

Florence Fountain–Boboli Gardens
Image: Wikiart

Dancing, Music, Dreams

I’ll wait for you there—
you know the place—
the one where we met in my dream.

The warm summer night,
the chant of moonlight,
the music, the dance and our dreams.

Alone in the darkness,
alone in the crowd,
together we play with our words.

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You take off your mask
so that I see your soul,
touch beauty and pain in this dream.

Community grows
as we celebrate now—
embracing the magic of poetic dreams.

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Erato, Muse of Poetry

Written for the Ball at dVerse where we celebrate the third anniversary of our poetry community. Be sure to stop by and meet the guest of honor: Poetry. The gates to the garden open Thursday, 3:00 PM EDT.

December 31, 2013 by Victoria C. Slotto

Farewell, 2013

Leaves of our trees gave way to bitter cold winds that stripped bare their branches.

A gentle turn of the page—calendars relinquish another year.

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Form

Alan Ginsberg developed a form he called the American Sentence. Using the structure of the haiku as a basis, the poem is built as a single sentence, employing seventeen syllables.

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE WILD, WILD WEST. MANY GOOD THINGS TO YOU IN 2014. Thank you all for making 2013 a creative, poetic year. Victoria

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February 25, 2011 by Victoria C. Slotto

Celebrate Today: Big Tent Poetry

Cute Little Girl in Pink Dances on the Beach d...

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Submitted to Big Tent Poetry:

Celebrate Today
A Sardoma

Celebrate
every day of life,
every breath,
rising sun
kisses blushing earth with bronze—
daily gift of Light.

As a former hospice nurse I’m so aware that every day we are alive is worthy of celebration! Sorry, couldn’t get into a cynical frame of mind. Today is beautiful…tomorrow it’s supposed to be “nasty” according to the weatherman.