My poem in honor of........Spring...Not what you expect...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

Sacrifice

Put your heart
on
the altar

let the gods
slash

there will be
blood
from

that purity


your love
will
flow

down

renew the
planet

in the spring

time to
sacrifice

yourself



© 2010 MLC

[LeftyFingerPop]

1. Niceeee Peggy. n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear LeftyFingerPop!

I was feeling a bit more brutal than I normally do!

Thanks, sweetie...

[LeftyFingerPop]

3. I like the poem...

and the hard edge. :hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Thanks...I'm glad...

:hug:

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

5. THAT is the best poem you have ever created.

Bar none.

The student becomes the master.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. My dear Prisoner_Number_Six!

Really?

How can you say that?

I mean, it's just a riff on spring, sacrificial lambs (or whatever) and I just dashed it off earlier tonight.

I hardly did any editing!

This is crazyness!

Still.....

Thank you.

:hug:

[nolabear]

7. I like that it taps into the visceral side of Spring.

It ain't all lambs and chicks. Unless you count mint jelly and deviled eggs, lol.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. My dear nolabear!

Yeah, I meant it to tap into that side of Spring...

Thank you for being able to see that!

I'm not all about lambs and chicks either...

:hi:

[Haole Girl]

8. I'm still digesting this one

you posted it at an interesting time in my life, so I can't be objective about it...

but thank you for posting it.

Sorry, don't mean to be cryptic.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. My dear Haole Girl!

Ah, no worries...

You can be as subjective as you like with me, you know...

And cryptic is OK too...

I appreciate your honest comments!

:hug:

[TK421]

11. REDRUM....REDRUM!!!!@@

no, Peggy..that was pretty interesting. Was there something in particular that sparked this on? just curious

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. My dear TK421!

Let's see....what sparked this? I was just feeling a bit snarky and tomorrow's the solstice...

So I decided to let the snark out!

That was pretty much it.

Now...your turn: What is redrum?

Thanks for your comments!

:hi:

[TK421]

13. Reference from the movie The Shining...murder, spelled backwards

the little kid in the movie kept repeating it...did you ever see this? I don't want to spoil it if you hadn't

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. Ah, thanks!

And you can't spoil it for me....

I'm never going to see it...:scared:

[TK421]

15. It's a classic Steven King novel...here's more info!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081505/

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. Thanks for the link!

[demtenjeep]

16. nice

How do you get inspired?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. My dear demtenjeep!

Well....I pay attention to what's going on inside my head...

And I observe my world closely, at least some of the time...

I always did this, but since I've been writing poetry, I do it more.

It's fun, too...

Thanks, sweetie!

[Forkboy]

19. I like it. You can officially be scared now....

:D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. My dear Forkboy!

Why, thank you!

And just why should I be scared now?

Officially scared, even!

:P

[arod_5450]

21. nice

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. Thank you...

And welcome to DU!

:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

23. Peggy!

I like it!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. My dear SeattleGirl!

Crazy, huh?

Thanks, sweetie!

[MiddleFingerMom]

25. My Dear CaliforniaPeggy

.
... I'm always impressed by the power contained in your
minimalism. It's sometimes like a gentle poke in the chest by
a benevolent 100-pound finger.
.
I was realy struck by the physical sense of movement in this
one (although that's a characteristic of all the poetry I've
read by you so far).
.
I've always preferred minimalist poetry... though especially so
now that I have the attention span of a peapod.
.
I believe someone with your talent does NOT simply "dash one
off" -- the essence of that poem has been bubbling and squeaking
around in your sub/unconscious, perhaps for decades.
.
It IS extremely gratifying when a poem like this finally coalesces
and SPRINGS forth "instantly" and "effortlessly".
.
For almost all of us -- it is an all-too-rare little gift from our muses.
.
Thank you once again for giving us another perspective to help us
"see" what it is that's going on around us.
.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

27. My dear MiddleFingerMom!

As always, I am most grateful for your thoughts...

Thank you...

[seaker]

26. You are right

and I was surprised. Still reflecting.
Thank you.:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

28. My dear seaker...

Oh, I knew this one was going to be different!

I felt the difference inside me as I wrote it down...

Glad you enjoyed!

Thank you...

:hi: