Numb view
cars crawl
tie-dye braid
her only sinew.
Pointless boys
peach and prattle:
smooth myths,
ancient battles.
She prefers texture
tumbleweed thoughts,
and ivy inklings —
but mostly the
rainbow locks
keep her steady.
This was written for Shawna’s Midweek Melting at http://www.rosemarymint.org! The photo was from her site as well (though it originates from weheartit.com)!
Bootless Cries 
This makes me so happy. 🙂
“tie-dye braid her only sinew”
“peach and prattle”
“She prefers texture / tumbleweed thoughts, / and ivy inklings” (this is totally me!)
“rainbow locks keep her steady” (This is such a perfect ending—something a little wild keeping her down to earth. Perfect.)
I just love this, Anne Katherine. Thank you for writing. It made me smile to see that you used this picture!
Guess what, Shawna? YOU’RE NOT SPAM ANYMORE! At least not at the moment. That should make you feel a little better – less spammy, anyway 🙂
Thanks for reading. I was trying to do what you do so well and look at a photo – you make it seem so easy. Alas, I learned it is not! I really struggled with this one. But I just loved the photo, and would really love to do that to my hair, but I’m sure mine would wind up some kind of mixed up rainbow 😉
I was cracking up yesterday because I was asking of myself, “Why am I SPAM???” Then I thought of potted meat and could not stop giggling.
You want to do what to your “hear”? You sound you’re from Alabama. 😉
I think you should dye your hair for fun. I’m going to dye mine red tonight, even though I promised I wouldn’t do it anymore. I also bought three new bottles of nail polish. Color makes everything better.
Your poem was great; you made it look easy, even if it wasn’t. Sometimes they flow out, sometimes you yank them out. It all depends on your energy.
I fixed my “hear,” thank you very much 😉
Laughing. 🙂
She prefers texture
tumbleweed thoughts,
and ivy inklings –
I really enjoyed your poem, Anne! This portion really spoke to me!
Thanks, Hannah, for reading! I really liked that part, too!
Nice! You’re welcome, Anne Katherine!!
Weird, I’m sorry I mean Anne!! I saw the Katherine and went with it I don’t know where the “C,” came from though!?
No problem, Hannah! I fixed it for you, because I do the same thing all the time and I always wish someone would fix it 🙂
Thanks again for reading!
Thank you so much Anne!! You’re very welcome and Happy weekend to you! 🙂
Anne Katherine…thanks for your visit…I made a slight adjustment to my last line.
I like; Peach and prattle and ivy inklings…very nice images.
Thanks for reading, Jules. I will go check out your change in a moment!
Love this one, a great inspiration from the photo – “peach and prattle” (such a great pairing). The ending takes me exactly to that pause I want, so gracefully. Love love your poetry!
Thanks – I did not know until yesterday that “peach” could mean “to betray.” Amazing what you can learn if you read complete definitions 🙂 Much appreciate you reading this!
I know!!! I just love reading definitions because you always learn of obscure or slang meanings, variations, and origins. There’s often a bit of mythology or history of some kind thrown in at the end.
I totally didn’t think to use the photo’s for my prompt. Good job. I would not have known what to haven written for this picture. Hip work here
http://leah-jamielynn.typepad.com/ (where my post is for prompt)
Thanks for reading, Leah! Yeah, I was just trying to copy what Shawna does so well all the time!
Oh man I love this. SO much. Especially:
“tie-dye braid
her only sinew.”
and “tumbleweed thoughts” and “ivy inklings.”
Fantastic.
I love when she says “especially …” and then lists almost every line of the poem. 🙂
🙂 Yes, she cracks me up!
Thanks for reading, De! I’m going to go read some of yours this evening! You are so prolific I have a hard time keeping up during the week 🙂
Just popping by to look for a new poem. 🙂
You are sweet! Will try to get to it tonight! 🙂
Love this –
Pointless boys
peach and prattle:
smooth myths,
ancient battles.
And I adore the picture! My cousin’s girlfriend is supposed to color my hair with funky colors sometime in the near future. I’m gonna see if she can do something close to this 🙂
Thanks, Dayle, for reading! The pic is actually one I stole from Shawna’s blog for the prompt! I would love to have hair like that as well..for a day or two, I suppose. I hope you can get some version of it done — and take pics for your blog so I can see 🙂
Your poems are SO good. I would really love for you to write again.