Desire

Desire Burns Within, photo by smkybear from flickr

Desire

Hunger and thirst

Until what is inside

Comes out in a burst

A yearning tide

Until outpourings

Release and reside

© January 29, 2013, Robbie Pruitt

“I charge you: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.” –Song of Songs 8:4


This poem, Desire, was submitted to Open Link Night at dVerse Poets on Tuesday, October 29, 2013. To see more poems submitted to Open Link Night, please visit the site here. The links will be live at 2 p.m. Central time on Tuesday. Check “Mr. Linky” for this week’s poems.

On the Flipside

Flipside Burger Bar, photo by drew robinson, from Flickr

On the Flipside

If this end is up

And the other is down

. . .If upside-down . . .

Someone is making

A turnaround

© January 21, 2013, Robbie Pruitt

This poem, On the Flipside, was submitted to Open Link Night at dVerse Poets on Tuesday, October 1, 2013. To see more poems submitted to Open Link Night, please visit the site here. The links will be live at 2 p.m. Central time on Tuesday. Check “Mr. Linky” for this week’s poems.