When the Embers Fade (a Cento)

Now is the season of feuille morte
In a dark corner I sit amongst dying yarrow
The bruises to my psyche sear and scourge
And when the embers fade to dust
Conflicting thoughts smoulder still
Inside I hide those unpretentious dreams
Only to pop them one by one

Perhaps now we can turn to love
A persistent glint on the horizon
Take me in your arms, I am yours
When pain bandages my mouth dumb
Gift me beauty of words
Set in free verse

We stare into darkness for light we have lost
But what I feel is that
My light springs from yours, as sun illumines moon

For dVerse Poets Pub. Melissa is our host and has given us 2 options to approach Poetics today. One is to write a “cento” taking lines from a selection of dVersian poetry from the month of April. Note: “A cento is a poem formed from lines of poems written by other poets. Latin for ‘patchwork,’ the cento is composed like a collage or quilt, and honors others’ poems while presenting a unique work.” (www.poetryfoundation.org). I mistakenly ventured off the selected prompt list but all are from April.

In order, here are the lines I borrowed to create my cento.

1. Acting My Age In Autumn- Laura Bloomsbury
2. Lonely (a quadrille) – Punam
3. Her Page – Melissa Lemay
4. Hot as Blazes – Judy Dykstra Brown
5. Composure for, : Folly in Innocence – David Bogomolny
6. My Box – Colleen Cheesebro
7. A Poem and it’s Palenode- Lillian
8. Perhaps Now – Paul Vincent Cann
9. Mareel – Kim M. Russell
10. Pantoum of the Tango– Helen
11. Poetry is a Thousand Psalms, Not One – Dorahak
12. Prayer to the Muse – Michelle Beauchamp (me)
13. The Unboxing – Jane Swanson
14. Finding our way back – Bjorn Rudberg
15. How beauty is perceived- Sanaa Rizvi
16. Your Faithful Hound – Li/Lisa

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