..
Oh, she
is barefoot again – all twinkle
turquoise toes and sparkle-skin.
Give her a sandy stage, the pull
and rage of razzle-berry moon,
the swoon of lullaby sea.
She’s determined
to shine, to daze-dazzle this day,
seize-sequins the sun with her song.
Wanna play? Just bare your toes
and point your glitter-freckled nose
true north, and (g)listen to the trees.
..
Prompted by Lill’s fancy-full prompt over at dVerse Poetics today. Come play!
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I LOVE this! 🙂 Especially turquoise toes, razzle-berry moon, and that glitter-freckled nose. Glisten indeed! 🙂 Wonderful take on the prompt. You’ve bedazzled me!
Thanks so much, Lill. I loved this prompt!
Whistles!! ❤️❤️ This is absolutely exquisite, De 😀 I can feel her zest and fire as she “is barefoot again – all twinkle turquoise toes and sparkle-skin.” Beautifully executed. ❤️❤️
Lots of love,
Sanaa
Thanks, Sanaa. I do love to be barefoot, and so does my girlie. 😉
Lovely images and a real sense of the immediate and being there…
Thanks, Michael. I struggle with the enjoyment of the “now,” but I’m working on it. 😉
Hang in there De, hope things improve for you..
I love this De, especially your ‘seize-sequins the sun with her song’ and ‘point your glitter-freckled nose true north’, absolute gems! :o)
Thanks so much. I do love me some “s” words, for sure. I tend to overuse them a bit. 😉
I love the unexpected pairing of “rage” and “razzle-berry moon.”
Thanks, Marilyn. Life is a mixed bag, for sure. 😉
I adore dazzle-berry moon pies; can’t get enough of them. I get the feeling of fairies here as well; little scene stealers & banality bandits.
“scene stealers & banality bandits” — love this, Glenn. As I do love fairies! 🙂
I love your take on this. Love the seize- sequins, pointing true north, the freckles…all of it. Wonderful beguiling and dazzling poem.
Thanks, Toni. Freckles are sparkles, too. 😉
This is wonderful… especially when paired with your picture… my toes need some dazzling too.
Thanks, B. My toes could use a little dazzling, too.
Your word work is always so wonderful. I love that razzle-berry moon, i love the whole thing.
Thanks so much, Sarah. Words dazzle me daily, so it’s always fun when they please someone else, too.
oh wooow. love the feel and the rhythm of this dazzling poem, De! ❤
Thanks, rosema!
you’re welcome, De! ❤
It makes me want to play!!
Hi, Misky. I ALWAYS want to play! Especially with words. 🙂
and point your glitter-freckled nose
true north, and (g)listen to the trees.
One can match the intentions by acting and deciding there and then on what to do and how to go about it.Great lines De!
Hank
Thanks, Hank. So true.
Great title – reminscient of the Kevin Bacon film – oh how I love Kevin Bacon!
This is a bobby-dazzelr of a razzle poem, De. I love that sparkling language – fizzing like champagne: ‘twnkle turquoise toes’ and ‘rage of razzle-berry moon’ are two of my favourite examples of alliterative, animated, I remember barefoot dancing when I was younger! You are so creative and original with verbs: ‘seize-sequins the sun with her song’ and ‘(g)listen; and adjectives: ‘glitter-freckled nose’. A stunning poem, De!.
Thanks, kim! I love him, too, and am reeeeeally good at the “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” movie game, because of it!
Did you see him in The Following? That was a brilliant series and so chilling.
YESSSS. So dark! For some reason, i love the psychology of serial killer stuff, and that series was sooooo good!
Dexter is another good series.
Yep. Loved that one, too. And, unlike most viewers, I actually liked how it ended.
Oh, this is so heartwarmingly beautiful! I’m smitten with the imagery and energy you’ve created. She has succeeded in razzle-dazzling. ❤️
Thanks so much, wintermoon.
How wonderful! The “razzle-berry moon” and (g)listening to the trees!
Thanks so much, Sherry. 🙂
yes! she’s carefree and shining!
Thanks, Miss Stacy. 🙂
Beautiful…”Wanna play? Just bare your toes and point your glitter-freckled nose true north, and (g)listen to the trees” makes me feel like I am in the Wizard of Oz and that somehow if I do those things I’ll be transported somewhere else.
the pull
and rage of razzle-berry moon,
the swoon of lullaby sea…. love that amongst all the other word images I read.
You are a word-dazzler.
A delightful bit of razzle dazzle!
Footloose in sand
alWays so easy to dance..
Footloose in red state land..
well.. that takes brave and
a country
of
free within..;)
I love this poem De ~ You have so many great poems it will be a challenge to pick the “best” for the Anthology.
Beautiful!
I find I’m wandering through your back catalogue. It’s delightful. Whimsy with an edge.