January 2008 Word Challenge found at another site. Use 7 to 10 of the following words (word variations allowed) in a poem of any kind: her, bare, silent, slow, suddenly, make, sky, it, this, and ..... The subject matter could be considered an Aubade
Shadows (revision)
As day
lights the sky
unwelcome patterns
fall across
the silent wall.
Her white shoulder
lies exposed by the fold
of a rumpled sheet
and he leans down
to kiss a small freckle
goodbye.
Slow eyes slide open
to tear
at the pale
of this sunrise shadow
and drink
the image of his locked
shoulders as they pass into
the day. --- Judi Van Gorder
Shadows original
The glow of dawn
lights the sky
making unwelcome patterns
fall across
the silent wall.
Her bare shoulder,
white skin, lay exposed
by the fold
of the rumpled sheet.
Slowly he lowered his lips
to kiss a small freckle
goodbye.
Eyes suddenly opened,
pool with tears
with the pale
of this sunrise shadow
and drink in
the image of his
locked shoulders as they
pass into the day.
--- Judi Van Gorder