A Poem a Day Rip-Offs

Reluctant bridge crawls across from December into January failing to tip me off as the tips of my fingers reach     out    and   hold                 on s t r e t c h e d whole wholly reluctant full of holes and   unretractable. Not for the first time, I have the feeling of being holy - goddessed into 2019. Copyright owned by Jay Cool, January 2019 Inspired by the poem 'January' , by Helen Hunt Jackson.

'Sunflower' courtesy of Pixabay.com A sunflower life reaching up to the highest point before falling back down again and being painted back up to balance of the tips of a  brush. Copyright owned by Jay Cool, January 2019 Inspired by  'Death to Paint Us' , by  J. Michael Martinez.

'Hand' image courtesy of Pixabay.com Let me go to the window Where the rainfall sloshes from joint Of broken pipe Down eggshell-cracked rendering Of outer wall Let me feel a little life Where my teardrops slip-slide from whites Of bloodshot sight Down eggshell-cracked rendering Of outer skin Give me a lover O you gods that sit and give The old new wonders. Give me passion, lust and steam. Don't shut me in. Let me out through the window To join in with the dream-shapes of fortune. So that I might use my wit and my cunning To break the long loneliness. Copyright owned by Jay Cool, November 2018 Inspired by  'At a Window' by Carl Sandberg, as featured on  Poem-A-Day .