Free Verse 5
Free Verse 5
Thirst for learning
A new mission is always on our minds
A sponge ekes every new and wonderful thing we hear
The want to feel and experience everything new and dear
Wanting to reel it all in to feel smell and experience new
Why do you race we ask the driver at the race track
They say because it is exhilarating and fun to do
It is the thrill of the competition the win or the loss
Often the training and the sacrifices...
monies spent and lost on the race car
too many times away from home and loved ones
we look at the Kentucky Derby races and see all the
wonderful horses and wish they could all win..
but there will be success and heartbreak
as only one will be the winner on that big day.
What might be the next mission for you....
Do you thirst to learn....feeling and thirsting
©Julia A Knaake
Luscious Lips
Just look at your lips
so excitingly full
yet warm and inviting
to my heart
why do they send
this invite
what enticement
is in the draw
I am so drawn
to their full red pout
with my heart doing flips
with undying love
taking form
willing us never
to be apart
sensually you send a sting
or bite burrowing deep
into my crawl
teasingly after a lull
a long lull
the throbbing seduction
finally clips my love
for you deeply born
enticing us never to be apart
© Julia A Knaake
Business as usual
down at the inlet
every day deals set
boats in
boats out
sales made
deals delayed
anything movable
business as usual
© Julia A Knaake
Ode to the Pastie
Succulent tasty little parcels
still warm from the heat
smells permeating the air
taste buds salivating
Tender baby spinach leaves
appealing to the eye
comfortingly warmed or cool
the flavor mixed well is bold
Bits of pungent white onion
may bring a tear to your eye
Maui Sweet, Vidalia or Walla Walla
mild or sweet characteristic taste
Extra virgin olive oil,the purest
processed with great care
with pure flavor of fresh olives
used quickly at highest peak
Intense and intoxicating flavorful
oregano, wild or sweet marjoram
small grayish green oval leaves
petite white or pink flowers
Blending together with morsels
soft creamy and brine-d Feta
create the most delicious
perfectly blended spinach pasties
© Julia A Knaake
Impetuous One
Oh my your words are of impetuous sound
acting on the spur of the moment said to me
consider the consequences of your action
possibly my lips you desired to be found
why would I give them willingly to thee
what would be your emotional reaction
if these luscious lips to yours were bound
then so quickly you would learn to see
my impulse may give a thought to some action
get your amorous thoughts back to the ground
if ever you wish my kisses to be given free
you must earn them yourself to the maxim.
© Julia A Knaake
Morning Thoughts
The temperature was twenty-four
I saw the sun rising out
my lace curtained window and
with an adventurous spirit
I bundled up with coat and scarf
for a brave short outdoor walk.
Waking up to the rumbling
sound of wind machines
in the apple orchards
is akin to being at an airfield
with all planes starting at once
with a thunderous sound.
I heard the birds high
in the cottonwood trees
making loud noises as to where
their nests they were building
would be placed for the
spring babes to be born.
A lone hound dog was barking
at the speeding cars with occupants
on their way to work scurrying
to wait in a long drive up to
buy that coffee they
could have made at home.
The temperature now is twenty-eight
Apple blossoms should survive
in these many Yakima orchards
so it's time for me to go back inside
and have a cup of hot black java...
where it is a bit warmer.
© Julia A Knaake
Finding Treasure
Won't you come
and find your
dear one
knowing
not who
they are
.today
seeing and
touching their
face you will
know they are
the one
who will
come to
you and
........say
I am here
dear one
dear one
I am here
to stay...
everyday.
© Julia A Knaake
Always for the better
May have not been realized
one has gone a long way
to changing someones life
always for the better
Your influence has taught them
how to be more confident
in their daily actions
always for the better
Being proud of their life
chosen by themselves
It is understood oh so well
always for the better
Your work has finalized
if needed will ask another day
now there will be no strife
always for the better
seems like a miracle gem
only for this recipient
a big smile is their reactions
always for the better
Advice awaits no more strife
searching for answers finally delves
in their search only they can tell
always for the better
© Julia A Knaake