Poetry Month – April is Poetry Month! I have dabbled in poetry and have had some of it published in anthologies. Last year, I took a short class in poetry. Some of my notes from that experience: Poetry is a direct expression of your heart and your mind. Poetry is language of the heart. The heart can speak to poetry. Poetry is inner listening.

Here is one of my poems published in an anthology in Voices Along the River. 

The Time Piece

By Lupe Ruiz-Flores

Like a pendulum I swung

from your golden chain I dangled

in tune with your heartbeat

the ups and downs of your life.

A slice of treasured time

reflected in my golden armor

I played my soulful music

as you commanded.

My cover, an ornate, gilded eagle

perched proudly on solid rock

a reminder of the solidarity

we once shared.

Detached from you forever

I now become someone’s heirloom

my fine, embellished lines

caressed by the next in line.

AUSTIN

Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words. – Edgar Allen Poe