DANCING CHIMES
A tingling
Sound
Roused me
From
My nap.
I looked
Around
But no
One
Was about.
The tingling
Came again.
This time
I stood
And paced...
Looking
Everywhere
Yet not
A thing
Caught
My eye.
Tingle again
And again..
But where
From
I did not
Know.
Then I
Looked
Up
And saw
The wind
Chimes
Were dancing
With
The wind
At their
Heels.
That was
The
Tingling
That woke
Me!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
THE SCUPLPTOR
Squiggly
Lines
Fill the
Pages
Of the
Book
I an
Reading.
I laugh
I frown,
Even
At times
Shed a
Tear...
The lines
Are
So dear.
They are
Prose
And poetry
Such
Feelings
On pages
Never
Before
Have
I seen.
I read
It all
Over and over
Not getting
Enough
Of
The lines,
My heart
Aches
For
Encores!
So much
Joy
And beauty
In lines
So squiggly.
The writer
Must
Indeed be
A word
And line
Sculptor!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
THE LOUD BANGS
A loud
Bang
Woke me
Up.
I sat
Straight
Trying
To understand
From where
It had
Come.
Beside me
Booglie
Slept
Like
An angel!
A smile
On my
Face
I gently
Caressed
His brow
Whispered
That
I loved him
And fell
Back
Oh the
Pillow!
Just as
Sleep
Closed my
My eyes,
Another
Loud Bang
MAde
Me
Sit upright!
I looked
Around
But there
Was amiss...
It was then
That
My Booglie
Mumbled
In his
Sleep...
Fireworks,
Crakers
I'm so
Excited!
I knew
The source
Of
The
Loud bangs
Was
My ever sweet
Booglie
Full of
Gas!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
HER WISH!
Making a
Wish
She blew
Out the
Candles
Cutting the
Birthday
Cake.
It was
A wish
Unlike
Any other
She'd ever
Made.
There was
Cheering
Along with
Clapping
As the birthday
Song
Got sung...
She smiled
Through
The camdles'
Smoke.
Soon
She'd be
A fun
Ghost!
Everyone
Had cake
And sipped
Wine...
A midnight
Party
With guests
Of all kinds!
Just before
Dawn
All bid
Farewell,
Good luck
Returning
To their
Beds.
Our birthday
Girl
Tòo
Slipped under
Covers
And soon
Fell asleep
Alongside
Mate
Dracula!
She was
Sleeping
When
The sun
Rode the
Day
And awake
When
The moon
Shone again!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
THE BREEZE AND ME
There I
Was
Dancing
Freely.
The music
Was
Birdsong
My companion
The breeze...
We danced
And sang
Together
With
The birds
Buzzing
Bees!
My Ladies
In waiting
Watched
And cheered
Me
On,
As they
Too
Danced
Alongside
The gentle
Wind
And me.
Loud,
They sang
In harmony
As I
Danced
In the
Garden
Late in
The eve!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
DECEPTION
Asleep
He was
Dreaming
Ot
His girl.
So pretty
And sweet
With a
Smile
To die
For.
She made
The man
Never
Falter
In his
Heart's
Say.
Love
True
Love
Is all
The man
Felt for
The girl
He dreamed
Of
Their
Future,
So perfect
Just like
Her smile,
Yes, he
Knew
They'd be
Happy
For Long
Whiles!
She loved
The man
Too
And hoped
Fervently
That her
Smile
Was made
Of
False teeth!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
POETIC PRISM
Heard a
Whispered
Joke.
Laughed
So loud
The silence
Broke.
A Thousand
Shards
Of
Quiet
Scattered
At
My feet...
I watched
The pieces
Shimmer
In the
Candle light
Crystal diamonds,
What a
Sight.
I picked
A shard
Carefully
So as to
Look
Through
It...
Such a
Pretty
Prism
Of
A poem!
Closing
My eyes
I wished
Three times
To be
Therein
Within the
Prism
Inside the
Rhyme!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
