Chocolate and Gold

A tight noose around the base

of the finger

changes the color

all the way up

to a chipped coral nail.

Only a week ago

the coat was fresh

flesh pink

breathing steadily

with each grasp

of fig truffle coated in gold

placed delicately in the mouth

held there to melt

on the tongue to savor.

There is really no way to loosen

the hold of platinum

unless you cut it off

or smear it with

dark chocolate gold

until it slips back
into the box.

© 2015 d.c.p.

Women, Work, and the Web: How the Web Creates Entrepreneurial Opportunities~ Edited by Carol Smallwood

An exciting new book out now! Edited by one of our contributors, Carol Smallwood, with a contribution by yours truly (Ch 2): http://www.amazon.com/Women-Work-Web-Entrepreneurial-Opportunities/dp/1442244275

Synopsis: 
In a tight economy women entrepreneurs are making progress in a field that has been traditionally (along with science, math, and engineering) one which women haven’t been well represented—technology. Women, Work, and the Web: How the Web Creates Entrepreneurial Opportunities is by contributors from the United States and Canada sharing how the Internet has opened doors, leveled the playing field, and provided new opportunities. How the Internet has helped women with young children, caretakers of disabled family members, women with disabilities. How it has helped female veterans gain employment, put women into work boots, publish in a male dominated world, become editors, online instructors, and hold the First International Day of the Girl. 

The Weight of Worry

The weight of worry

clips securely around the waist

a heavy chain of links

meant to maintain buoyancy

underwater.

Hips

shoulders

neck

submerge into the cool blue

liquid womb of a hotel spa.

Air bubbles disturb the peace.

Hair coils and flows in slow motion

around the face

revealing closed eyes

avoiding the burn.

One-by-one, weights

drop and sink.

Body rises up

and breathes again

as the weight of worry

falls on silent peaks
of snow white marble.

© 2014 d.c.p.

Writer's Craft Box Article

Recent publication on The Write Place at the Write Time:

http://www.thewriteplaceatthewritetime.org/writerscraftbox.html

How can you be silent?

How can you be silent?

Just sitting there

lonely with your silence

while the chord that connects

breath to breath

loses blood.

Unspeaking desperation 

tightly and adequately

twists 

into your sheet of will

I just may

still try

to uncoil you

out into the open.

© 2014 d.c.p

Published Works- Poetry Pacific

Recent publications (May 2014):

http://poetrypacific.blogspot.com/2014/05/3-poems-by-denise-powell.html

Glass Pitcher

I took hold right where the crack was

jutting downward toward the bottom

of the pitcher

of freshly juiced watermelon

mixed with shards of glass.

He told me to get rid of that thing,

It was a hazard
(a wedding present I chose to keep),

placed just so

in our stark white built-in,

crack to the wall.

It went unnoticed until

I brought it to life again

filled its belly with sweet pink nectar

and grabbed the top to pour.

It gave out in my hand

shattered in the web of my flesh.

Dynamite reflexes saved

my bare feet.

As I held pressure

to my dripping fingers

I knew I should have listened

not to hold onto a mere piece of glass so

beautiful

sculpted

and

about to break.

© 2014 d.c.p.