First Poem for the Blog

Well today I finally finished a poem that has been running around my head for 2 months. I have always said that I don't write poetry, it writes itself when its ready. This seems so true with this one. I have been collecting images in my head of the men who eat at the Salvation Army, knowing there are poems to be found there and finally one has emerged. The more I read it the more I like it so hopefully others will too.. But one thing I have always been certain about, I don't write to please the masses, I write what is in my heart.

Leprechaun

Chipped nails
and oversided knuckles
grip the brown paper fiercely.

Deep set eyes
dart quickly 'round
for safety,
While thin lips
mutter thanks.

Nesting then
upon and overturned milk crate,
hunched shoulders
guard the prize.

Yesterday's ham
between two slices of bread
and a twinkie.

A toothless smile
lingers over this
pot of gold

and I am the leprechaun.

~Caly D 2005~