FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: HEART FLAMES Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Heart Flames are invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, February 15th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

Saturday, February 15, 2025

Michelle Smith


Heart flames fanned for me


My ticker unknowingly

is worn on my sleeve.

Wrapped up in clover.

Green and awe struck

no envy. He does not

even know me. Crushing

on a fantasy. Humming

Smokey's "Crusin'" song

a CD, cassette, or LP

Heart flames quell me.

Blushed plum on my face

with the mention of

his name. Cheek

to cheek in my

eyes mind, we sway

to the music. To each

others open arms

embracing not weary.

Heart flames I wish

that into each other

our auras are melting.

I am Aretha Franklin,

and you are the Temptations'

Dennis Edwards in the song,

"Day Dreaming", lyrics

"...and I'm thinking of you."




Love


is patient, love is kind. It

does not envy, it does not

boast, it is not proud.


1 Corinthians 13:4-8





"Were They of Hope?"


The fizzling of bubbles from

Coca Cola carbonation

rising to the liquidity

top. Floating flames

of my heart are bubbles

aged and called ma'am,

Respectfully. I'm

tiring of being called that

and my name isn't Sam.

Heart flames fanning

Godiva & Russell Stover

yummy chocolates. Ooh an

treats will be 50 percent off.

I'll celebrate cheaply. Heart

day officially will over.

My guy texted me:

"What are you doing today?"

It's the day of romance

or is it finance and

four-leaf clovers?

Head over heels in love

once were we? I asked

him back. Heart flames

burned out a while ago.

"Freedom's just another

for nothing else to do."

Janis Joplin's lyrics

sang. My fluff and stuff

Baby Boomer body from 30 to 62

isn't what it used to be.

Your Gen X from 26 to 58

Head & Shoulders hair mane

shows a comb over shiny

goose egg. Vintage into

our union of year 33.

"I've got myself to remind me of love."

Sang Frankie Beverly & Maze

So. Heart flames are the jeweled

amethyst in the SAP photo post.

A shiny glow on top,a sandy beach,

like our memories that

now ebb and flow.

Coca Cola bubbles cease rising

Were they of hope?



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It's no- thing but a game that fucks me up ya know  and i  can't  take a pic- ture