Stream of Tag

Anger
BLUE
Children
Christmas
DEATH
Demeter
Dogs

edited by Miriam Barr

Feijoa wine
Fire
Fools
GOD
Goddess
Grandparents
GREEN
Gustav Klimt
Hades
HEART
Infidelity
J
K
Libido
LOVE
Marriage
MEMORIES
Money
N
O
Pain
Persephone
Pink
POEMS

Poetry from the Fringe

Prostitution
Q
RED
Red lights
Rhiannon
Separation

Side Stream

Summer
the Kiss
Toxic shame
U
Virginity
Winter
X
YELLOW
Youth
Z

© Copyright 2010 Jodine Derena Butler.  All Rights Reserved

I Met a Girl

I met a girl

Red lights blazing

flashing backstreet bars

in an alleyway

shadows silent behind

lamppost’s, thin stripped

light bouncing off

her shoulders, Medusa

scantily clad

dancing through her

fractured halo,

stockings hiked up

high, lest the cold

penetrate, short skirt

on latticed silhouette(s)

tiptoes pointing

slipping in behind

taxis. Threadbare

pockets strain

fingertips smooth into

green folds;

a handful of jewels

lining her silk purse.

© 2009 Jodine Derena Butler. All Rights Reserved

First Published in Side Stream ‘Poetry From The Fringe’, Issue 19, 2009

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The Maiden

Long fingers reach cheeks flushed tender
Pink
Tapestried upon lily skin

Butterflies flitter joyfully dancing
Desired
Sweet and familiar

A bed of wildflowers cushion dreams
Scented
The Maiden surrenders

Gold threads weave jewelled glass beads
Bleed
Cycles young and old

Deflowered and dying gracefully

© 2007 Jodine Derena Butler. All Rights Reserved

First published in Sidestream, Issue 9, October 2007 “Poetry From The Fringe”
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RE BLOGGED Shadow Dancing with the Mind

Dogs At My Door (Redlight Series)

Lovers of pain and comfort, unconditional
with puppy dog eyes wide shut
Head on my stomach fur coat attired
foetal and like old things, worn
Moments and memories dispensed
a hairs breath between prickles
and whiskers tease
rubbing the shredded skin of dissociation
Thoughts escape, awakened
stirred and panting
Playful ball sports and eyebrows raise
sniffing familiarity
Belly rubs and legs splayed
assuming the mould from in behind, the scene
anticipation hungry for food
Dependence in exchange for love
money in exchange for lust
No flea’s here, no blood,
no life-sucking thoughts here
Gods comfort wrap fur-lined with licky tongue
slobbering kisses of conversation
Done and dusted.
© 2007 Jodine Derena Butler. All Rights Reserved
First Published in Side Stream, Issue 7, August 2007, ‘Poetry From The Fringe’