Like Venus

 

Like Venus 

 

You stand statuesque,

Like a masterpiece beauty.

Men discuss your smile,

Or lack thereof, as it were,

Making you so damn angry.

 

Into the Distance

 

Along the roadside

A taut high wire beckoning

Power lines reach far

Mystery in each atom

Beckoning us all onwards

 

 

Like Venus 

 

You stand statuesque,

Like a masterpiece beauty.

Men discuss your smile,

Or lack thereof, as it were,

Making you so damn angry.

 

 

Rusting

 

Drip-drop-drip of tears

Results in oxidation

Of all that they touch

 

 

 

 

 

Rose Menyon Heflin

 

 

Rose Menyon Heflin is an emerging poet and artist from Wisconsin who loves nature and travel.  Among other venues, her work has recently been published or is forthcoming in Asahi Haikuist Network, Bramble, The Closed Eye Open, Eastern Structures, The Ekphrastic Review, Haikuniverse, The Light Ekphrastic, Littoral Magazine, The Parliament Literary Magazine, Plum Tree Tavern, Red Alder Review, Red Eft Review, Sparked Literary Magazine, Three Line Poetry, Trouvaille Review, Visual Verse, and The Writers Club.