October 2007

            
The Poetry Of Michelle
            Angelini


            


            Write My Name Across the Sky

            
Write my name across

            a limpid lazuline sky,

            topped with whipped cream clouds

            where thermal-flying birds

            lose direction in its clarity.

            Reach your hands across its azure

            freedom capturing mine to fend

            off the loneliness

            I sense in smiles and living

            that have turned into painful

            reminders of loss and fear.

            
Write my name across the shadowy sky

            when scarlet flames and crimson accents

            signal day's desertion and make way

            for night's somber communion

            between moon and stars. Help me

            comprehend during darkness,

            mystified minds and hearts may renew

            before sun's eventual ascent.

            
Write my name across

            the storm-studded sky

            as thunder and lightning

            punctuate lessons when zephyrs and siroccos

            propel the atmosphere's

            liquid or frozen drops from brooding billows

            to an imprisoned and parched

            landscape. Coach this pain-secluded

            heart the sun's rays shine behind

            and after the darkest storm, guiding

            me to view this luminosity

            as an unshakeable truth.

            
No Life Too Small

            
Life,

            a broken butterfly,

            makes leafy imprints

            in hearts' concrete.

            Setting suns

            on beating hearts:

            the sorrowful cries

            and shed tears

            can't absolve sadness

            or separation.

            Memories cradled

            in togetherness

            where hushed nights

            remain longer

            than active days.

            
Saying good-bye

            to a life, no matter

            how small,

            cuts rivers

            that weren't

            there before.

            No Lethe,

            only the flow

            of painful parting

            and too much

            remembrance.

            
Michelle Angelini is a Southern
            California poet who's love of poetry began more than 27 years
            ago. She lives in Hollywood with her 2 cats, Sasha and Gandalf,
            and her guinea pig, Tiger. In 2004, Michelle graduated with her
            BA in English/Creative Writing and went on to tutor students
            in the LA Unified School District in Language Arts and math.
            Having been published in many SoCal publications, such as the
            San Gabriel Valley Poetry Quarterlies, she writes poetry, using
            as her subject matter and themes: animals, nature, music, life,
            death, and everyday experiences. Michelle also enjoys reading,
            volunteering with the humane society and a small theatre, plays,
            photography, and watching football.