lovelorn hunger
this emptiness has no bottom
and I’m still cooking
as kitchen burns
~into night sky~
I now scream why
the only thing
I taste is
dying stars
Written For dVerse Poets Pub My first Puente Poem!!
Still Cooking
poet and author of The Light in the Cave
Tricia Sankey 
“the only thing/I taste/is dying stars” – Fantastic! I loved this!
Thanks, Evan! 💝
A wonderful Puente … bridge line connects beautifully.
Glad you like it, Helen! 💖
Wow! It’s like a trip especially with the transition. A descent into emotion and vulnerability. The final few lines are just brilliant and I can feel that urge to scream as it was building up. Fantastic work! I loved this, beginning to end.
Thanks for your comment, I was surprised how much fun Puente poems can be!
Tricia, your poem literally made me shudder when I read the first line of the second stanza. I could hear the scream.
💔
David
Just approving this one as well from my spam folder. What is wrong with WordPress. Shudder must be a trigger word for them, lol! Thanks for reading David! 💝
Astronomically good, Tricia! 🙂
🌠 Thanks, Ingrid! 🌠
I feel that ‘lovelorn hunger’ and the emptiness with no bottom, Tricia, and love ‘the only thing I taste is dying stars’.
Thanks, Kim! ❣️
So well done, Tricia. The bridge line works perfectly. You can feel the rage burning, and I LOVE
“the only thing
I taste is
dying stars”
Thanks, Merril! I think the puente is going to be a favorite of mine, now! 💕
Jane Dougherty got me started on them. I really like them, too.
Intense emotion radiating out of this, Tricia.
Thanks, Lisa! I must have been in a mood when I wrote it! 😆
LMAO!
That is one hell of an emotional bridge to cross. I really felt it.
Thanks so much, Sean! 💖
Oh this is so so gorgeous, Tricia 😀 I love the image of lovelorn hunger, the cooking filling the night sky and gosh the “only thing I taste is dying stars.” Unforgettable poem! 💝💝
Appreciate your kind words, Sanaa! 🥰
WELL! I wish you were sitting next to me …. you would have heard a very audible “Ohhhhh” escape my lips at the end of reading this. What an impact! Just a great example of the form.
Smiling from your comment, Lillian! Thanks so much! 💝
The taste of the dying stars – spectacular puente poem. Thanks for joining u.s
Thanks so much, Grace! ❣️