I Heart Beat
Image by Kim Nelson (used with permission)
I Heart Beat
I heart you sky
I heart you blue
I heart you cloud
I heart you true.
I heart you here,
there too and fro’–
I heart you now
and then and mo’.
I heart you even
when eve do fall–
(and adam too)
I heart you all.
So, lord, don’t hurt me–
jes’ hold me tight,
so’s I can ear
your heart all night.
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Here’s a sort of ditty for With Real Toads, Kerry O’Connor, and a prompt focusing on beautiful images made by Kim Nelson. Don’t know about the last two stanzas! Had something lighter –but you know me – if I can add some gloom, I will! Oh well!
I am also posting for dVerse Poets Pub Open Link Night.
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ManicDDaily 
January 14, 2013 at 11:14 am
Ha! The adding of gloom is a true gift. This is fun, k, still, and not too searingly lowdown. I think the way the words fall in that little descending singsong helps keep the mood up, and what could be more hopeful than that third stanza? Enjoyed it much.
January 14, 2013 at 11:16 am
Thanks. It started out so simple but too long, then I cut but also complexified. I am no longer so sure I improve things when I mess with them, but still mess with them.
On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 11:14 AM, ManicDDaily
January 14, 2013 at 11:34 am
How lovely! I love the rhythm of this piece, a little gospel, an e the rhyming adds to my whole impression that this should be sung.
January 14, 2013 at 1:57 pm
I thoroughly enjoyed this … I can hear the heart beat!!
January 14, 2013 at 1:59 pm
This is so fun, Kay!! I love the rhythmic feel of this and the prayerful ending!! Well done!
January 14, 2013 at 5:29 pm
haha fab word play in this…particularly like the bit around adam and eve…lol…and the double meaning…i heart you too k…smiles…this reminds me a bit of some of nikki giovanni’s playful stuff…
January 14, 2013 at 5:33 pm
Ha! Well, thanks so much Brian. Feeling is mutual! k.
January 15, 2013 at 6:12 am
Clever. I never would have thought that it would work, but it does. It works just fine – and it’s great fun into the bargain!
January 15, 2013 at 7:16 am
Karin, this is beautiful. In fact, I think this is my favorite poem of yours ever. Makes me want to say “Awwwww” at the end. Seems so ‘simple’ in form, but really is constructed so well and has such a deep meaning. Love, love, love it!
January 15, 2013 at 7:22 am
Hey, Mary. Thanks so much. I haven’t written anything new for OLN so maybe will use! Thanks. k.
January 15, 2013 at 10:58 am
I enjoy the innocent musicality of this poem. trust overrides fear in the end. simply and beautifully.
January 15, 2013 at 3:04 pm
earing his heart all night…i like…i often wonder what i’ve done when i had been in that garden instead of eve.. probably just the same..ugh..
January 15, 2013 at 3:12 pm
Oh dear! You can’t think like that. I mean, I’m sure I would have. But that’s what being human is! k.
January 15, 2013 at 3:09 pm
I heart this, and I heart life and my kids still heart your art 😛
January 15, 2013 at 3:13 pm
Well, thanks – this one isn’t mine, but I really love doing the art. If you look on categories for elephants, there are tons of them! k.
January 15, 2013 at 3:15 pm
We had a quick look earlier! BRILLIANT!!
January 15, 2013 at 3:32 pm
Simple yet lovely to read out loud ~ I love the message, pleading for understanding and heart ~
January 15, 2013 at 3:37 pm
aw… a sweetness in your words… amazing what a hug will do
January 15, 2013 at 3:42 pm
I have to confess that the phrase “I heart you” meaning “I love you” has always bugged me, but somehow it works here. I’ll never hear that phrase in quite the same way ever again. Peace, Linda
January 15, 2013 at 3:49 pm
Ha! Thanks, Linda. I will readily confess that it is not a phrase I have ever actually used (or I think would use normally) in that way! It just seemed to go with the image. k.
January 15, 2013 at 4:26 pm
Karin, this is lovely!
January 15, 2013 at 5:03 pm
This has a catchy, heartbeat-like rhythm. I enjoyed it.
January 15, 2013 at 5:12 pm
I like the gloom! it twists it just right. Makes it more complex.
K….you have developed your poetry in the last year to such levels.
Brava.
Lady Nyo…and Claudia is going to love it, too.
January 15, 2013 at 5:43 pm
Ha@ Thanks, Jane. k.
January 15, 2013 at 7:29 pm
I like your ending here. A heartbeat is so soothing.
January 15, 2013 at 7:55 pm
So lovely, such fun and goes so well with the painting…both lovely.
January 15, 2013 at 8:06 pm
Oh, how I love this! The cadence is ideal and the dialect, so obvious in the final stanza, is endearing and grounding in locale.
January 15, 2013 at 8:09 pm
Thanks so much, Kim. A lovely image. I really like them all, but I love the color especially here. k.
January 15, 2013 at 9:01 pm
Different, but I really like it.
January 15, 2013 at 9:28 pm
This is wonderful, it reads like a song.
January 15, 2013 at 9:59 pm
THanks, Kelly. k.
January 15, 2013 at 11:14 pm
A great pulse flushes my upper chamber as I read 🙂
goes Boom! Boom! Boom!
You never miss a beat! 😀
January 16, 2013 at 12:22 am
Ha- thanks so much, Arron! I really enjoyed yours tonight! Although I hope I don’t dream of it! k.
January 15, 2013 at 11:50 pm
❤ this!
January 16, 2013 at 12:22 am
Ha! k.
January 15, 2013 at 11:57 pm
I absolutely love this!! Great rhythm and flow. I love the dialect too!
January 16, 2013 at 12:55 am
I enjoyed this lighthearted take…thanks for the grin 🙂
January 16, 2013 at 1:15 am
nice. Really like the repetition and the almost childlike love in here. The adam line was nice, and the Jes’ I liked a lot, as it can be Jesus or diction for just. Really enjoyed and great painting by Kim, great choice to accompany your piece.
January 16, 2013 at 4:09 am
…ah, and i heart your poem Karin… an reminder to love and just simply love everything around… beautiful… and the artwork, it speaks to me so deeply…kudos to Kim… smiles…
January 16, 2013 at 8:13 am
Here’s to the gloom…The last stanza adds such a great resolution, brings all the hearts together. Very nice job on this.
January 16, 2013 at 11:19 am
lots of fun with your words
January 16, 2013 at 11:24 am
This was fun to read. I don’t think the end was gloomy. Really like this. It’s so original.
January 16, 2013 at 11:30 am
I like it! The rep makes it quite musical and Kim’s pic is v pretty
January 16, 2013 at 12:06 pm
I heart your poetry 🙂
January 16, 2013 at 5:36 pm
I like the bounce…very nice and musical.
January 16, 2013 at 11:38 pm
Thanks Shanyns. k.
January 16, 2013 at 5:45 pm
Karin,the short lines lend themselves well to the read. Very nicely done.
Pamela
January 16, 2013 at 11:38 pm
Thank you, Pamela.
January 16, 2013 at 8:20 pm
I LOVE it! I am grinning so hard. 🙂
January 16, 2013 at 11:38 pm
Thanks so much. k.
January 17, 2013 at 1:17 am
There is so much whimsy here, and yet there’s more to it. The last two stanzas are perfectly brill! Peace, Amy
January 17, 2013 at 1:30 am
Thanks, Amy. k.
On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 1:17 AM, ManicDDaily