Featured Poet: Linette Rabsatt
Good morning! Today’s feature is a wonderfully talent poet I’ve only just recently been introduced to, Linette Rabsatt. Check out her poetry below, and be sure to read her offerings included within the upcoming anthology Rebirth. Linette also has a book out, I’ll include a purchase link at the bottom.
Gracious
I saw them in the mire
but I still admire their image
so trim but so not like him
not like coming to term
with the grim realities
the game of life and
it’s trivialities
neither the main focus
on the grim but tame winds
that circle the hem
of the main mare’s mane
because you cannot tame
us or ram us into
the abyss
but on my list is
what is mine
and despite the dirt
in the mire I shine
like them
unhemmed
and grazing like a ram
with a gem on its horn
Vivid Pictures
I vividly remember
that sunny day in December
it was a humdrum conundrum
that I can’t explain
as everything seemed
out of sync
too many broken links
entangled kinks
sending me to the brink
of madness
but even as my heart’s sadness
put the sun to rest
the ocean was too heated
and the dolphins flew away –
defeated
and it’s not like I cheated
destiny
but if you follow me
you would understand
that no ordinary man
comprehends a dream
when all you do is
wake up and scream
because your heart is on fire
The Password
Inflight music
is an oxymoron
when you’re standing on land
so you gotta be
overseeing the expanse
so high that
even a field of
Morning Glory
Lookalikes
Can’t be seen
So delightful
That the sea
Handles light
With precision
And emits love
That defies the spectrum
And this is exuded
in the wavelengths
The password is:
Blue
Yellow Eyes
yellow eyes
the common numerator
but the smile divides
as the appendages
shine
could it be a demon nation?
because the denominator
is more than a cavity
morose minded
a disciplined un-discipled
singled from the pack
added to the flock
usurping the cohort
multiplying mischief
Bio
Linette Rabsatt is a Virgin Islands poet with roots in the BVI and USVI who began writing in 1996. You can find her work in her Kindle book, "Be Inspired: Poems by Linette Rabsatt," in Pulse Poetry Magazine, on her blog, Words of Ribbon, and on the Visual Verse and Micromance Magazine websites. She was nominated for a 2024 National Spoken Words Award for Best International Artist and won the 2024 Read Yuh Ting TOO Virtual Caribbean Poetry Contest.
You can find a copy of Be Inspired: Poems by Linette Rabsatt here https://a.co/d/e2OwuW3
