PUBLISHED JOYS

Dear reader,

Thank you for visiting, liking, subscribing and commenting on this site. It is my pleasure to share snippets of my life and thoughts with you. I appreciate you being here. Whether you are new or an old friend of this site, you are welcomed and your presence matters.

I love to share something delightful with you today. It is always very exciting to see our written work published. Whether it be in a magazine or a literary publication. I personally get goosebumps of happiness seeing my poetry reposted, and published online or offline. It means a lot to me.

Today, I extend my heartfelt thanks to Spillwords for featuring a few of my poems over the last few years. They also did an author’s interview with me and it can be accessed through the below link.

https://spillwords.com/author/hanarubinstejnova

I trust you share this joy with me. In appreciation.
Yours,
Hana

MIDNIGHT MUSINGS – ‘Silly Words of Delayed Sleep’

my friend has a friend and their friend
told my friend ‘s friend about my friend
who knew? we all are now best friends!
….

i was stimulating my visual cortex
watching flames
until the fire in my spine
became double helix
….

my feet are on fire
must have been
fast running
from my duties
….

chances like this don’t come often
until one day when the bag splits open
and they all start pouring out
into the Santa’s lap
….

thoughts are those little flickering specs
that dissapear faster than you can say
i know
….

stop pushing your luck
and instead pull the rabbit
out of the bagpipes
….

don’t ask me what this means
i write what comes unfiltered
like a turkish coffee
….

the sediment is rather dark and deep
the mind is even more so
….

without the freedom to express
the change is very slow
….

got stuck in a heatwave
not a fan!
….

my god who would you have to bless
if you didn’t create me?
….

please put some scense into this
nonsense
….

and i have tumor…typo …two more
….

anticipation is detrimental to health
so i jump into speeches
….

reflecting on our life means
many lived experiences

MIDNIGHT POETRY – ‘Sweet’

tip of the tongue
sweet taste sensor
soft and naughty
giving pleasure
with a flaw
new and enlarged
body

on the menu
delicatessen
on the mind
sense of guilt

reflecting
always
too late
the moment
of delight
followed by
remorse

MIDNIGHT POETRY – ‘The Christmas Fairytale’

the year comes to a close
few more days of cheer
fill our stockings

red green and gold
color everywhere
display of lights

the hunt for presents
visible at the mall
no price too high

on the holy day
eat drink and chat
little too much

year after year
the same rituals
followed to the letter

anchored in
the collective mind
the illusion of Santa

sleigh reindeers the works
the story that never
gets old

no talk of when
or if ever will
Santa retire