The Thirteen Floor
Oh, my mind resides
on the Thirteenth Floor
at the Riverside
back behind a door
made of oak and spruce
in Victorian style
and I keep it loose
here behind my smile
All my friends are here
cyber-found and true;
others will appear
when the moon is new
We’re expecting you
© 2014 Amy Barlow Liberatore/Sharp Little Pencil
Poets United wanted poems about the number 13, in poems of exactly 13 lines.
I counted them twice.
Peace, Amy
Sharp Little Pencil 
C.C.
Great flow to this…so lyrical.
Arushi Ahuja
Behind a door!! On thirteenth floor… Is very well said !!
georgeplace2013
What a terrific response to “13”. We must be neighbors. I’m on the same floor 🙂
Roger Green
The rooms in the B&B we stayed in last month were numbered 1-12 in the main house, and 13-14 in the carriage house. It would have been very easy to duck 13, which was our room, BTW, but they did not.
Mary
Hey, I sure do hope there is room for me on that 13th floor. Sounds like THE place to be. I enjoyed this, Amy.
Sharp Little Pencil
ROOM FOR YOU ALL, AND THANKS FOR COMMENTING! My response is always a visit to YOUR blog, so usually no responses here, sorry. Peace.
Gabriella
Nice take on the prompt, Amy! You made me smile with your 13th floor. It sounds like a nice place to be.
brian miller
def nice flow…if you are getting together with online friends, i hope you have fun…i met like a dozen or so…and its always a trip…meeting up with a couple tonight at a open mic in richmond
Susan
Here I am! Delighted
to be invited.
And waited for.
On the 13th floor.
Amy, Amy–how wonderful! I tried to read this as ominous, but could not.
Sharp Little Pencil
Susan, it started to feel a bit like you said, ominous, and I was going for set apart, so I guess I got there eventually! wink
Björn Rudberg (brudberg)
The 13th floor I read as a threat, but the rest of the poem just seem sweet and nice.. so it becomes almost a juxtaposition… love that.
Sherry Blue Sky
ooooh, a bit spooky that “We’re expecting you.” Loved your thirteen lines!
Sumana Roy
i like this sweet flow with a touch of mystery….
Walt Wojtanik
Ames! Keep the Java hot. I’ll be right down! Missed ya!
Sharp Little Pencil
Walt, what is it about WNYers and our coffee? Same with Binghamton. I make even my decaf strong enough to stand a spoon in. don’t like it? Here’s some cream, lol. Waiting for ya!
Walt Wojtanik
I like mine unadulterated, but thick and chewy? I’ll sharpen the dentures!
journalread
Nice rhythm, ma’am – loving it for what’s left unsaid.
Snakypoet (Rosemary Nissen-Wade)
I love it! (Expect me at full moon.)
Sharp Little Pencil
Rosemary, I’ll leave the door unlocked!
kaykuala
Lots of expectations
smoothly done
Great narrations
Wonder where one can run
Wonderful write
From Amelita in small bites!
Hank
Sharp Little Pencil
Hank, “only yoooooooooooooou…” Love you! Amelita
Truedessa
Ah, leaves me wondering what might be waiting on the “13th” floor..
Sabra Bowers
I love I keep it loose here behind my smile.