We’ve Always Been HappyWe were together again last nightsitting on the patio in our old aluminumlawn chairs, ice clinking in our gin and tonics playing cymbalswith the low beat from the radio. Smallanimals rustled in the underbrushat the bottom of … Continue reading NaPoWriMo 2022 day 24
Cruising the FestListen to the whirl of guitar & drum ridingon the breeze with whiffs ofThe Big River & roast beef po boysListen to the rustle & crunch ofpeople clapping, feet dancingin a crush of bodies & funWatch nimble fingers … Continue reading NaPoWriMo 2022 day 22
Wild ThingsI planted milkweed seeds over a year agonot knowing it would take almost as much timefor the tiny plants to flourish. I learned patience,such as it is in my impatient nature. Late in the fallthe tiny plants began to … Continue reading NaPoWriMo 2022 day 21
The Body is LonelyCity lights shine outside the windows making an aural gleamabove my tree lined neighborhood. On nocturnal walks I search for Venus and Mars, marvel at The Seven Sisters when they allow a peek,map the moon’s walk across … Continue reading NaPoWriMo 2022 day 20
PropagandaOpen your mind to the possibility that no one is completely rightor completely wrong. Every colorin the rainbow has many shades,every action has potentially differentreactions. Our futures are changeableby which decision we make. You and I don’t see eye to … Continue reading NaPoWriMo 2022 day 19
Nights on the MidwayBorn in a haunting of rhythm and steelA wild lingering skyI wake up there with youRemember a dazzlingand a salty fever on my heart It’s getting harder every day to come up with a poem! I don’t/can’t … Continue reading Napowrimo 2022 day 18
Tea x 2As he raised the tea cup to his lipsI thought how incongruous it lookedin his weatherbeaten hand, fragilevessel dotted with roses & ivyand a handle too small for his finger.But, oh, how gently he cradled itin his palm, … Continue reading NaPoWriMo 2022 day 17
Salt & WindSalty is her tonguewindy is her moodAn ever changing horizon of sea & skyShe roams her world on dunes in the sunset Backlit in gold & grace Thanks to artist John Phandal Law and The Wombwell Rainbow for … Continue reading NaPoWriMo 2022 day 16
Watching a Coral Reef on YouTube The cats and I are fascinated by stripes, speckles, electric blue & yellow, drifting orange, waving pearlescent white, golden dots, glowing eyes under rocks. We are voyeurs to underwater acrobatics, ballets of flipping fins, … Continue reading NaPoWriMo 2022 day 15
Oh here you are, there’s nothing left to say You’re not supposed to be that way —- The Goo Goo DollsWreckageBury it in the deepest sea.Let it settle among the ruins,sleep in clouds of seaweed.Let it swim through portholes,through barnacled … Continue reading NaPoWriMo 2022 day 13
