It’s been a busy weekend for doing plant things. Yesterday older son came over and put together 2 corrugated metal planters with 3ftx4ft (approx) dimensions. Thank you for making it easy for me, son! Pictures later of those once I decide where they are going to go, get them situated and full of dirt,…
Month: April 2023
Kerfe’s RWG 7 — Melted Wax
Mackenzie Davis as Mariette in Blade Runner 2049 my knotty, curly apparel,purple cactus coat, fringesits naughty dance; latches,smothers, and thrills withscalding strange draw asregret boils in amber glass insidious pretend whimsykeys its caress, scratchesunreachable itch to smashnests of enthusiastic grips;hushed prisons, melted wax. Note: I did not write this poem with the character in…
#FF — Smoke on the Water
PHOTO PROMPT © Brenda Cox Bird and Don enjoyed sailing on the Hill’s fifty-footer, but they were tired of being guests. The salesperson assured them no knowledge was needed for pontoon boats; just fill the tank, hop on, and go. They christened her Maryjane and invited a dozen guests for Memorial Day on the water….
dVerse — Poetics — Songs of My Parents
“The Art of Music,” by Adam Santana I am my father’s daughter as I walk through tall grass that whispers melodies in every season. River songs pause in winter to catch breath for spring’s gurgles. I see him there, sun in his eyes, his white t-shirt and faded overalls. I am my mother’s daughter, polar…
Tanka Tuesday 317 — Two Tankas
I watch deer at dusk out my back slider before turning on the lights; as dark shrouds them, I wonder are they still there — or just ghosts? Breakfast cafe fare of chai and vegan croissant, sitting across from my son; infinity rests with us in this moment’s food and talk. Colleen Chesebro is the…
Earth Day 2023 EcoTrek Fitness, Happy Little Trees 5K Walk
Cari Draft, my fitness guru and founder of EcoTrek Fitness, leading the Earth Day Walk at Hoffmaster(that’s me lollygagging behind [i.e. struggling to keep up] with Cari’s husband, Jeff) Several months ago I saw the Happy Little Trees program through the State of MI DNR and that they were having a 5K for Earth Day. …
Kerfe’s RWG 6 — Testament of Spring
Toad squeak, giddy in spring fizz as new green leaves weep April rain.Feathers’ unboxed crayons shake,sun-paroled from winter’s jail. En-joyed, birds sing songs of suet cakes,fat with fruits and nuts; now dessertafter fresh worms and autumn seeds,their fluffed, animate cubes transformto art, testament of survival and heart. toad, giddy, fizz, weep, shake, crayon, nut, weep,…
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