“There’s no place like home” Farm hand pump trickleswater into livestock trough,its clarity is interrupted onlyby textured superficiality. Water into livestock troughserves as mirror and magnifierfor still, swimming pool blue. Its clarity is interrupted onlyby patched seam, goldenrod reflections,and a single milkweed puff. By textured superficiality,benefactor’s childhood home returns, withsmooth, odorless animal sculptures. *Title taken…
Author: Lisa or Li
mother, grandmother, gardener, observer of nature, reader, writer, learner, bicyclist, woman who runs with the wolves, lover of music, philosophical daoist. Welcome.
POPO2024 Day 10
Late night talk show hostsmake jokes, let masses ventat each day’s madness.But their cruel slightson POTUS unveiled uglinessthat even Colbert & Stewart,the best of the best,are corporate overlord-paidhacks.(a sad day in USA)
POPO2024 Day 9
So many thoughts cavort,yet this morning few wishto volunteer to tumble outline up in any orderly fashionfrom realm of pinballsand distraction.As usual, I use nature as bait.Look! The sulfur cosmosis in full bloom!Now wait. They line up onto the blank slate.
Doodads over past (busy) week
On Monday, a group of 8 of us, 6 adults and 2 kids, drove out to the farmer’s market I frequent, where a playground and farm animal petting area has been added over the summer. The playground included a giant tractor tire that has been made into a sandbox, with included farm equipment trucks to…
POPO2024 Day 8
Summer BreezeSulfur cosmos dance,little suns in themselves,on thick stems, feathery leaves.Cottonwood leaves flip, frantic,flashing silver, like water in sky.Apple tree boughs bob gently,laden with wormy fruit.Cardinals trapeze, tree to feeder.The cats and I, cool inside, respitefrom blaze blasting life outside.
POPO2024 Day 7 — Pisces Heart (as titled by Gia)
Pisces HeartWe’re at Lake Michigan today.Weather forecasted rightlycloudy and 80. The spot is Duck Lake channel, shallowand connects to the big lake,warm water, toddler waist deep.Granddaughter climbs inflatable(inland freshwater) sea turtle.Big lake ices me to dead goose fleshwhile kids and grandkid splash warm.I could be skinnier, younger, moreat peace, but today can’t get any better.
POPO2024 Day 6
Bluejays are calling this morning.Cicadas also sound in summer.Cicadas call at its zenith,jays in its wind-down.Cicadas have no tree preferencethat I know of, but jays like oak.At my old place with its oaks,perhaps ripening acornsget them hungry, impatient; yet there are no oaks here.Whatever their reason, calling jaysremind me of home.
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