Category: poetry
#FFF 69 Doodads (scheduled to post at 9 this morning but didn’t)
It’s been a pretty low-key week so far. On Tuesday, we went to Red Robin and then the bounce house in Grand Rapids, staying inside because of the heat. The following image was on the wall at Red Robin that was so compelling to me that I had to share it with you. I went…
American Pie — Happy 250th
American Pie Trappedinside by summer swelterhelter skelterwhere sweat shrinks usin disappointmentin fear’s stench. Will sparks ignite drought’s tinder?Bereft of being unable to separateseason’s fare from poisoned pens. Sliced apples, cinnamon, butter dabsin bleached white floured crust. I’velost my taste for it. Moral pancreasscreaming for lost limbs, curled soul. Time with family, friends, staves offa barrel…
Solstice Streams
Solstice StreamsTemperance and light reignAs ball pirouettes in favor;Northern green’s fertile breeze,Lawnmowers drone with bees;We honor gift of longest day.Withering cold and gloom reignAs ball’s bounced out of favor.Southern browns, plants asleep,Discontent and boredom creep;We endure the nil of shortest day.Whichever way the sphere turns,To Paradise or mood that yearns,Know that moments come and go;Live…
dVerse — OLN 410 — Summer Sirens
Summer SirensSweet seed-speckled sirensunder star or satellite compose juicy notes;merry among roundish lined fans, straw-slept,mesmerizing each sense when they call –even ears sigh in mmm’s anticipation –red hearts with green flouncy caps. Soft, temperate zephyrtells children its time torun along rows, eacha carton in tow,with intent –berries hidden, to find, toeat here and there, thenresisting,…
Tao-Talk 