Ground-cover along drivewayresists heat of boulders ’roundwhich they curve.Sedum and woolly thymeride surface of powdery earthlike blooming toupeeon octogenarian’s head.I hear them sigh as hoseshowers cool them in last of day.
Category: poetry
dVerse Tuesday Poetics — Fate’s Welcome
Fate’s Welcome Luna’s limelight lures, her mute scream’s casting call,a promise, a pact wakes me within a dream, to fallunder sickly green Halloween spell, her price to tell.She says my drowsing pleas to travel Cronos’ Well,to past, where innocents have lost souls to darkveil;to lift its curse with might, restore their sacred braille,have been heard….
POPO 2026 Day 13
Should I go back to work? Home maintenance cries for attentionbut so do Mlady & Dotty, my cats.Monks live in caves, at peace.Does monk peace energy improvethe world? Although not a monk,if I leave my cave, my work mayimprove the world; and definitelywould refresh-renovate my home. note: poem was writtenJuly 13, when Dotty was still…
POPO 2026 Day 12
Fires across MN and Canadasend smoke to blanket MI.Hazy heavy heat holds usand every lifehealth hostage.Through A/C it cools home airas it enters, but particulates invade.Tired Trees work overtime,guzzling aerial CO2 residueof distant dying brethren,pumping out respitemana for our lungs. written July 12, 2026
POPO 2026 Day 11
At a friend’s annual work evalher supervisor gave her a “5”and sent the eval to adminfor signature. Admin sent itback, unsigned, and saidnobody’s perfect. Always roomfor improvement. That sentimentmost certainly applies to admin.
POPO 2026 Day 10
Nettle tea brings deep sleepwith vivid, detailed dreamsbetter than any chamomile,melatonin, or valerian root.Almost too good, as I findmy sleeping life’s much moreexciting than my waking one.
OLN 417 — Vent Session (haibun)
Vent Session I know that you are, like I am, ripping your hair out with frustration at the saturated poisonous begging streams of political ads, emails, texts, billboards, etc. I can turn the tv ads off. I can turn my head from the billboards. The spam-catcher flips email into spam folder which can be mass-deleted…
