All of my hosta doubled this year My Rose of Sharon hit 6 feet this summer The peonies were so fragrant The marigolds took over the patch by the garage I started some red pine from seeds! Those iris rhizomes you gave me all bloomed! The tomato seeds from the heirlooms all sprouted The lilacs…
Tag: #OctPoWriMo2017
Day 23 — OctWriPoMo — Fall
image linkimage link Nonet, poetry form with 9 lines and syllables equal to the line number. Fall serves as season and as actor Cloud blankets squeezed of daily drops Apples dripped off their branches Wet wings drop altitude Temperatures ebb Daylight dwindles Seeds plummet Moods dip Moon
Day 20 — OctWriPoMo — Jones
Little house big trees On a city’s main artery Sons long gone Neighbor’s son Growing from brat To freak Fence graffiti weekly Time to move on PATIENT Realtor Websites SWMRIC Showings Drive-bys Tours Bids Repeat Repeat Repeat Years Resignation Then…. Swmric HIT Not far Jumped in the car Drive…. Stop Window tour Back…
Day 19 — Oct WriPoMo — A Mother’s Dream
image link With black furry paws and retractable claws a vixen fashioned a place of twigs and fur beneath two rocks, a warm and protected space. A vixen’s curled in her cozy den when the bays of the hounds come close again. She snuggles her kits close and shivers, not with cold. She…
Day 18 — OctWriPoMo — Innies and Outies
image link Innies and Outies One A place in the sun – by myself or with a friend. Sugar sand, bright blue sky, Blazing heat, with water nearby. A big terry towel, coconut oil, A small tote cooler with El Chapo hard cider. Quiet talk, or none at all. Pandora on the phone And…
Day 17 — OctWriPoMo — Peacock and Butterfly
image link The challenge was to write a poem/story with no more than a total of 50 different words used. I counted 53 total. It was fun. You have heard the story of the croc and clock, But have you heard the story of the butterfly and peacock? Molly and Polly went walking one day…
Summer’s End
Summer’s End Cicadas’ chorus Replaced by crickets’ chirps Whoosh of leaves Replaced by rustle Sun as Close King Replaced by Retreating Prince Balmy breezes Replaced by chilled rushes Lounging waterside on beach towels Replaced by huddles on blanketed benches Trees arrayed with greenery Replaced by decaying colors Waking to light and sleeping still light Replaced…
Tao Talk 