A Tranquility of Eternity

No need to worry.

When clover sparkles with rain,

Tranquility reigns.

No need to hurry.

When flowers reach for the sun,

Eternity waits.

Of Doves and Buzzards

                                                     Of doves and buzzards

                                                      There are pairs

But the lone coyote

Does not have the cares

That paired ones share

And keeps more distance

Not having wings to fly away

To begin with.

But of doves and buzzards

With voice of night

The lone coyote sings

                                                     Broadcasting plaintive plight

                                                       Unanswered.

Salty Eternity

From the winged elm efflorescence

A cardinal's song is born

And flies to heart grown numb with noise

And makes it feel again.

And much of trouble, more of pain

Pulses through its core

Like bitter water sweetened

Through deep artesian well.

And one tear overflowing

Is all the elm will need

To remember a timeworn taste

Of a salty eternity.

Epitaph to a Tree

Lay down arms

And sleep the good fight

Long live the tree.

Out On a Limb

We don't mind when you go out on a limb

To make us laugh.

We don't mind when you go out on a limb

To help us.

We don't even mind when you go way out

To annoy us,

Because you are the Annoyasaurus.

But no more going out on a limb!

Angst Revisited

Teen angst penciled

by my son . . .

I am impressed,

but wonder where it comes from . . .

Then I remember

those dangerous formative days . . .

And know not all my angst

has left me.

Eyes of March

The eye of Spica

Star of Virgo

The eye of Josiah

Hiding, his bath to forgo

The eye of Acorn

Soprano of burro concerto

The eye of my daughter

Hears souls crescendo

The eye of her camera

Finds mementos. 

Rain AND Roof

L ike
A ll
U biquitous
G ivens
H omeless
T ears
E viscerate
R ationality




                                                                                    U ntil 
N o
D elusions
E vade
R eality

R ain
A nswers
F ace,
T ickles
E vening
R aftered
S ky




L aughter
U nder
R afters
E ntertains
D eliverance

L aughter
U nder
R afters
E ntices
S olemnity



Posted at Poets United Poetry Pantry #141

Hades' Flower

Like meat cured
Packaged and preserved
Labeled 100%
Of what it is not
You are cured
Only there is no cure
Only preservation
Postponing the ultimate
Reservation made by worms
As recorded in Job
One wholly at ease and quiet
And one in the bitterness of his soul
Alike in the dust these lie
And the worms taste both
These states of mind.

 

This forgotten ground

The shape of this mound

Where Hades' flower blooms

A feast for the eyes

A cure for winter's gloom and doom

Despite knowing another banquet

Here was held

Sweet dirt the crumbs

That nourish life

And cynicism.

Prompted by Verse First ~ The Cure at Poets United.

Releasing Daffodils

Photo by Falls From Tree

Geometry in the moment

In my child's mind grasped

Enlightens both of us

She finds meaning

In the measure of the earth

And I behold knowledge bloom

Upon her face 

Made even more beautiful

Like a winter landscape

Releasing daffodils and catching suns

Upon my face

Dried grasses that could start a fire

Enough to keep us warm

Through any winter.

Posted at Poets United Poetry Pantry #140