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!