Archives: Poems
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Ornaments
There are shatterproof ornaments now and trees that need no water. We can box up our entire Christmas and store, along with unused wrapping paper, yellowed love letters– in plastic containers. Not like before, when every year a favorite glass ball shook loose from a dried out Douglas fir, splintered. Holidays were more fragile, hearts…
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July 2023
It’s so hot the Jehovah’s witnesses have given up after 30 years our house looks like an unweeded garden
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April 2023
early April blossoms brown green tedium old dog sleeps through 40 waves of thunder Another sour Saturday draped in rain
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March 2023 Haiku
first of March cacophony one complaining rooster two scolding crows — — — a few first dogwood blooms stake out their blossoming turf — — — the saucer magnolia like our elderly dog has rallied
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From “Thinking in Haiku”
the trees are dimming as they should in December dogwood still gleams – – – – – I forgive the rains whatever made the trees gold has brought me some peace
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Start of the School Year 2021
tomorrow sidewalks full of backpacks blue paper masks – – – – – school starts early geese watch head south – – – – – school’s open defrost chicken soup