Wild Muses
When 2 swans announced plans to fly northward With a herald of whoops and mad splashes The others parted to form a runway Lining straight towards green open tundra But zeal is often the trap of the fool As in their daft romance they flew blindly Striking one of four wings ‘gainst a pile on,... Continue Reading →
When all was quiet on the promenade, ‘cept for the sea, I gazed a dark thing down on the beach, Stranded like a road side tire, Its rubber shell broiling in the heat. Suddenly charged by the midday sun, A foot, a claw grinded into gear, Dragged, contorted and pulling away. Then a lizard... Continue Reading →
In winter's bleak hour ~ A bountiful bush preserves ~ Glistening berries
The docks are empty The air is still cool A night heron fades Into the blue.
There was an old crab that hurried Light on her feet in a scurry. When caught in the rocks Her eyes wound like clocks As the tide came in in a flurry.
The beach can be a lonely place For hermit crabs, sole fish and shell. The horizon is an endless desert For monsters Who beach up and stare... But when I look up, All I see on the horizon Is a HUGE, GYNORMOUS, ENDLESS stretch of MUM!
A pale feathered ghost ~ Glides on the misty water ~ Dreaming of the dawn.
A Trickling stream thaws the silent dawn while bright eyes wink awake from the water watching for a twinkling little robin, red as the ripened berries at Christmas.
When I march hurriedly, I do it in mum’s shadow! When I play clumsily I do it in mum’s shadow! And when the heat From marching and playing Make me drink noisily, I do it in mum’s shadow!
