Inspired by Report from the Birdfeeder p. 90 in Works & Days by Bernadette Mayer Birdfeeder I am a bird feedersong bird mix on the deck railingmeal worms in the metal dishwho will get them first?this morning it was the bluebird pairyesterday it was the mockingbirdOne mockingbirdOne falling cherry blossomOne house finchTuesday I broke my […]
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Thank you
Thank you to Paul Szlosek for including one of my poems in the Virtual Poetorium. There are plenty of poems to read, interviews and creativity. A great way to begin National Poetry Month. Here’s the link: https://playground.poetry.blog/2021/03/31/the-virtual-poetorium-for-march-30th-2021/
1 haiku
Right around midnightA voice see you later thenMust have been the moon
Poems in a Pocket
A set of pillow cases from Target were folded up tight in a little cotton pocket. Every pocket needs a poem, so with April being National Poetry Month, I will write my month’s poems on index cards and store them in this new little pouch. a cotton pouch fornational poetry monthpillows and poems index card […]
One spring
I was a daffodilBaptized in the rain, I prayed yellow The tulips trembled, but mylot was the sky No perfumy scent for meI bathed in sunlight My petals sculpted from astar and unnecessary happiness I was confidence. poetry andpart of a golden host One of hundreds or thousandsnever lonely and eternally spring My mother’s favorite […]
March 1
The ache of winterfading with the calendarthe first day of March For Ronovan Writes haiku poetry prompt #347: https://ronovanwrites.com/2021/03/01/ronovan-writes-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-347-ache-and-ease/#respond Blue jays worry the morningCrows rattle the skyChicka dees dee dee at the feederThe wrens scold the juncos and thegold finch begins to turn yellowHello, MarchCarrying the ache of winteryet in this season of muda hint […]
Saturday morning short form
Mid FebruaryMockingbird has a new songMore! More! February walkPuppy in a sweaterStill she shivers Droopy yellow leavesAmaryllis says “enough!”Winter doldrums a collage snapping against birdsong burrowed deep in the contented silence across a fertile land pressed flowers sleeping crickets the neighbor’s July wave […]
Flying with (week 2 assignment)
Flying with angels, accidents and an albatross across large and hungry Flying with blessings, babies and blackbirds below 4 and 20 baked in a pie […]
Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt # 332
Purple yoga matNubby help for ebb and flowPeaceful warrior or Purple yoga matNubby help for ebb and flowCat hair optional
Kinda Square Days 4 and 5
A link to follow the October Kinda Square Challenge: https://beckybofwinchester.com/2020/10/05/kinda-square-5/ I first saw Mangave in October 2019 at the Hirshhorn: Today’s photo:
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