Grumpy skies,cranky flat cloudforms my pillow;tucked to one side.Thunder grumblesas letdown lightning strikes. Pitter-patter,pins and needles,my sullenness pours.Gurgling gutter,I’m pulled … More
Tag: Nature
NaPoWriMo#12 Dent De Lion
The dent de lion lies in waiton the shady side of the bike pass,a blur of freckles as I pass. … More
Love Buds
Bartholomew the Gnome
Dear Readers, I hope this Sunday finds you snuggled up somewhere and in the mood for a miniature fantasy tale … More
High Winds, Haiku
I don’t know about you, friend, but March has been a windswept month for me. These petite poems represent a … More
Sunset Eyes
He looks at me with sunset eyes,tree veins branched from lack of quiet,and the early death of daygoes unnoticed bythe … More
Spring-Heeled Laughs
The giddy woodpeckerreturns to his carpentry,a joker punching linesin backyard trees,and the neighbor’s rearviewwindow’s tinted green,hungover from last night’sshamrock drowning. … More
The Slaughter of Spring
“Tree’s dead.” Grayson pointed at it on our way to fetch the children from school. I followed him, even though … More
Cesarean Sky
Wintery clouds,cumulus white coats crowd,try to turn him roundbut he returns to mediate,a floating cross-legg’d saint.
Gaia’s Birth
She lay with Heaven and bore deep-swirling Oceanus.” Hesiod’s Theogony
Rainy Day Oracle
Aubergine Sunset
The thick purple peel of cloudsreveal a startling green horizon,a day that dared to sweat.The fields all farmed,fat off the … More
Nude Trees
Love without Possession
Bavarian Winter
I spent last winter in Bavaria, Germany writing lots of brevity during the long days of lockdown. It was challenging … More
Sarnensee
Her beauty makes the mountains blush, the clouds carve a heart to offer her as tribute when the tuxedoed evening … More
The Weary Rain
Happy Wanderer
I am excited to share with you a new poem, featured today on Visual Verse: Anthology of Art and Words. … More
Haiku in Hibernation
As most of you know, I have an insatiable haiku habit that persists even during January’s usual hibernation. Here are … More
The Faults of Man
Nae man can tether time or tide. Robert Burns “Tom O’Shanter” Nae man can tether time or tide,that noose around … More
Today’s Been Slaughtered
I Divorce This Day
The trees lift their middle fingers toward their absent father, the sun, as the unshaven mountainside nods its chin in … More
Draw Out a Water Muse–Quadrille #143
DeJackson aka WhimsyGizmo tasked us with summoning our inner muse and creating a quadrille-44 word poem that includes the word … More
Snow Appeal
Yard Sale of Thoughts 