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False Spring

The weather warmThe days brighterWinter’s fingers slacken their gripFrozen nights leading to icy morningsNo longer upon my doorstep fallHis lips no longer speak my nameThough at one time they didSweetest refrains from songs of the heartBut falsetto were his only notesThe sun came up still a little earlierYet no warmth did it bringWinter though itsContinue reading “False Spring”

Out Like A Lamb

In like a lionWild and roaring jungle catLeave purring kitten Yesterday it was snowing. Literally blowing cold flakes of nearly frozen water on my face. Today? Today, I’m literally sweating just sitting outside. “Hot enough for you?” “Haha. Yeah,” I say and go back to my phone. “Hot enough to sweat the balls off aContinue reading “Out Like A Lamb”

Overly Full

Coffee shaded beauty, that spicy tacoGot my mouth watering like a breakfast buffetC’mon let me be the cream in your coffeeI want to nibble those cherry tipsOf your mountainous ice creamsYou got my mouth watering Like waiting for my favorite meal On a special dayA feast of delightsTo gorge my gluttony I’m going to eatContinue reading “Overly Full”

I’ll Eat your Piece

It was dessert that did me in; the upside down pineapple cake, looking up at me from the small white plate.It was my grandmother’s favorite cake to bake, her special recipe, made special only because she was the one to make it.I looked up at her, with I’m sure the beginnings of tears in myContinue reading “I’ll Eat your Piece”

Turn Away

Turn awayThe silence is betterThan when I held you in my armsThe thunder of your beating heartWith mineEchoesIn my hollow chestA bass drumWithout a beatWith you in another’s armsTurn awayThe silence is better This is for a dVerse prompt: Write a quadrille (a poem of EXACTLY 44 words, not including the title) AND include theContinue reading “Turn Away”

Kissed If You’re Irish

They remember him as a saviour of his people.“He drove out the snakes!”,Vile filthy creatures,Yet he was never one of them.Though “they” never claimed him as their ownHe was assigned to them by popular belief.Popular belief is what he brought to them.Drove out, burrowed in,Blessed are the meek for they shall drink green beer.‘Ye ken’tContinue reading “Kissed If You’re Irish”

Go Fetch

“It all belies our existence; we wait, and are still denied.”1“C’mon Rover. That’s a little dramatic don’t you think?” asked Edward. “A whistle blows, the ball is out of sight. Soon part of me will explore the deep and dark.”2“Don’t be like that,” replied Edward.Rover sat with his head on his hands. A sigh escapedContinue reading “Go Fetch”

Pi Day 2026

3.141 Winter blows coldSpring!Watching from the cornerBoo! As has been my practice for the past few years I have created a Pi Day poem. I use some form of the number Pi for the word structure and something to do with Pi or the day. Happy Pi Day 2026! Like what you see? Subscribe andContinue reading “Pi Day 2026”

Am I OverExposed?

There’s something about being over exposedThat changes perceptionThe way others see you and the way you see yourselfEven in the plainest of thingsYou see them differently When they are laid out too long in the sunThe light shining too bright, too long upon the eyeA field of simple cattails, browned by the passage of timeTheirContinue reading “Am I OverExposed?”

44 Birds

44 birds fly in the sky.Did you ever stop to wonder why?Why don’t they fall?Why 44 in all?Whatever the reason is, let it be.For 44 birds in the sky is reason enough for me.Fly birds fly.Good bye! This was for a dVerse prompt: This one’s for the birds! Just sing us a poem of preciselyContinue reading “44 Birds”