Poems of the season

Haiku
two strands of web
move in the wind
shine in the sun
~~~~

the rising sun
in its huge redness
now in my camera
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Cinquain

"Early summer; early morning"

Watered:
cussed the cheap green
hose that kinked every time
I pulled it farther from the far
faucet.
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3 Campmeeting observations

Mama
is smiling down
to see--on the mourners'
bench--a bouquet of her hydrangea
blossoms.
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We park
where cabins stood
a century ago.
Now, the only vestige is a
dug well.
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Sawdust
floor is no more:
concrete the answer for
those with allergies, flip-flops and
sandals.
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Poetic Miscellany--plus a tad of fancy

SENRYU

two months later
my breakfast table still full
of tax documents
~~~

a jumble of letters
yet my aged mother
"worked" the day's crossword
~~~

enough gas
for ten more miles
I stop at Ten Mile
~~~

first graduation
in the family ... Goodwill
tag on his new shoes
~~~

chopping
a red fingernail
into the onions
~~~

water and vineroot
to the ailing child
under the Duru tree
~~~

a man named LOVE
on the deadbeat dad
flyer
~~~

Mostly about cats

Greye (foreground) and Boots

 

Haiku

 

mockingbird

hassling puss-named-Boots

who's too close for comfort

~~~

 

kitten scampers

to old tomcat Greye, then

thinks better of it

~~~

 

a bird on the gutter--

seeing the cat below,

it flies

~~~

 

the two kittens

ignoring Mom's moving tail

play with each other

~~~

 

Cinquain

 

"Children First at the Food Bowl"

 

After

her kittens eat,

Mother takes her turn. Oops,

babies aren't through. Again, she waits

a turn.

~~~

 



New journal, new porch position, new poems

Couchwood porch--facing east

 

on the same day

finishing one journal

beginning another

 

 

The new journal, a Mother's Day gift from daughter Annamarie, measures 9 x 7 inches. It will hold a lot of stuff.

 

June 5

summer's heat

finally kicks in
 

 

 I change

my morning seat

from swing to molded chair

so I can see the hydrangeas,

lilies.

 

A short wooden stepladder (flea market find) serves as a coffee mug holder, and a metal card-table chair (a second-hand purchase) serves--with pillows added--as a table for the journal.

 

Beyond

the emerging

hydrangeas' blue, purple

and pink blooms are coreopsis,

lilies.

 

Easter

lilies--long past

this year's early Easter--

finally bloom, showing their bright

faces.

 

after blooming,

old wisteria sends  runners
into the air.

 

Facing

the north, I can

watch trees--pecan, walnut,

maple, locust, holly--move in

the breeze.