Poetry blog: April through the years

CINQUAINS

Going
through the pollen
thing twice--at home, again
in north Arkansas. Oaks just now
greening.
[2004]
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"Myrtie May's"

Nature
and tourism--
a swap-off. Seeing the
forest through the windows of the
diner.
[2004]
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"Power Restored"

From black
to blinding light;
from silence to the din
of hums, thrumbs, clicks of a noisy
household.

[from The Observer, Arkansas Times,
4. 27. 2011]
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"Late April"

My yard
a-scent with lush
limbs of blooming privet
and honeysuckle--a generous
nose nosh.
[2011]
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After
a devotion
using "worry stones," we
toss them plop, plop, plop into the
bayou.
[2013]
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Stirring
chicken, boiled eggs
for an Easter salad,
the old conundrum pops up: which
came first?
[2015]
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c 2015 Pat Laster dba lovepat press

(What I call) the Yellow Rose of Texas--in the backyard - PL

 

"Surprise X Two"

 

Double

oh  my gosh! es:

Yellow Rose of Texas

in full bloom! Near the street, a white

iris!

 [4.3.'15]

~~

 

after the stroke

he gardens

in orange buckets

 [4. 2. '15]

~~

 

a t-storm brewing

north of here

first taste of melon

 [4.1.'15]

~~

 

redbud and thrift

replacing

spent daffodils

 [3.31.'15]

~~

 

by the henbit

a patch of bluets

... and a violet!

 [3.31.'15]

~~

 

through new oak leaves

and haze of dusk

the gibbous moon

[3.31.'15]

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c Pat Laster dba lovepat press 2015

Flowers into verse

steady rainfall/ under the young tulip tree/ pink and white petals

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eve of summer/ I plant marigolds/ where the pansies died
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dead of winter/ two yellow mums bloom/ on closer look … silk
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before the ice storm/ fresh camellias/ grace each room
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peepers croak/ from a marshy bog/ here, violets bloom

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before daffodil/ or purple martin/ a killer tornado
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petals fallen/ under the red camellia/ April’s rain in March
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jonquils/ drooping in their first rain/ the umbrellaed walker
 
c 2015 PL