Thursday, April 16, 2015

Poetry blog: April through the years

CINQUAINS

Going
through the pollen
thing twice--at home, again
in north Arkansas. Oaks just now
greening.
[2004]
~~

"Myrtie May's"

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

"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]
~~

"Late April"

My yard
a-scent with lush
limbs of blooming privet
and honeysuckle--a generous
nose nosh.
[2011]
~~

After
a devotion
using "worry stones," we
toss them plop, plop, plop into the
bayou.
[2013]
~~

Stirring
chicken, boiled eggs
for an Easter salad,
the old conundrum pops up: which
came first?
[2015]
~~
~~

c 2015 Pat Laster dba lovepat press

Thursday, April 9, 2015

(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]
~~
c Pat Laster dba lovepat press 2015

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Flowers into verse


steady rainfall/ under the young tulip tree/ pink and white petals
~~
eve of summer/ I plant marigolds/ where the pansies died
~~

dead of winter/ two yellow mums bloom/ on closer look … silk
~~

before the ice storm/ fresh camellias/ grace each room
~~
peepers croak/ from a marshy bog/ here, violets bloom
~~

before daffodil/ or purple martin/ a killer tornado
~~

petals fallen/ under the red camellia/ April’s rain in March
~~

jonquils/ drooping in their first rain/ the umbrellaed walker
 
c 2015 PL