Monday, February 24, 2020

Mother Nature waffling: winter or spring?


mockingbird
atop the pear tree
storm brewing
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late winter cold front
the empty yard swing moving
in the northwest wind
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icicles
yet it's thundering
this morning
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house going up
in tornado's aftermath
old patch of jonquils
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warm winter dusk
the sounds of children outside
spawning memories
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losing track of time
researching woodchuck/ groundhog
after a goof-up
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a piece of leaf
in my snow ice cream
February's end
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before Leap Day's gone
recording 3 days' poem
output: eighty lines
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c 2020, PL dba lovepat press, Benton AR USA 

Monday, February 10, 2020

Between winter and spring: poems

                                                  Last year's roadside flowers

FEBRUARY 7 2020
After
last night, no more
lows in the 20s, at
least for the next week. I'm ready
for spring.
~ ~ ~ ~

long roll of thunder
two birds keep eating
from the suet
~ ~ ~ ~

male cardinal
sitting on abelia branch
next to quince blooms
~ ~ ~ ~

AFTER TODAY, 11 MORE MONTHS
Last day
of the first month
a young tufted titmouse
enjoying a full "bathtub" plus
the sun.
~ ~ ~ ~

TO THE SQUIRRELS
Popcorn
with sea salt tastes
old. I find the "Best used
by" date. No wonder! July of
last year!
~ ~ ~ ~

gentle rain 
mockingbird drinking
from the half-filled birdbath
~ ~ ~ ~

three crows
finding the refused
canned cat food
~ ~ ~ ~

tight buds on short stems
brought inside to force blooms
yellowed, but no flowers

These ARE in bloom in 2020

c 2020, PL dba lovepat press, Benton AR USA

Saturday, February 1, 2020

And all of a sudden it's February! - Poems

placing the helmet
upside down
for the wren
~ ~ ~ ~

new snow
on japonica blooms
Groundhog Day
~ ~ ~ ~

a dove calls
close by
but out of sight
~ ~ ~ ~

oh, wow!
the sweetness of the apple
from the sale carousel
~ ~ ~ ~

before dawn
the long freight
coming . . . and going
~ ~ ~ ~

driving after dark
a running length of gray fur
stopped by my tire
~ ~ ~ ~

spring cleaning
on the warm winter day
early daffodils
~ ~ ~ ~
c 2020, PL dba lovepat press, Benton AR USA