What's gotten into the crows? Why are they so noisy?

505 Spring St., Eureka Springs in October - PL

 

fishing off the dock

taking time

to clear her mind

 

[picture: M.S. Gerrits, AD-G]

~~

 

she buys

a high-waisted panty shaper

and a candy bar

~~

baby bumblebee

visits

dianthus

and wandering jew

blossoms

~~

on the porch

waiting

for the promised rain

~~

crows

behind me

speaking

in long

sentences

~~

robins

involved

in something

upsetting or exciting

making plans

to migrate?

or protesting

the obnoxious

crows?

~~



c 2014, Pat Laster dba lovepat press 



Ambience of autumn - poems

scenic moountain road
the pines' understory
all colors of fall
~~~~

unlawful
to blow leaves into the street
what about the wind?
~~~~

male cardinal
feasting on beautyberries--
windy autumn day
~~~~

Acorns
fall and windchimes
play. The cats chase oak leaves
skittering across the porch, and
acorns.
~~~~

An oak
leaf falls, is caught
in the mini-rose bush.
Two pots of pansies finally come
alive.
~~~~

Two crows
carp at something
near the pecan tree, which
reminds me: gather the fallen
pecans.
~~~~

Three crows
span the roadway
this early fall morning.
Whatever do they hope to prove
by this?
~~~~

Poems for late October

curbside black
garbage sack: three
invisible crows
~~~~
beach sunset--
hungry sandpipers
in gold-dust sand
~~~~
plants in for winter
the Christmas cactus budding
in late October
~~~~
bright jack o' lantern
guiding goblins' paths ... alas,
rainy Halloween
~~~~
among the pumpkins
the fallen toddler
crying for Mama
~~~~
an owl's whoawh
breaking the morning silence
over the deer stand
~~~~
c lovepat press, 2013

A poetic bow to the birds

CINQUAIN

Bright blue
wings flutter from
wire to the greening grass.
It's rare to see a bluebird, so
I watch.
~~~

HAIKU

male cardinal bathes
in the fresh water ... three ... four
sparrows join him
~~~

CINQUAIN

Between
the noise of cars,
I hear a woodpecker,
spring peepers and a gentle wind-
chime tone.
~~~

CINQUAIN

Mocker
at the birdbath;
flies two feet to the bush
of beautyberries. Inside, my
nose drips.
~~~

HAIKU

college's spring break
only a team of robins
on the baseball field
(published in Haiku Headlines, 2003)
~~~

HAIKU

the flock of blackbirds
down the street just yesterday
now in my backyard
(published in the Premier edition of Hermitage [Romania] 2004)
~~~

c 2012 by Pat Laster dba lovepat press