Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Seasonal poems
















swallowtail
must love the taste
of abelia blooms
~~~~

LEAH FROM KANSAS
Bevy 
of butterflies--
monarchs, to be exact,
each time I pass the calendar
photo.
~~~~

taut red skin
tart tang of yellow flesh
no wonder Wm Carlos Wms
couldn't help himself
from eating a plum
~~~~



Flying
by here faster
than the speed limit. Where's
a sheriff's deputy when you
need one?
~~~~

Blackcap
and cardinal
at the unusually-
ignored suet cake. Is something
amiss?
~~~~

Hedge-row
of yellow bell,
japonica, privet--
a neat hideaway for rabbits
and squirrels.
~~~~


Fenced out
by the neighbors
on the south needing tall
enclosure to keep their future
dogs in.
~~~~

After
last night's t-storm
the temps of early fall
are 70 degrees - very
welcome.
~~~~

c 2019 by PL dba lovepat press, Benton AR US

Monday, September 9, 2019

Poems for September 9, many years

                                          Cottonwoods and pine, autumn @ Dairy Hollow

SEPTEMBER 9

viewing the world
through one eyeglass lens
a cataract gone
--A Lamp to Work By, 2012

viewing the news
through an iPad
paper newspaper gone
--new poem, 9/9/'19

vehicle hauler,
along the interstate
six-car pile up
--Connecting Our Houses, 1997

CRITIQUE
Strange, the
paths our poems
take before coming out
of the woods near perfect, like our
children.
--September Cinquains, 2003

I stop
reading to watch
a hummingird drinking
...and drinking. Sated, it soon darts
away.
--September Cinquains, 2017

on the walking trail
city's truck driver, mower
ignoring their own signs
--A Patch of Yellow, 2005

new college provost--
my child in his daughter's
third-grade class
--a crisp brown leaf, 2015

onto the freeway~
a convoy of semis
already there
--just before dawn, 2006


c 2019, PL, dba lovepat press, Benton AR USA