A spring day in cinquains-March 30 '17

Lenten Roses - photo by Uncle Norval Ziegler, Oak Ridge, TN

I. I hear

doves from across

the road. Cardinals--from

behind me--chitter. Cool after

the storm.

II. & III. Mocker

eats from the new

suet cake on a limb

of the still-bare beautyberry.

Red bird

against

the blue metal

feeder has trouble with

perching peg. I need to fill both

feeders.

IV. A large

red-headed wood-

pecker at the suet

cake until I moved to take a

photo.

V. Pink bloom

of azalea

falls onto the growing

hosta's heart. They nestle nicely.

I smile.

VI. "Please God, no fatalities"

Siren

sounding frantic

on vehicle headed

west on the freeway. Now, the air

is still.

VII. "Cloudy, but bright"

No lights

in the sky, but

plenty around. Grounded

nightlights abundant in neighbors'

acres.

VIII. "Easy to read"

With two

floodlight bulbs, my

"patio" area

is bathed in enough light that I

can write.

IX. "Contentment"

I sit

outside at night.

The yard light shows a red

bougainvillea newly blossomed.

I sigh.

THE END

Cardinals, cicadas and crickets: poems

Disregard the snow--or if you're really hot, imagine...

 

a break in the heat

windows open to cicadas

and birdsong

~~

 

hidden

in the Virginia Creeper

a singing wren

~~

 

seeing red:

apple feeder, salvia

and cardinals

~~

 

drone of the traffic

close, but unseen

a cardinal's 'chit-chit-chit'

~~

 

crickets still singing

a yellow leaf falls

on my yellow shirt

~~

 

trip to the feeder

hummingbird stops on in-line

wire: cat, child close by

~~

 

 

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It's still winter--of course: some found poems

by Pat Laster

flock of cardinals
coloring the snowy tree--
a dog romps below

[from two pictures in Arkansas Living, Jan '13,by L. Banton/W.Jordan]
~~~~

"Watch it, Bub!"

The hawk
keeping an eye
on the squirrel who's keeping
an eye on the hawk--both from the
same limb.

[from a picture in Arkansas Living, Jan '13, by J. Watson]
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"Next Year's Christmas Card?"

Posing
with a snowman
taller than they are, two
well-dressed, beautiful children stand
stock still.

[from a picture in Arkansas Living, January '13, by K. Brewer]
[[not the picture above]]
~~~~

"In-laws and Outlaw"

Hosting
(insisting on
it) her husband's family's
Christmas meal, but charging thirty
bucks each!

[from Money Matters-(Arkansas Democrat-Gazette feature) -
Jan 2,'13, J.Fleming/L.Schwartz]
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freezing temps
and snow flurries--
camellia's blooming

[from a caption, AD-G Business section, 2003]
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c 2013, lovepat press

More winter poems

by Pat Laster

16 degrees
cardinals at the feeder
others on the snow
~~~~

in front of the fire--
no concern about stoking,
loading on split wood
~~~~

brown tuft
of oak leaves skitters
across the snow
~~~~

sock-and-slippered feet
on the hearth treadling
the rocker
~~~~

sun
highlighting icy trees
and melting the snow
~~~~

warm Epiphany
in the far yard, I pick
three daffodil buds

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