Here is a summer poem, Lit by late light a crackling bonfire poem paddling in water sparkling with laughter.
We could just call them nocturnal birdsThe same bouncing soaring as swallows:Dips,Dives,Digesting insects to equal their body weight.Sleep away the day, just hanging outWaiting for their night fl...
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Whispers through the pines makepromises of tomorrow Rings inside fallen trees reveal long history This place, firmly locked in now, hints of a future. Inhale it all..We are forest.What is yet to ...
In my hand. a tiny precision instrument. words form on the pageI am part of history. pen wielder. word maker. story spinnerHere in my hand the power. to change the world. throu...
When Pluto was a planetYou cleared your neighbourhoodScooped all the negativityFlung it to far reachesYou spun in your orbitSo well rounded.We wanted to come alongBut your journey is longand oh, ...
The hearty souls maintaintheir exercise programsas the temperatures plummet.–no bad weather. only bad clothes!They’ll walk with spike studded boots. or snowshoesThey slide along on skismi...
The mountains are aghostly presence,faint phantomslooming above the lake,wisps over white paint palettetherenot thereWinter hoversover misty memoriesof summer storms.
(with apologies to William Carlos Williams) . This is just to say I have eatenThe lastof the tortilla chips I know youWere saving themFor a bedtime snack But like youthey were saltyAnd so delicio...
Trust is broken Sunshine days form golden hues Begin new season . . This is a Collom lune, a triplet poem with lines of 3, 5, 3 words.
What wind brings Don’t wrap this silence in your memory Gather the fallen leaves Your departure: a beginning. Going means coming to understand Summer wildfires Sometimes ashes fall Sometimes ra...