thorns and leaves fondle
the window glass— a spring breeze
raps to get inside
Month: May 2018
1950
a dog yelps loudly
my cats hop to the window
their schadenfreude
1949
the mother parades
up and down the driveway
showing her fawn off
1948
a sure fire way
to market my poetry
haiku robocalls
1947
ready to pull weeds
but which are which
all pretty to me
1946
an owl all night
perched on a telephone pole
listens to your calls
1945
like getting drafted
into the marines—
new grandfatherhood
1944
fields of white crosses
whose war was good, whose was bad
doesn’t matter now
1943
we used to argue
before you became ashes
the dead don’t talk back
1942
my buddy snoozes
an apocalypse proof sleep
let hurricanes come
(tip my hat to J Richards of Florida)
1941
in the subway aisles
bluegrass cloggers step and leap
a heaven bound train
1940
a bird observes me
checks his local wildlife guide
california sloths
1939
a bright spring morning
coffee burbles in the pot
what can potus do
1938
young women lust
for my tattered, mangled jeans
ask me where I shop
1937
my aunt complaining
how heavy each day
her bag is growing
1936
she shows me photos
of grandkids— I volley back
pictures of my cats
(Thanks to J Richards)
1935r
they’re all just one crew
my demons and my angels
changing hats on cue
1934r
neighborhood yard sale
go-go boots and tassels
grandmothers giggle
1933
late night sounds of steps
either deer or forty thieves
too lazy to look
1932s
the vamp of high school
corners me— shows off pictures
of her grandchildren
