Future Isabella, what can you tell us about the coming winter?
Will it be bitter, the bleak days echoing the quiet,
white stillness of the cold?
Or will it be mild and mellow as the oak trees bring
forth acorn tales to be told?
Predictions
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Ivy
If you want to hear a story of perseverance, ask the ivy.
End of an Era
After offering ice cream, cotton candy and
wooden roller coaster rides for over 100 years,
the small amusement park saw its last summer season.
There was a look of cheerful hopefulness accompanied
by dilapidated distress in every building, in every
stone walk, in every exaggerated, macabre clown smile.
Defeat was reflected in our gait as we left the park at sundown.
Piles Right Now
piles of pennies in the car
piles of books by my bed
piles of mail on the counter
piles of plans in my mind
piles of leaves on the grass
Brassica Oleracea
What’s it like to be so bright, so vivid,
so beautiful in the morning sun?
No runway model could ever compete
with your intricate brilliance.
Bridges
from me to you
and you to him
from cold to warm
from sink to swim
from sad to mad
and sea to land
from life to life
and back again
Sun on the wildflowers
The evening sun kisses you softly and I wish I were you.
Angels
Rays of late afternoon sun rained down into the water.
I thought I heard angels calling, but realized it was the
geese in the distance.
Where Fear Hides
in the eyes of a tired stranger
folded between words in a letter
tucked into the loft shelves
floating beside autumn winds
unsuspected, under hot pink petals
Mighty Heron
I consider it a fortunate day when
we see one another through the river reeds.
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