Red Sky at Night...

Red reflection bleeds

across the water as Sun

surrenders the day

I too relinquish,

give this day up to the tomes

of time past – finished

though still incomplete.

Long wavelengths shimmer, quiver

flash upon the cones

The brightest beauty

revealed for just a moment

do not turn away.

Written for Thursday Think Tank at Poets United.  Click on the name to go to this wonderful site that encourages and assists poets in so many ways.

The Snake Charmer

Wind's soft yawn

rustles tall grass

tickles Catalpa leaves

River slows

sways

in her race to the

ocean

Sentinel moon

hangs heavy

host-like

in the thick, velvet sky

Licorice whip snakes

eyes dull

entranced with opiate music

of the goddess

rise  

This was written for Magpie Tales which gives a weekly pictorial writing prompt, this week Rousseau's The Snake Charmer, and Three Word Wednesday which this week challenged writers with the words yawn, dull and race.  

Meet Otis

Rummage sale find

one puppy - sixty dollars

How could she say no?

Well, she couldn't of course.  My daughter bought this little guy, but as she's a full time student living in an efficiency with a cat Otis, the new puppy lives at my house.  And I couldn't say no because she's wearing my genes; you might say we're cut from the same cloth.  

And yes, that's my camera strap in his mouth!

Just a Little Difference

Abandoned by my muse, I decided to start small: Haiku.
And as I was playing around with words, I noticed what a big difference just one small word can make. I'll show you what I mean:


Held together by
nothing but surface tension
I struggle forward


And now:

Held together by
nothing but surface tension
we struggle forward

This is up at the Poets United Poetry Pantry.  Click on th title to go there.  You should go there; it's an amazing place.

I'm not a Coupon Clipper, but...

...oh baby do I need this! 

What's for Breakfast

The chicken looked at me
Imperiously
And said
Don’t try to distract me
With that
‘Sky is falling’ shit
Those are my babies
Scrambled on your plate -
Barbarian!

Here is a humorous poem for Poetry Jam, a great site for writing prompts.  To go there and read more click on the title.  This poem is one I wrote awhile ago for Magpie Tales, another great site and that's the picture is from.