Mrs. Backward Mrs. Backward teaches school “Nothing Forward” is her rule Eats her breakfast before bed Sleeps with pillow on her head Wears warm woollies to keep cool Dries before she swims the pool Gives the prize before the race Shuts her book then finds her place Grades our work before we’re done Class dismissed… Continue reading Mrs. Backward
Cream I pass ivory tulips this morning and think of Aunt Sally “Let’s go out and shop for cream” she’d say each fall and spring She meant the color cream oyster, mushroom, buff or biscuit not stark or pure but antique the perfect tone of white for milky skin, honey-blonde hair to complement the gold… Continue reading Cream
Coon Zoo Lullaby Come men, if you dare just jab a date for a coon zoo tour don’t be late. We’ll see toad and tiger in creature jail and worms that are leaner than slime of snail. For additional fees (don’t riot the price) you can jut x-rays — just be nice when you query… Continue reading Coon Zoo Lullaby
Coyote You cross our path trotting and jaunty tawny and hearty once in tall grass you stop, look back at us not frightened or shy but curiously cool I can only imagine the drama you bring to the marshes of mallards and meadows of dashing brown bunnies in this once-safe, peaceful paradise park © 2012… Continue reading Coyote
Hand Candy Smooth ribbed slabs red, yellow, blue peel apart don't mix red yellow, blue Sniff clay smell squeeze, press, roll make a ball watch what you know to do Plunge in thumb pinch up, up round, around fingertips grow a pot Roll through palms dangle log sausage, rope coil in mat plate, vase, cup… Continue reading Hand Candy
Spring Cream-tinted blossom filigree a wedding a party line dancing with the breeze, I’m caught under spring’s veil. - Violet Nesdoly
V is for … Wide mouth perpetually agape I lie here in the dark and wait for drawer to open your warm fingers, thumb to take me up, align my four incisors with the soft and toothsome zinc then squeeze… Oh ecstasy! The sweet surrender of malleable metal to my mouth More – I want… Continue reading V is for …
Cherry Blossom Time Pink spring debutantes ball gown ruffles, froth and lace cherry trees in bloom Strawberry milkshakes line Vancouver avenues cotton candy hair Blush cherry petals one hundred trillion hankies beckoning the bees © 2012 by Violet Nesdoly ********************* It's cherry blossom time in Vancouver. The photo above was one I took last year… Continue reading Cherry blossom time
Just Before Cock-Crow You are his friend from Galilee I do not, do not know the man I’m not his friend and not his clan he really is stranger to me. You’re dreaming up a fantasy you little wench with evil plan. You were with him from Galilee. On oath, I do not know the… Continue reading Just Before Cock-crow
April Special (A choose your own ending poem) Maitre d’ offers a menu of rain for starters a sprinkle, a spitting, a mist my glasses are blurry, my hair is damp-kissed but hors d’oeuvre about which I will not complain. Wind and cloud waitresses proffer the main with all-day-long drizzle, deluge and flood the road… Continue reading April Special
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