Let Christmas Come Let strings of rainbows ringing patios, and radiant pearls outlining roofs blink into the twilight. Let the sales flyers fatten the morning papers while evening forays to the mall flatten wallets. Let Christmas come. Let “Joy to the World” circulate around preoccupied customers loading carts with gadgets, turkeys and chocolates. Let Michael,… Continue reading Let Christmas Come
Today I’m antisocial Their fingers are rattling on computers in warm kitchens and on the sweaty number pads of smart-phones I am aware of the brave souls of housewives sprouting chirpily on Facebook updates The chatty words of comments pass me by along with clever handwaves from the keyboards of the networked and the YouTubes… Continue reading Today I’m antisocial
November morning This cold sulky morning Earth is her true Monday self the last urge to impress with sun and warmth quelled in October. Now days are at the mercy of how bitter, irritable nasty and vile she will get. No need to tone down tantrums because tender May or June are about. In the… Continue reading November morning
Shopping Tis the season to be shopping at the mall to find the sales clicking online fill the mails either way ex- pensive tales. © 2011 by Violet Nesdoly ************** Here is my today's poem for my personal poem-a-day challenge for November. I haven't quite kept up, I'm afraid, with poems missing for a few… Continue reading Shopping
parallel community brown flits across path hedge sparrow on an errand black-capped chickadee flips pine-tree acrobatics instant later disappears starlings group frantic lift and land in unison as if organized by a choreographer while I stay on the outside living parallel to seagulls, robins, flickers watch them from below I’m nonentity in their rarified community… Continue reading parallel community
Siren Mall Come on down have a good time here come, love the store Shop with confidence buy more, save more Buy two or more save the tax Get exactly what they need (first 5000 get a free poster) Visit Listen online Phone Leave us a message be smart with it bring it on call… Continue reading Siren Mall
Summer’s memoirs written on fallen leaves colourful stories Scarecrows riding high another season’s work done pose and party time! Currant prunings last garden harvest preserves for the eyes. Plain green juniper primping for autumn with red berry baubles ************* These are Saturday's poems for my poem-a-day November. The prompts for them were a few photos… Continue reading Autumn Haiga
Mid-Sixties “Don’t be sharp or flat, just be natural” - Willie Stargell pleated skirt Everly Brothers Brylcreem hair angora your message in my yearbook …such a clever line © 2011 by Violet Nesdoly ******************* In the spirit of NaNoWriMo, I've challenged myself to write one poem a day this November. I'm using a variety of… Continue reading Mid-sixties
Autumn's Digestif Hostas are deflated balloons their flowers droop on stick stems like streamers come undone. Lilac's thinning yellow leaves are a desolate platter of crumbs. Border of begonias is brown and soggy as used napkins. Dead blossoms on dahlias, geraniums litter the fading canopy the crumpled wrap and faded ribbon of summer's gifts. The… Continue reading autumn’s digestif
Cashmere Down-soft Pashmina shawl of combed and carded washed and woven moult hugging my shoulders how do you like your new home so far from hidden undercoat of a Tibetan goat? © Violet Nesdoly (all rights reserved) ****************** This poem was prompted by the TS Poetry Press Cashmere writing project. It is offered in the… Continue reading Cashmere
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