Neighbours Cardinals cattle Egrets graze Sandpipers Myna birds Neck-spotted and Zebra doves cooing night and day. © 2012 by Violet Nesdoly
Category: Shadorma
Maui Scrapbook – Newbies
Newbies Friday night newcomers, pale-skinned crowd store aisles shopping for week ahead in Maui sun Monday they’ll be tanned **************** We recently returned from a two-week holiday on Maui. What a treat! I had never been to any of the Hawaiian islands before, so everything was novel and new. I took lots of photos and… Continue reading Maui Scrapbook – Newbies
Withdrawal
Withdrawal White journals empty calendars all quiet bland, proper house January sober. I need chocolate! © January 2012, by Violet Nesdoly ********************** This poem started out trying to be about something new, as inspired by Adele Kenny's Happy New Year prompt. But it insisted on whining and begging, so I let it.
Mid-sixties
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
B.C. Children’s Hospital
B.C. Children’s Hospital i Patio plants pale as the kids in blue gowns I.V. poles too empathetic or sad to bloom loud and bright. ii Cut-out words on the dividers trellis-hung pastel hopes: DREAM, FAMILY, FRIENDS, HOME, SMILE but most of all LIVE. © 2011 by Violet Nesdoly (all rights reserved)
Baba & Gido (a Shadorma)
Baba and Gido (a Shadorma) Baba, Gid' and thermostat wars he too hot she too cold each June uncorked again this rancid argument Baba gone Gid' in nursing home he don't know hot or cold only knows she's not there for any argument. © 2011 by Violet Nesdoly **************** Baba and Gido are Ukrainian diminutives… Continue reading Baba & Gido (a Shadorma)
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