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
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
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
What they wore Magnolia's wedding gown was French satin with a veil of lacy water parsnip. The Rose sisters classic suits were tailored pink jersey. Aliums chose ruffled sundresses of yellow lawn. Love-in-a-mist was crisp and cool in blue seersucker. But the Pansies in their elegant but flirty little black satins stole the show. By… Continue reading What They Wore
in tutus pink, rose fuchsia ballerinas slim stamens en pointe pirouette as we applaud lovely summer’s brief plié © 2011 by Violet Nesdoly ******************* The July prompt at Poets Online was to write a summer tanka. The collection is up. Summer has a lot of angles; take a look. My contribution, the poem above, is… Continue reading summer tanka
Seasonal Sestina The calendar announces it is spring Our skies have lost their pallid arctic blue Though wind still scatters puffs of icy flour My garden boasts the spear-point of a plant Can’t come too soon – this kinder, gentler reign When all the world’s a’grin, even the ground It’s lost its look of… Continue reading Seasonal Sestina
Cost of Rebirth Consider the egg how it hides life within a calcium cocoon protects and nourishes the chick within until too large restless and strong pecks free destroys its home egg now mere shell of former self becomes nest detritus Consider the egg how it sustains life surrenders to boil, scramble stir, whip, mix… Continue reading Cost of rebirth
Long catkins dangle Quiver, jiggle, billow, stream Spring flags in March wind ********* Find lots more poetry at One Shot Wednesday.
Sun rises southeast early morning skies glow peach leaves are breakfast flakes Sun stares in my eyes outlines bold on winter floors crisp boxes of light Rises in dazzle flashes wicked black-ice wink Far-off sirens wail Southeast moon hangs low ghostly lantern in the sky Porch light’s on all day Early afternoon hums with… Continue reading Winter
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