Hour 22 BIRD FEEDER
Who’d have thought
A simple tree
Could bring less joy
To them than me
My Cocoa(bean)
Her soft red fur shimmers in the sunlight
Her eyes lock into mine to show her trust
She is mine and I am hers
and when we part one day
I will be sad
She’s my dog, my best friend.
I block out the sun with light
I block out the sun with light
of my own, flip the switch and shine
brightness into shadows, scaring
the demons away. Crosses hang
on my walls, but don’t protect
me from the dark. So I turn
on my lights and block out the sun
rising boldly in the sky.
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Virginia Carraway Stark
Intertwined
In luminous black and white
They were determined to create a legend
Appropriate a myth
Anything is fair in love and war
Or so those who do such things will say
If they don’t those pangs of guilt
Will hurt them in the night
Jump off the cliffs
Into the breakwaters
Say a prayer and hope
You don’t feel evil jaws around
Your thighs
This is the real world
Of the city of white
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It brings us back
To our duet of love
Looking at each other
From across a river
Longing for each other
All the while we don’t know
Who made up the story we play in
Where is the house?
Where is the water’s edge?
Why can’t we play together?
Why must there ever be a war
To interrupt the piece we play?
Prompt 27 and 28, Hour 22
Write a nature poem set in a city.
or
Write a poem about technology in the context of nature.
Hour 21: Butterfly Garden
Butterfly Garden
The butterflies dance together
Tied by invisible thread
Wings spread in silent flutter
Poppies wait for them to land
Tied by invisible thread
Alight, afloat in the garden
Poppies wait for them to land
Velvet or sage, nasturtium
Alight, afloat in the garden
Tumble with blue damsel fly
Velvet of sage, nasturtium
Blue damsel and bee hurry by
Tumble with blue damsel fly
The butterflies dance together
Blue damsel and bee hurry by
Wing spread in silent flutter
Prompt 26: Nillie’s Watch
I’m the guardian of the house
Jacksey needs to see—
Needs to know I’m always right.
Who is alpha? Me!
Birddog in the yard behind,
Catdog in the front.
Dingo when I have to fight,
Labrador at night.
Willing to go for a walk,
Watchdog for my dish
I’ll sound alarms when people knock,
I’ll even herd goldfish.
I love to curl up by the fire,
Humans are my pups.
I patrol the backyard wire.
I chew on plastic cups.
Nillie is my given name,
Master calls me sister.
I am loyal to a fault,
Rub my belly, Mister.
Love vs. Logic
her beauty draws me near
but her mind awes and inspires
its depths fathomless as unexplored seas
tempt me to dwell where I dare not go
for her wit confounds me
my tongue from which words flow like water
will not let them pour forth
dammed behind a stuttering wall
of timidity so unlike my habitual manner
as to be unrecognizable to poor Watson
I dare not confide my unaccustomed reticence
reveal the breadth of my excitation
in case it interferes with investigations
yet I fear it may
for were she to lay a trap for me
snare me in a plot
would I dare trust my instincts?
they baffle me so
addled as I am
there is only one recourse –
escape this raging turmoil
reconcile my emotions and my wits
contrive equilibrium once more
and when I am able to lay passions
long since quelled to rest
foreswear or redouble my resolve
to protect and serve
18. The Messenger XVIII
These giant skyscrapers
Are so impressive
I would never jump from their tops
Like everybody is doing nowadays
Just for the fun, is the tagline
I am too scared to have fun
But the night always come
So we can see the brightness
Of the stars and the planets
That are making such a wonderful
Milky way
Just for your Soul
When I dance or have really good fun
It’s with my two bare feet
In the mud, healing through my soles
And my skins
Achilles Ear
We do not live in a vacuum, which is good because I would be afraid all the time
I hate the vacuum, as you know, but I am also brave
at least when it comes to you, my family
Furever Family is what we’ve found
You and I together, on our playground
I saved you from being lonely
also from being afraid
I know you have some ghosts that haunt you in your sleep,
but I’ve learned not to hide from you when you call out in the night
instead I snuggle in closer and put my wet nose in your palm
Then you know it’s me and you don’t have to be a fright,
You saved me from the shelter and the human merry go round I was on
You saw a was a big boy, but your love was just as big
with your help my love grew too
and also, I am brave, from any spider
there ever was, you my friend, I will save!