Season of the garlic scape

Here they come chatting and gawking touching and sniffing pulling and binding Next thing you know I’ll be in a pretentious basket on display at some forced farmers market stand naked and twisted next to the purple basil flowers still intact silently screaming Oh, the…

Hour 7 Prompt – Unthinking

A day when you relax, You just sit next to a window, And maybe chase a passing cloud, You don’t think about the next hour, Or an hour that just passed. You hold a good book, Read page after page for hours, Live a character…

A Boat of Glue

A child built a boat                                                                                …

Immune?

Today another old friend passed further on to a place I don’t know depths I can’t fathom despair over politics lashing out in anger over villains not real slights he imagines typing out his anger regurgitating nonsensical rumors sharing humorless memes making mean comments about…

The Boat Ride

A light breeze cools the hazy summer sky. Green, choppy waters dance a lively two-step with the small fishing boat As she heads out into the lake. A new rod and reel to count how many feet of fishing line are let out When trolling…

Soul Mates of the Sky

Symmetrically round An orange-reddish color Shining across the sky   When you arrive it is extremely beautiful. When you leave it is extremely beautiful   In your absence, You leave us with your soul mate. Just as beautiful, but with a much different look. This…

Earth

Mountains high with glaciers white sparkling like twilight.   Volcanic fire with ash and soot seep into rock and root.   Crystal lakes gleaming blue and green hiding riches unseen.   Cross vast deserts through emerald forests Back through time before us.   See the…