by Carol | Apr 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
Newly cut grass and citrus blossomsColor the trade wind’s breath. Mynas, cardinals, and twoSaffron finchesChatter into the breeze.Somewhere,Inside that zephyr,A poem floatsLike a gossamer veil.I hook it gently with my Bard’s pole,Cautious, lest the verses turn and...
by Carol | Apr 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
Finches Greet me Always in pairs
by Carol | Apr 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
Today Existence Shrinks and swells, Looming or squeaking by, Depending on the mood. Existence Fills each cycle As the sun and moon Chase each other around the planet. The illusions of reasons for being Have been felled by a virus. The screens through which We have...
by Carol | Apr 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
Covid-19 moves like a corpulent slug, Depositing eggs along an invisible slime trail. Odorless and colorless, the slug slides among us, leaving no detectable Evidence of its passage. I wish we could see its fuchsia scent, Taste its slimy tolling, Or touch its...
by Carol | Apr 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
Don’t touch, don’t touch Don’t touch, don’t touch, don’t touch! Wipe it down, wipe it down, Wipe it down, wipe it down, wipe it down! There – could – be – virus – anywhere. . . Shelter at home, shelter at home, Touch no one. Be touched by nothing except this Profound...
by Carol | Apr 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
Clear as could be I saw her come in, Looking around, Liking my new home. Of course, she’d come; her grandkids are nearby. Her voice, her mannerisms, All pure Alice. “You can go wherever you want,” She explained, A lesson about the unknown, “but they don’t always see...
