Poetry

Alive and Real, I Swear

A dead pop star on a doubledecker bus His  ghostly image promises a real experience Circus performers moon dance through Pepsi fire So real you can touch his face Like Madame Tussauds’ doll of wax. Other Writings You May Like March 31, 2017 Scribble Twilight Settled Around the Texas Spoon Close Enough to Touch Postmeridian Cynosure Reflected in Morning Light

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Sequoia Strawberries

Sequoia Strawberries in the flower bed mulch Lined up like bare root roses Patted safe in the warm soil Watered and blessed; a hopeful refrain. Spring lasts a few days before summer rays Bear down on the garden beds Warming the soil to dry dust A delicate balance to keep them moist. The morning frost reminds spring follows winter Breezes blow as March enters like a lion Or they sneak in like a lamb. Either way,…

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Old Age Whispers Rather Than Screams

[aesop_image imgwidth=”800″ img=”https://wordsmithholler.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/old-books-436498_1920.jpg” credit=”Pixabay” align=”left” lightbox=”on” captionposition=”left” revealfx=”off”] Old age whispers rather than screams Wrinkles form slowly around the eyes A decree of whereas this and whereas that beams Old age whispers rather than screams Signed by envoys of teams Unripe fellows who first sought the prize Old age whispers rather than screams Wrinkles form slowly around the eyes.   Other Writings You May Like March 2, 2017 Scribble A Motivational Speaker’s Motivational Quotes In…

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Wakan Tanka Waits For Me

Taking the mother road east Seemed like a rewind trip Into the dreams of west bound Men and ladies who left Chi Town for Santa Monica; they Sought the sunny shore to rest. Sunset at our back door down Somewhere in Arizona The passenger trains replaced By cargo trailers never to stop At wide clips of towns built only For fuel or Indian trinkets. In the distance a tee pee Settled between branches of Mesquite or salt cedar…

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The Moment a Heartbeat Shifts Trice

[aesop_image imgwidth=”850px” img=”https://wordsmithholler.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/3054775751_411ebc3ea7_o.jpg” credit=”Michael S. Sommermeyer” align=”left” lightbox=”on” captionposition=”left” revealfx=”off”] Snow dusting the crest of Mount Tom, Patches of orange and brown balm, Cold air smell of jet metal-cased gneiss, The moment a heartbeat shifts trice. Clouds roll over the summit peak, Dark anger of winter mystique, A chill of slushy snow and ice, The moment a heartbeat shifts trice. Skew angle of silvery rock, Makes way for a white aftershock, Of wind breath’s plunging sacrifice, The moment a…

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Limericks for my Leprechauns

My mother’s family was from Ireland. Although I think she would have a cringed a bit at these limericks. Isn’t a Limerick supposed to be bad?     Limericks For My Girl From Texas There once was a girl from Texas Who often spoke fondly of her exes, Tall ones and short ones Cowboys and oil barons Too bad they can’t all buy her a Lexus. ## Mule Days I spied an old mule in a…

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