Work The Soil, Together.

Make us a garden

nurtured and cultivated

for joy, not just for harvest,

not a copper vein

to be abandoned, a blight,

drained and despoiled.

Ancient Wisdom

A lesson well learned,

No matter how painfully,

Is never wasted.

Anodyne Applied

Dawn’s fury displaced

by a walk among the blooms.

Harmony restored.

Long Unspoken Fury

How was it my fault,

Dad,

When those dime store Wallabees

Melted through the furnace grate?

How you always chided me

When I said I was afraid,

“Don’t be such a fraidy cat.”

Now you stand and seethe, enraged

Learning what I always know.

Floor grates lead to misery

And premature, stinky, deaths

For green plastic army men

And your cheap-ass knock-off shoes!

Katauta 9 Apr 2021

Out there, on that beam,

Basking in the noonday sun;

With fathomless depths below.

– Turtles Atop…

Haiku 5 Apr 2021

Dawn above the marsh

Ignites watery fires

Amongst the grasses

Moving On

Capture the essence of bliss,

Retain memories of rejoicing,

Accept the sorrow of loss,

Refuse to wallow in mourning!

Needles

Needles for sewing

Needles for trees

Needles for knitting

Needles for music

Needles for teasing

Needles for pleasure

Needles for mending

Needles for health

Needles for living

Needles for pain

Needles for dying

Needlessly crying

Endlessly trying

To A Companion, True

Green leas and warm sun

Soft breezes and cool waters,

I pray, await you dear friend.

Vetting

If a carpenter

Only has one big hammer,

Go and hire someone else.

~

All that joker wants

Is to pry apart some boards

And scrape the rust off his tool.