Ethereal

In the fairy wood

Green foliage flows like water

Without a wind

Rich blossoms bloom

On oaks that ne’er flower

Sweetening winter’s chill with spring

Gold pieces fall instead of leaves

Vanishing at a single touch

Leaving only the giggles

Of sprites and pixies

Written for dVerse


 

Land Dreams

as the earth quakes and stirs

turning over in the night

dreams rousing from the blurs

pulling close a sea of blanket furs

spluttering in departing twilight

as the earth quakes and stirs

against the day’s saboteurs

blades of crackling light

sending dreams into blurs

the cycle whistles and whirs

silver beams to golden sight

As the earth quakes and stirs

the dawn chorus confers

wrens and finches take flight

fizzy dreams tumbling into blurs

As the earth quakes and stirs

Written for dVerse

Sister poem written by my friend Sarah can be found here.

Backyard

It’s enough to run side to side

In five minutes, twist and run it again

My brother and I, racing

From the back of the house

To the corner of the chain link fence

Turn again to our world

Where a yellow lab barks

And robins flutter up from the trees

And robot overlords come crashing down

In world domination

Until they meet the heroes – us

Also

Where I mow on Saturdays

Rack leaves in fall

Climb the lone tree

After the peaches on the top branch

Enough space in the world

For everything

Written for dVerse