A Flock of Words

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Somewhere there’s a flock of words
Searching for pastures of paper
Thirsty for a lake of endless ink

And once they’ve steeped in ink
Off go those frolicsome words
Rolling and rolling across the paper

Until at last the paper
Lies covered in ink
Rife with the imprint of words

With just a little ink and paper, so many words are caught

Sunrise

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Watch the light as it plays
Building up a full new day
Tossing up pink and yellow rays

First, just a hint of rosy rays
Peeking over treetops as they play
Then suddenly; a scintillating day

Such a glorious new born day
Wrapped in the sun’s vibrant rays
As they flash and glint and play

And when the play is done, day sinks down into setting rays.

Snow-Child

for Magpie Tale 247
dVerse

I’m waiting for the swirling snow

To stand in a world turned crystal

Stretching wide in a cold white blanket

I’m wrapped tight in a warm blanket

The frozen window between me and the snow

The glass panes are frosted like craved crystal

I’m dreaming of bright winter crystals

Head on the pillow; tucked under the blankets

Everywhere and everything covered in snow

I’m a snow-child with a crystal throne in a world blanketed with white

The Wish

for the Honeybee

Once upon a time there was a wish

it fluttered through the air

dancing, shining through the sky

leaving snatching hands with only sky

they could not catch the wish

it kept searching through the air

seeking through the cold-touched air

and tumbling through the sky

for the One who would make the wish

at last the wish descended from the lonely air

and met a child’s sky-turned eyes

In Praise of Chutney

for dVerse

Golden-orange, green tinged apricots
And paper white, paper wrapped garlic
Tiny brown cilantro seeds; coriander.

Hours spent delicately picking coriander
Sticky hands coated in nectar from cutting apricots
And fingers smeared by dirt while digging garlic.

Blended together; a melody. Zinging garlic
Citrus bursting out of coriander
Swimming in a golden sauce of apricots.

Apricot chutney with garlic and coriander a delicacy homemade.


Chutney is like a cross between jam and salsa. It's amazing.