Memorial Day

for dVerse

Among headstones

Flags flapping, snapping

Red and white and blue

Remembering

Loved ones I knew

Others only stories

And fallen soldiers

Pinwheels spinning

In the breeze

Green and pink and blue

Twirling, swirling

Entrancing a child

Catching me between tears

And a baby’s laugh

Menagerie of Thought

 
The flap of a butterfly’s wing

Small insignificant thing

Sets a million million monkeys typing

And an infinite million more

Causing a single black swan to soar

In a direction never known before

Events and thoughts tumbling round

Across an insubstantial playground

Where the mind lives unbound

Observing the laws of fate

Schrodinger’s cat has found a mate

The Butterfly Effect, Infinite Monkey Theorem, Black Swan Theory, and Schrodinger's Cat are the ideas referenced in this poem.

A Walk Through the Garden

for dVerse

Magic in the garden

growing greens,

gold topped dill strands.

Some giving sweet fragrance

waterfalling wisteria,

waxy moon full gardenias.

Bright cheerful healing herbs

St. John’s-wort,

and soothing, gentle lavender.

Beauty at every sight,

glowing roses,

faint forget-me-nots float fairy-like.

Do not forget,

kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate.



Kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate is a real plant with a name that has always fascinated me.