The Kitchen Band

for dVerse

Jingle-clang-jangle!
Old bottles, forks, and spoons on a string
Smiles when the kitchen band assembles

Seen through the mind's telescope
Framed by the window forever
Though the clock whisked the children away

And it's just wind chimes playing for the breeze

Sandcastle

for dVerse

Journey down to the sea

With bucket, spade, and me

Salt breeze catching the kite I carry

Making it a frolicsome fairy

You set me free to play

But are bent over your work

Solving the master equation

How many towers defend against invasion?

Aromas to Remember

for dVerse

Under the scent of the pines

Breathing deep

In the rain washed mountains

With snowmelt around her ankles

That’s not a little girl standing there

Though her hair is wispy

Fine and short

And her playmates whirl around her

No. Haven’t you seen a lost princess?

Running from imagined dangers

More real than the smiling grown-ups

And the smoke that lingers

From the barbeque

Perfuming the campground with hotdogs

And hamburgers

Welcoming a princess and her companions home

With the wafting sugared promise

Of marshmallows and chocolate

Under the camping stars