Miniature Castle

I don’t need a very big castle

I wouldn’t have time for all the hassle

Just one tall tower and some turrets will do

Set with stained glass to let the light through

In gold-red peacock splatters on the stairs

I don’t ask for much; just a small castle fair

With fuchsia lilies floating in the moat

Chambers and halls that I’d devote

To the burnished leaves of books

Or singing skeins of yarn tucked in paneled nooks

Large enough for every story ever spun

Large enough to hold the wealth of the sun

Where calico cats will purr on plaited rugs

Just a miniature castle quaint and snug

Written for dVerse

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.