New Tricks

Teach the dog new tricks

Old, old, or young

Don’t let them lie

Complacent

And teach the cats

Send them away with tutors

Bid the mice work quantum wonders

Each one flocking together

Playing in fields of insight

Written for dVerse.

Cold

Snowy earth revels in winter’s chill

Hiemal ermine covering every hill

Gelid nights and frigid days

Paint the lakes in icy glaze

While blasting wind benumbs eyes

Cheeks, and lashes; frosting  gloveless fingers

Piercing polar coats and arctic boots

And snowflakes recolor winter suits

Hiemal - relating to winter
Gelid - extremely cold

Written for dVerse.

Cobbler

An hour here; five minutes there

Cobble together the time

It’s still not enough

Between busy shades of life

Between musts and shoulds and

Cannot-do-with-outs

Time flying away in ragged swaths

But catch them, stitch them

They just might add up