Spring Thrills

Photo by Abigail Lynn on Unsplash

Prodigious Punxsutawney Phil
Poked his head outside his hill
Displaying his special skill
Searching for his shadow’s spill
He searched and was searching ’til
The answer arrived with quite a trill
Giving everyone a springy thrill
For of winter we’ve all had our fill



Written for dVerse.

Monarch Flight

Photo by Justin DoCanto on Unsplash

On the branch, bundled; sleeping
resting from its insect creeping
in renewal steeping
tucked away from gazes peeping;
the chrysalis sways.
And morphs from gentle green to clear
until at last the cracks appear
now it’s time for the premier:
watch the tenant fly away.
Flitting now from flower to flower,
glorying in its newfound power;
as it wiles away the hour
monarch of this fragrant bower
lights upon a purple spray.
Glances o’er its fertile land,
where mint and lilac hand in hand
fan out like jewels in vistas grand
catching the sun’s dazzling rays.



Originally written for dVerse and expanded for Verge.

Dreamer

Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash

Like a flock of falling stars
Catching in your eyes
Full of fleeting memories
That never happened anyways
And sparkle just out of sight
Like a flock of falling stars
Reach out and seize one
Raise it up to the light
Catching in their eyes
At the sight of fantasy
Shaping into reality
Full of undoubted memories



Written for dVerse.