Cold Surrounds White Pear Tree
Cold Surrounds White Pear Tree The newly white pear tree is pretty and full with buds Birds flying in and out of it's branches While damp and cold surrounds under overcast grey-blue skies. Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Cardinal and Pear Tree Haiku
Cardinal and Pear Tree Haiku The pear tree is budding in small beige blooms Two red cardinals are flying and singing in rapid bursts Spring is close to us. Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
KIngs of the Pear Tree
Kings of the Pear Tree The pear tree has a tip top and is beginning to bloom In the beginning of March The branches gracefully slant down in a semicircle on Both sides to make a full, beautiful tree All are beginning to bloom, A lone mocking bird Has made the tip top his perch For the last month or... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
The Starlings
The Starlings During the cold spell in February While feeding the birds There was snow on the ground and a Blizzard coming in, Big pretty flakes of snow were beginning to fall The black, speckled starlings dominated the feeder Then I tapped so raptly on the glass door, And the starlings gathered in... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Four Pairs of Cardinals in a Pear Tree
Four Pairs of Cardinals in a Pear Tree On the first month of the new year my Blizzard sent to me Four pairs of Cardinals perching in a pear tree With two grey speckled doves Leaping and hopping in the white snow breeze During the slanted blizzard blowing stinging flakes Come to get some bird seed,... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Bluest Skies
Bluest Skies Mid February, it was suddenly warmer like it gets here So I insisted on going out to hike Wounded knee and all, and took the shorter trail Wearing walking shorts for the first time in several months And short sleeves, The things that stood out most Were the bright blue skies With few... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Beware Nondescript Stangers
Beware Nondescript Stangers In my dream a female coworker and I Were sitting in front of a classic looking white church building Somewhere in the country in reasonably warm weather Though overcast, We had just sat down in the grass and joined a couple who we didn't know Young middle- aged, darkish... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Winter Recount
Winter Recount The cardinals, finches and doves were fed through the winter snows Plus a community of orioles With a few others, including starlings and crows The mockingbirds must have another source and rarely appear, The ugly bug bit me and I laid in bed a day fighting a violent migraine and... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Not Winterized
Not Winterized I went out to meet every flurry And turned off the electric blanket Piling the quilts up, Thinking this time I am going to beat the winter And be rough enough to live in it, Through the whole cold and damp spell I have had a sore right knee and foot With pains going all through... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Lemons
Lemons Lemons, rolling, falling, crashing all around Rolling over me Bruising me Keeping me down More and more lemons Falling, hurling at me Always lemons Falling out of the sky Who says lemons don't grow on trees I fall on my rear rolling my feet over them Can't get up without smashing a few Lemon... Sign in to see full entry.