Peach Blossom

Blooms from my backyard peach trees stand-in for cherry blossoms.  Each spring I admire them with reverence.  Each summer I curse them for their failure to produce edible fruit.  The bees and squirrels don’t complain. Absent cherry bloomsPeach blossoms pleasingly serveLovely spring display The patio peach tree produces small, inedible fruit. The featured image isContinue reading “Peach Blossom”

A Tragic Tale

Forbidden love will not prevailRivals determined to assailSure to be a tragic taleDeath is on the horizonLooming peril does not deterArdent pursuit of the loverClandestine meetings do occurHeartbeats rise to the occasionClimax at last – caught in the act Succeeded by brutal attackMusic intensifies impactAll fall silent on deathHeartfelt lamenting songPrayerful cries of unjust wrongTearContinue reading “A Tragic Tale”

Light and Shadow

He hides in darknessFolded in on himselfHis sharp tongue at the readyShould any dare intrudeShe dances through sunbeamsGracefully leaping over shadowsHer light is contagiousFor all those who dare to seeShe peeks into the darknessHe unfolds Sadje’s What do you see # 230 dVerse Quadrille #197: “Look Sharp, Now! (Let’s write a poem.)” Hosted by DeContinue reading “Light and Shadow”

Lucky Shenanigans

My grandson and I enjoyed a St. Patrick’s Day scavenger hunt at a local wildlife preserve.  As directed by the activity volunteers, he chose a cute little cardboard leprechaun that he was to photograph next to sought after plants, rocks, trees, etc.  Using a naming chart based on the first letter of my grandson’s nameContinue reading “Lucky Shenanigans”