Journy back north

The birds returning
After winter's long sojourn
Feeders getting low

Welcome site

The buds are growing
Slowly filling in the scene
Soon... all will be green

In with the new; out with the old

Snow has been subdued;
Showers now roll in, to wash
Away winter blues

Running hot and cold

Changing seasons means
Shorts today; snow tomorrow;
Allergies between

Perpetual student

I enjoy learning
in the classroom of life, but
tired of pop-quizzes

You never know what you have

It's true the young waste
The youth they're given; but the
Old squander wisdom

Blue days

Rain drop streaked windows
Dreary day; hold up inside
Storm cloud ensconced skies

On a hot streak

One more lucky role
With this fateful pair of dice
An then... paradise

Perennials

From the dogged stem
Pushing determinedly through
Flowers bloom anew

Little princess

Delicate features
Like porcelain pottery
A fragile beauty

For Monae Marcum - Suggested word: Pottery

Keep it simple

Less like an onion
More so like the banana
Peeling one and done

For Aaron Faber - Suggested word: Banana

Don’t be a poseur

If each time you speak
Shows you as a charlatan
Learn to shut your mouth

For Tom Heffron - Suggested word: Charlatan

Lost temper / lost friendship

Ware transient ire
It seems fleeting, but impact
Is lasting and dire

For Brad Stuhlsatz - Suggested word: Transient

Light at the end of the tunnel

Worn shovel in hand
With each weary thrust of blade
I dig my way out

For Aaron Faber - Suggested word: Shovel

Day to day

When survival is
The only goal being sought
Chaos will be fraught

For Monae Marcum - Suggested word: Survival

My precious

Unhealthy desire
A darkening obsession
Consuming as fire

For Todd Francis - Suggested word: Obsession

Fossil fuels

Oil’s short, gas is high
More mid-East kerfuffle; do
the Prius shuffle

For Tom Heffron - Suggested word: Kerfuffle

Young love

Remember first kiss?
Sweaty palms; you’re full of angst
Worried that you’ll miss


For Brad Stuhlsatz - Suggested word: Angst

The ruler of one

Cabin on the lake
My fortress of solitude
I alone am king

For Aaron Faber - Suggested word: Cabin

Alone in a crowded room

The world against me
Feelings of disparagement
How can I break free?

For Regina DuLac - Suggested word: Disparaged

Not a box of chocolates

Life is like grapefruit
Some take with a grain of salt
Some coat with sugar

For Monae Marcum - Suggested word: Grapefruit

The apple and the tree

Some traits by nature;
others by nurture.  I am
my fathers likeness

A patron of stoicism

Weary is the saint
Suffering in solitude
Nary a complaint

Difference of opinion

You like urban rap
Thinkin’ you’re hip, while I think
Not so urbane crap

Trust but verify

Always on lookout
A man of grit and gumption
Makes no assumption

Inauspicious dreams

False hopes rise and crash
Like peaks of the ocean swell;
Emotions abashed

A world that needs healing

Why do people hate?
With such violence and war
What will be our fate?

Baby’s mystery

The peaceful infant
Sound asleep through times trying
To bed starts crying

Familiar relations

Intimacy is
More complex than tactile, yet
Simple as a smile

Never yielding

Dauntless are those who
Refuse to capitulate
When in dire straits

Reminiscing sad times

Distant memories
Causing fresh tears to impart
Ripping me apart