poetry – Page 20 – The Poetry Patio

Coyote, 1

From the silence of the desert night
someone shook coyote awake

Paris Postcard

If I sent you a postcard
from the Tuileries
a real old-fashioned lick-stamp affair. . . .

Ode, to Coffee

Oh hallowed nectar, rich and capped in white!
Strongest cup of daily refuge. . . .

First Black-Out Poetry Poem

the room, well-dressed with
meticulously
tall, thin, angular
eyes like a thunderbird

Morning Observations

The song of the morning
is a lot of ecstatic tweets,
high pitched messages,
and low slung motor grindings

Evening, after the rain

The backyard glows
like an emerald, the leaves are
gemstones

With sunshine and graceyou present your joyful faceto brighten this place Nourished by autumnthe seeds wait in secret hopefor the coming spring In storm the showersof restorative powers:the earth re-flowers And bees run the racea buzz of furious pacethrough the garden space So much more than commonplacefar too wild to be encased in a vaseLeaveContinue reading “Wildflowers”