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I am darkness.
I wear the mask of sunny mornings
But dark shadows seep around the edges.

I am storm clouds.
I masquerade as blue sky days
But the cows out in the fields lay down.

I am a somber dirge
Though my speakers play a happy song
It’s always in a minor key.

I am tomorrow.
While I can’t untangle from today
I waft the scent of yesterday.
                     ljm
I have oberved that when it's about to rain in farm country, most of the milk cows out in the pasture lay down. I don't know why. They won't tell me.
WEATHER HAIKU

The days are scorching
And it’s just as hot at night
When will it cool down
         ljm
119º at high noon.  119º at 10 PM.  Cools down overnight to 105º  Yaaay.
We all are unique magicians

From a painter to a nurse
To a poet that writes a verse
We create it in our own way
To brighten up somebody's day

We may all not have mind blowing tricks
Though our goodness still sticks
Our efforts never go unnoticed
And we don't make use of hypnosis

We all are created for a specific use
Each with our own personal muse
We all are unique magicians
And we will fulfill our missions
We all have a little magic
Morning
sunshine

and clear eyes to see clearly
to pick up

the twigs
and branches

off the front lawn
of my neighbor's yard

whit howland © 2021
A minimal word painting. An original.
 Aug 2021 Nolan Willett
David
When I walk down the street
I realize that...

I’m as tall
As tall as the giants

When’d that happen?
Why so fast?

I was so little
So tiny and brittle

But now
I roam with

The Giants
 Aug 2021 Nolan Willett
Ciel Noir
I am so afraid to fall
that I do not let myself fly

I say to myself
"I can't do it"
but I never really tried

too far up
too close to the Sun
I cling to the Earth
trembling

how much courage
will it take
for me to learn
to trust my wings?
All those years of teaching
Now quiet in the days

The Wind Cries Mary
More than Purple Haze

But I do like purple
Rain and Rothko hues

Hey get rhythm
When I get the Blues

California State Fair
Huey Lewis and the News

                Life.
             We lose.
 Aug 2021 Nolan Willett
Chandy
From birth
I was given immortality
Never able to die, unless defied
By traumatic injury, to my earthly form

It gets lonely, staying so long
I've discovered lands, traveled across seas
But when it goes indefinitely
Achievements go from celebratory  
To mandatory

All things have an end
I only wish
That I could have one.
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