AprilDawn

AprilDawn Jun 2014

perched
on the  wire
just above  the  bedroom window
your midnight  cackles
are not  welcome
my tired eyes
hope for sweet release
one stray
crackle
and it’s
lights out
  bird face

Sorry to offend PETA or bird watchers , but those birds are loud at night.

#birdsshouldntbelouderthantrains

AprilDawn Jun 2014

Last Time

I tried to gut a gourd
it flew screaming
through the kitchen
with the cleaver still inside
oh,well
canned makes the best pie
anyway.

Gave up trying to make pumpkins, butternut stuffs from scratch ...anything thickly skinned ...

#eviscerationepicfail

AprilDawn Jun 2014

Gone

She smiles wistfully and says
"another cheap year”
no more last minute
store runs
for golden Best Dad Oscars
tiny books of native wisdom
hastily painted
sailboat pictures
boxes of gooey cordial cherries
packed with a huge
hand fashioned card
made at zero hour
proudly displayed at work
for all to see
the talent
of his baby

This one is written for my daughter , who lost her Dad in the summer of 2002.Father's Day is still ******* her .

#dadsday

AprilDawn May 2014

First Taste

of  this spring
surges  through
my veins
promise of sunshine
and rain
anticipation of pleasure
and pain
nourished
by the sweet life
lucky  harvest  of
earth born
strawberry delight
too soon  it's all over
only stains
remain

The first local strawberries of the season are always cause for big hoopla at our house.Written May 30,2014.Accidental rhyme scheme !

#berriedtreasures

AprilDawn May 2014

Super 8 Soap

Rummage
through Christmas decorations
headed for the garage

forced  order
onto random bits  and bobs
a long forgotten bag
yields a wrapped bar
of motel soap
at the very bottom
who's very existence
spins me in a split second
backwards
to  all those days and nights
of our tragedy

How did I ever survive this thing?
Have I yet?

it offers  me no real answers

just continues
to look crisply unused

and wildly
out of place

2005 or 2006,Moved a lot after my husband died , and had to sort out so many things ,so many times.The memories were hardest the first few years.Now they are more like surprise treasures when I find them.

#founditems

AprilDawn May 2014

Thunder Rolls

while
quick sprays
mist
juicy consumables
glisten  languidly
edible jewels
draw  my gaze
my hands reach out
aching for  their
***** flavors
implied feasts
dance wickedly
in my imagination
enticed by clever
marketing execs
and
the farmers
hard work

Shopping for groceries in Randall's once a few years back , I was wandering through the produce section when the sound of rolling thunder came out of nowhere .It was dry and warm outside ... I had only come in a few minutes earlier.The misted fruit did it's job though, luring me to buy some !

#phatproduce

AprilDawn May 2014

European Getaway

Border patrol checkpoint
empty again
made our passports obsolete
nothing
to declare anyway
lush greenery
barely changes
from country to country
overcast skies
precariously straddle
nations
ancient vineyards
still yield
magnificent drops
castles crumble
a little more everyday
not even the towering pines
can save them
moody melodies strum
around my head
forever framing
this summer’s trip
just a little
differently
than the years
before.

My parents lived in Germany half the 80's and all the 90's , and would invite us over from the US for a summer vacay nearly every year .Political landscapes changed during those years , as did our everyday lives .

#backseatphilospher