AprilDawn

AprilDawn Aug 2014

yesterdays  seem
so long behind
today  is  close at hand
tomorrow is a heartbeat away
if   luck holds true
sandwiched
within the layers of years
try to find
what  could get me through
this daily
mortal toil

I find myself using my past sad , or glad to help me through todays. Wicked storms make sunshine ever so much sweeter.

#recycledlifelessons

AprilDawn Aug 2014

Oh, No !

I thought
with a jolt
not a single caper
to be found
the utter shame
of my sauce
lacking   zip
the lid comes off
with disdainful
faces
gathered round
a  hot   ***
of culinary
blame

pride in my kitchen creations displayed here !

#culinaryconundrum

AprilDawn Aug 2014

Delight

unfolds  on my face
every night
zig zagging
through
dusky skies
a summer's bounty of fireflies
flight pattern
known only to you
my camera cannot catch
your electric dance
turning  that  copse
between the yards
by chance
from the neighbors
****** decor
into  rustic country  charm
all along
their  laundry lines
drying  pants

Today's poem took on a rhyme scheme somehow !

#fireflymagic

AprilDawn Jul 2014

Sweet Pyro

lights my fire
every log placed just
right
stoked with attention
to detail
those wild flames
in your eyes
speak volumes
loves and lives
lost and found
a kind face
eventually embraced
by the golden red glow
of burning embers
and sticky sweet
melted marshmallow
fingers

This was written the other day , and it is about my fiance . His time in the boy scouts makes his fire building skills excellent. I have a picture of him over a fire with the flames making this awesome shot from a trip to several years ago we took, and subsequent pictures of other fires he has made that brought about this poem.

#sparks

AprilDawn Jul 2014

Nutty Conversations

tossed around
like empty peanut shells
between a greedy hound girl
and the local squirrel riff raff
staging a hissy fit
territorial disputes run amuck
so much fuss
the elder pup stands firm
barks to never surrender
her claim to the lucky stash
all the while her feathered foes
swoop down
and steal them both blind.

true story ...my senior blind grand pup soph and a local squirrel in a snack fracas when a bird takes the opportunity to break the stalemate

#animalturfwars

AprilDawn Jul 2014

Stalked

by my neighbor's
sumptuous sunflowers
whose seedy faces
reach for the summer sky
propped up by their leggy stems
gracing that dirt driveway
these yellow bursts of flower power
may not linger
too much longer
for a sulky summer storm
waits wickedly
in the wings

Every year I have lived here , I anxiously await these tall beauties.They usually last a while unless a violent summer storm takes them.I make sure to catch a photo to capture each year's glory.

#icovetmyneighborsflowers

AprilDawn Jul 2014

Hummingbird Convention

Fast winged
ruby throat-ed beauties
meeting
for sweet red nectar
on a cloud covered July day
in the rolling
Kentucky countryside
with a gazebo backdrop
from the perfect vantage
of a serene sun room
decorated in bamboo
and family memories

My fiance's granny has this wonderful sun room on the back of her house over looking part of her property.She was hemming a dress of mine last week , and looking out the windows were scads of beautiful hummingbirds.

#serenesetting