AprilDawn

AprilDawn Sep 2014

Our solar lamps
plead for more sunshine
as they die
in the middle of dinner
every night
even  in this  stark Texas
  late afternoon light
        all the while
I can still
get a beastly burn
the faintest suggestion
of Fall
wafts through
the chilled
grocery store air
        rife
with frothy pumpkin lattes
maybe if I stare long enough
at the neighbor’s
front porch
loaded with  gaudy gourds
I can almost
trick myself
into feeling
crisp.

My years in Houston , 2002-2006 and the fake feeling of traditional northern Fall with that weird dichotomy of pumpkins and palms in still hot weather.Finished poem today.

#fauxfall

AprilDawn Sep 2014

Bruised

but not  rotten
summer's
last ambassadors
drip  off my lips
glad my shirt
  is dark
and these  stains
won't really matter

Just ate my last farmer's market tomato for dinner tonight..Tuesday is already Fall.

#goodbyebites

AprilDawn Sep 2014

Just plain

a  rainy sort of rain
buckets thrown
from invisible
sky hands
a newborn stream splashes
down main street
slicks train tracks
and  thirsty lawns
with a spritzer
cocktail  of  cool air

no storms that night, just plain and simple rain.Living on the edge of tornado alley...this is always welcome.

#justplainraindrops

AprilDawn Sep 2014

Shell Shocked

I haven't seen a sandy beach
for over a decade
suddenly
she graced our  back door
with a plain cardboard  box in hand
brimming with   beach  strewn beauties
after hearing a stray comment
made at a family dinner
she held a few months ago
these stunners  are
destined for a future  flower bed
and jewelry to adorn my neck
my mind swimming
with possibilities
such  a  simple box
of  treasures
felt like  gold from foreign lands
cradled in my surprised arms
while pieces of Florida
smiled up at me

My fiance's 89 yr old grandmother showed up at the back door the other day with a beautiful box of cleaned seashells from all her years winter vacationing in Florida . She had remembered a comment I had made about how much I love sea shells at a supper she held a few months back.I was delightfully surprised by this random and kind gift.

#randomactofkindnessrock

AprilDawn Sep 2014

September

is already  here
that cusp month
between summer  and fall
not wishing those  last fireflies
good bye
turning of  leaves
   on countdown
palpable desires
for  apple cider
and pumpkin pies
starting to rise
welcoming  crisp air
autumn festivals
like a  long lost love
before  winter
claws at the door
it's cold grasp
mere   months  away
until then
September  weaves
a   transitional
spell
across  landscapes
summer's last gasps
sputters
          through
growing lawns
laced with biting bugs
until
mama nature
finally  decides
to toss
  those crunchy colorful
leaf rugs
***** nilly
all about
the countryside.

written today Sept 1,2014 -love September...the cooler side of summer for the most part and glorious fall is just around the corner.

#sweetseptember

AprilDawn Aug 2014

Ninety –Nine Degrees

slight breeze
queen palm trees sway
to a phantom melody
not even a squirrel
in sight
I sit safe inside
my air conditioned
home
watching the sky
melt

99 degrees
slight breeze
praying
evening cool down
is on it’s way
painted with a palette of pastel
horizons
sweltering
over my suburban
retreat

One of my Springs in Houston around 2005/2006.I had an in ground pool back then .Great for midnight cool downs....

#hotdaze

AprilDawn Aug 2014

Fact Of Life

my hound dog
she don't love me
she just loves
my
fingers of cheese

written several years ago while eating cheese puffs .....and still holds true, I swear !

#truedat