vitamin d good
sit a bit under the sun
nature does it all


lift weights carefully
and everything works better
simple and easy


try hard to stay slim
small waist size gives big health boost
eat less live longer


take a walk today
stroll your favorite places
your heart will enjoy


smile everyday
happiness helps your body
warms peoples hearts too

winter's breath
froze the last driblets
the slate gray mist
  soon covered the once green field
chirpings waning concert
  fell silent to the leafless winds
darkness hastens to days end
as cerulean skies fired magenta
  the painter's lush palette
now earthen mahogany and umber
children chant for
fluffy white mornings
  houses puffing chimneys
and frosted window panes
  time twisted tight
awaiting the flourishes
of the springtime symphonies
tuning up beneath
our feet and beyond the stars

a full closed hand thumbed and gripped
mankind's power uniquely equipped
casting buildings into the clouds
monumental gestures covered in shrouds

force wars to quell interim lust
make impervious machines unable to rust
forge landscapes that snarl the mind
heal the masses, undone... left behind

irrigate parched places, seed an endless reserve
patch brains, restore heartbeats, and spark a nerve
watch plainly with those modern eyes
miracles and wonderment bereft of surprise

hook up make links, connect and make small
all that has come, once so mighty and tall
the click and clack and smooth vibrato
sinewy synergies and pounding staccato

do it, done it, here and there, then and now
what stuff, what things... take a bow
cross your legs, unfurl your hearts, embrace the stars
for soon, it will all be coming to you from Mars

tomorrow's hunger
steps on today's sweet produce
best walk carefully

six months she ignored
then we danced ate kissed and laughed
wed three children now

supper done
  eyes cast
here
   then
  there
cerulean rain... dropping violet

melodic
     piano tickles
and smoothed out bed sheets
soft serpentine
moves stretched arms
up high
      dried iris and begonias... fall

Sunday
        will also come
  filled with
turned pages
and folded things

songs of shepherds
sweet stark
nakedness
  honed
     soft corners...
   ruby red
places
shudder to
      think
not caressed and
  sweat, and breath laughing smiles and
lips
lingering  
   with eyes
            deeply set
as a rudder
on course
      to...  all purpose, the ancients
        and joy  
              the heart... a bottomless
place.

******* in a net
baby raccoon snarled loud
police undid her


snap I heard it clear
mouse met its end quick and sure
sad but wife is happy


deer me he's resting
in our wooded green back yard
a nice site at 6 am


two munching rabbits
I opened the door
lightning-fast they are gone too


a flock of turkeys
wanders our front yard often
not just on thanksgiving day