Unpolished Ink

Unpolished Ink Jan 6

After The Party

January starts its journey
as a wet and sorry thing,
a limp balloon in a leafless tree
and a soggy bit of string

#new #year

Unpolished Ink Jan 5

Sky

The sky has made her bed with the waves
together they tumble, windward blown
star crossed lovers, never alone

#nature

Unpolished Ink Jan 4

Dog

A poet finds no joy in errant words,
those misbehaving dogs
which will not come to heel,
how can they delight us
they may turn round and bite us

#poets

Unpolished Ink Jan 3

This Turning Year

This turning year
a child of war so newly born,
could we give it a day
to dream its infant dreams,
the simple gift of a little peace
apparently not, or so it seems

#peace #newyear

Unpolished Ink Dec 2024

Giddy

Winter has decorum
unlike his sister Spring,
he is slow and ponderous
but she's a giddy thing

#seasons

Unpolished Ink Dec 2024

Schism

There is no schism,
no gulf between the winter, fall, and spring
there is a reason for every season,
each takes the best
then adds to what the others bring

#seasons

Unpolished Ink Dec 2024

Knit

We knit idyllic hopeful schemes
and fashion them as garments made from dreams

#hopes