Monday, December 29, 2025

Deep in December...


Decembruary /dee-SEM-brew-air-ee/ Noun – The days between Christmas and New Year’s when absolutely nothing gets done. Nor is it expected to.

     Decembruary

     Lazy days at the year’s end

     Nothing’s going on

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Tots to Turtles - The Backpack as a Shell

 


Welcome to Random Acts of Poetry Day!

     Kids spill from the bus

     Packs make them look like turtles

     Rushing through the rain

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#RandomActsOfPoetryDay

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

You Little Stinker!


Redolent \RED-duh-lunt\ Adjective - 1: exuding fragrance: aromatic 2a: full of a specified fragrance: scented b: evocative, suggestive.

 

     “Little Trees”; Axe Spray

     Old cars and teen angst on show

     Redolent device

Sunday, August 24, 2025

Snowpack to the Sea - Happy National Hydropower Day


Silent snow comes down

Giver of power, comfort

Nature’s timeless gift


If you're reading this, chances are that your device is/has been powered by hydropower.

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Black Cat Appreciation


Fur dark as midnight

Visits on silent cat paws

Our sweet house panther

Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Trust Your Cricket Conscience


Stridulation /STRID-juh-lay-shun/ Verb - To make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures -- used especially of male insects (as crickets or grasshoppers).

     As fall approaches

     The cricket’s stridulation

     They fade to silence