Imaginary Gardens with Real Toads
TAOS VALLEY IN SPRING
Wild plums flowering
Every branch covered
Blossoms spread open
Creamy white
Hearts delight
They have been waiting
For the first of May
May Day’s explosion
Nature’s fireworks
The clouds in the sky
Echo indigo
Like the mountains
On the horizon
Rain in the distance
Perhaps it will be here
Before day’s end
Trees in the meadows
Nature’s new green
Spread out on the lawn
Sprinkled with the yellow
Of dandelions
Bee’s first food in spring
Spring is here at last
Stated in capital letters
The birds sing a new song
And the crows play in puddles
May 2, 2018
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dVerse WILD AND WOOLY
Is not the life for me
I like a more settled life
Where some things are certain
Or at least close to certain as can be
I like to sleep in a warm dry bed
No creek bed for me
It is fun to think about wild
But as wild as I want to go
Is to watch ‘Naked and Afraid’ on TV
While sitting on my sofa
Safe from stingy things
I don’t like bugs
And don’t like mosquitoes eating me
Spiders are frightening
And snakes are too
I think if I was ever wild
That is lost for me just now
I don’t like stickers
And I don’t want to go without my panties
I think I’ve earned the right to be civilized
Safe and sound
Not naked in a tree
Not naked in a tree
May 1, 2018
10 comments:
Yeah New Mexico can be tougher than wild. I once suffered chiggers, poison ivy, and whiny teenagers with the same malaises all at once!
HAHAHA! This is so much fun to read - especially aloud! Stingy things - I don't much like those either. So glad you joined in - big smiles here!
I like a more settled life
Where some things are certain
Or at least close to certain as can be
Yes, annell, why disturb the bee-hive. Just avoid or not to bother potential dangers!
Hank
I prefer safe and sound as well.
Whatever Anonymous claims that makes me wild with rage.... I do love the comfort too... but I need the spice of the wild.
I like a warm dry bed too, but think I could cope with a securely zipped tent.
I don't mind little bugs, that is bar earwigs. I hate earwigs, they terrify me!
Anna :o]
I like the differing viewpoints expressed in each poem and I like your Taos. My Taos moment is of waking on the last day of June and seeing the morning sun reflect off a thin layer of ice atop the swimming pool.
Thanks for taking me back!
Mark
Taos valley sounds lovely. And while naked doesn't bother me, a tree would not be my first choice as a place to be naked in.
Sugar Spice
Wild
NoT
aLWays
NoW So
Nice
Free
is a Price
And Bugs Are
A Cost But Possible to: Eat.. From:
Wherever We Land Next Bed Bug or BreakFast..:)
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