Just Beneath

Just beneath the bed

What fiend lurks there?

Eyes peer out at me

With their laser stare.

Fear

Someone dared me to dance for the show.

Someone else told me I stink.

Here I stand paralyzed on the stage

Too afraid of what others think.

Full Moon Behavior

 

Do you believe

That a full moon

Causes people

To act strangely?

My Uncle's Dog Part 2

The ugliest puppy

I have ever seen

Just two days old

Like a fetal pig

Or a baby rat

Is beautiful to

My uncle who

Can already

See him grown.

Welcome to the world, Sam!

My Uncle's Dog Part 1

This Thanksgiving

One yellow lab

Did not greet us

We miss you, Jake.

Comedy or Tragedy?

What do you call a store where a theater manager might go?

 

 

A prop shop

Thanksgiving at My Uncle's Farm

A dozen chickens laying eggs for breakfast
Seven black lambs rough-housing in the field
(Boys will be boys)
Two steers staring because I am in their barn
A yellow cat that wants a belly rub
Cranberries spiked with jalapeños
Goat cheese with sun-dried tomatoes
A football game with the sound off
Crab salt and pepper shakers that were once Grandma's
This is my Thanksgiving

A Doomed Catering Job

I once met a crafty gator
Who asked me to help him cater.
But he wanted to dine
On flesh that was mine,
So I said to him, "See you later."

Overheard at Thanksgiving

Please pass the stuffing.     

Will you please carve the turkey?

Hand me the gravy.

I’m ready for pecan pie.

Not to mention the whipped cream.

 

That pie tastes so good

Can I have the recipe?

The dishes are done.

Endless football games are on.

Now let the snoring begin.

The Death of Junk Food

The hungry crowd sighs.
No more Hostess fruit pies.

Twinkie Mourning

I am just saying

I would have to like Twinkies

To mourn their passing

Yellow is....

Yellow is optimism
Waiting for a spring sunrise
Wearing the brightest shirt in my closet
Packing my possessions in a rental truck to new opportunity.

Go People Go

Train, plane, bicycle, car
All these things will take you far.

Sneak Thief

 

The Sneak Thief snatches

Everything he catches.

So lock up all your hatches

And fasten all the latches.

 

Why matches?

Mmm, Mmm, Mmm!

Simmering soup smells scrumptious.

Frosty Morning

I am running late

Swirls of frost on my windshield

No time to admire

Frozen Green Tomatoes

Frozen tomatoes

on the vine

Never to ripen

Ready for Dinner?

The table is set.

The guests aren't here yet.

Don't let in in pet!

Honor the Veterans

Honor the Veterans

Thank them all for their service

and their sacrifice

Acorn

Acorn

Fallen, Buried

Waiting, Sprouting

Seed

College Football

Today is College Football Saturday
One game after another
Pass, run, tackle, touch down

Cozy Fire

fire

cozy

warms the house

let the storm blow

hearth  

Cranky Commuters

What did the cranky commuters cause?

 

A bus fuss

Fall Nights

Fall Nights

longer,darker

freezing, dimming, depressing

Can't wait for Spring

warming, lighting, growing

longer, brighter

Spring Days

 

 



A Shoe Obsession

Take

Time to

Care for shoes.

 



Visit to an Asian Market Part 2

Mothers and babies
Talk together the same way
In every language

Migration

The geese are flying

South again

Winter is coming

 

Autumn Leaves

Falling leaves

Against the window

Laying a carpet of

Lovely colors on the lawn

Autumn Harvest

Autumn apples are appetizing.

Trolls

Plastic toys

Trolls are so

Gross they're cute.