John Lawless Poet Free verse

Drifting Thoughts

Drifting Thoughts


Today I fed a duck.
He dined alone,
gluten free diet,
no bread for him.

Watched a squirrel
bury an acorn
only to have it stolen
by a stalker from
another tree.

At the pond
the Osprey
caught more fish than I did.

Offered my SPF 50 lotion
to the sunbathing turtles.

Laughed out loud
alone, kayak drifting,
on the whims of
rippling winds.

Got stuck in traffic
amid the impatient honking
of the Geese.

Quietly applauded
the artistic posing
of the Swans.

Played the shape game
with passing clouds.

Lost track of time
and time
lost track of me.


John G. Lawless
8/8/2016

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Andrea Dietrich August 10, 2016 at 10:41 PM just came across your note to me. (I don't get notification) Anyway I LOVE how you came up with a wonderful poem like this one after being right out there doing such a relaxing thing in nature.

Andrea Dietrich August 9, 2016 at 3:59 PM I don't know if you wrote this for any contest or what it means but it is WaY COOL. BIG SEVEN John Lawless August 9, 2016 at 9:23 PM No particular contest. I just spent 4-5 hours kayaking and fishing and watching the goings on around me. Thanks for the high mark.

Laura Leiser August 8, 2016 at 9:50 PM Love your creative observations of nature around you...your comparisons and contrasts are unusual and fun! John Lawless August 9, 2016 at 9:26 PM Thanks Laura, it was a great day. the greatest comedy is watching me get out of the kayak.