Robert Trezise Jr. Poet Free verse

Last Monarch Summer

It had been years since the seasons changed

Then the Monarch butterflies
Shook from a blue sky in July
Like a box of colored confetti
Re-appeared a miracle atop the sticky meadows

And the day before was so hot
That on my morning walk
I found tree frogs glued to the pavement

In mid-hop

Paralyzed with eyes looking up
Clay knickknacks belonging to a shelf
In an Elk Rapids gift shop

People around here are buried in their graves
Sitting up
To stare out forever upon Torch Lake

Tombstones angled against the hills
Last ever to see
The blue of this Earth
The lake of sunsets

The mirror that shows us all
Who we turned out to be.

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Debra Squyres September 27, 2019 at 6:01 PM So many vivid lines !! It's so hot here too that the dust devils choke the frogs before they jump lol Enjoyed the read. Robert Trezise Jr. September 28, 2019 at 11:03 AM Thank you!

Caren Krutsinger September 1, 2019 at 9:17 AM So sad, and yet, this is what we are racing towards on a daily basis. "tree frogs glued to the pavement In mid-hop Paralyzed with eyes looking up" Nicely done! Robert Trezise Jr. September 1, 2019 at 1:22 PM Thank you Caren as always :)