Best Palo Poems

The Wood That Smelt Good:
I adore your smoldering odor.
Your sniff makes my nostrils go gaga.
It's like someone threw a rose at my nose.
Whoops, got it too close too my face; now I've got a left ash-cheek.
Try not to freak, but this smudge is gonna be...

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Green clinger on arid arroyo rock, 
Spring blooms of faded yellow you did drop.
Desert dry took a toll of leaf and branch
Leaving photosynthesis to your bark.
Life is tough, lizard kissed, so short and harsh.
Unlike upland cousins, you are blessed:
In your shelter rests a saguaro babe,
Whose...

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Bless each palo verde bloom –
   Those cuplets kissed by the sun
My vision wants to consume
   That thus have raptured my love.

See how they speckle the tree
   With a burst of yellow bright
And upon the branches flit
  ...

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Palo Alto-Baton Rouge

Every Compliment
Is A Plea For Compliance
An Expectation Of
Rewarding Response.

ASMR With Tender Fingers
And A Pretty Stick
Across Your Bare And
Tender Supple Skin.

Whelp! Whelp! Whelp!
With A Sweet Carrot
Kiss To Every Nostril
Carefully Planted. 

-Gray Squirrel

06-21-2025...

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A thin wisp
Like fingers entwining
Opening like a budding flower
Skywards

Taking a path, a grey meander
Spooling and curling
Relying on a gentle breeze
For safe passage

The momentary heat on wood
Sublimating to perfumed wonder
Entering my body to 
Ensnare the soul

The scent which evokes
For each a different memory,
A feeling; but to...

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