I was incased
in an igneous abode
you could not discern
my watermint sense
but catadromous
unwind
their pantograph
linearize
crookedly bladed link
rosinweed and spoonflower
outgrow technobabble
stratification
calcedony bicolor translucent
zymogen expectantly
diffract southwest
we were burdened
mammalian carrier
through telescope
transparency
never
(Weekly Magnetic Poetry Challenge • August 31–September 6, 2026)
October’s Story – Kyrielle - 9-24-23
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October’s Story
October splashes through streams of color
Gold and silver dawns in watercolors
Every shade of joy now revealed,
Fall scatters leafy bright color wheels.
Kaleidoscopic beatitude ideals
Flushed colors escape, no more concealed,
Bursting hues, legends technicolor,
October splashes through streams of color.
Sweet season touched by magic appeal,
Harvest glories, wheat from the fields,
Red orange bittersweet, blooms of bicolor
October splashes through streams of color.
Jubilant child shouts with glee so real
Soothes the land from hot summer ordeals,
Golden ecstasies in multicolor,
October splashes through streams of color.
At God's altar of bounty, she kneels,
Fruits from orchards, sweet corn from cornfields
Asters and Mums blush in tri-colors,
October splashes through streams of color
20 Year-Old Poems NUMBER 3 Passover Tree Swallows
Easter came a week into spring!
And diving like jets in ongoing wars
But reminding me of Jesus rising
My Easter encounter with tree swallows
Recalling too, “bats” at the Ponte Vecchio
Passing over me – assuredly – Tachycineta bicolor
Imitating sonar-powered dive bombing
Like peregrines toward me – O now averting
Collision at right angles, a loop, parabola?
Face to face with the whites of their bellies
Eye to eye with those iridescent male backs
So many today, they might be gnats, sweat bugs
Delighting my heart in this promised land
My exodus offers two options at my Lake
Hug the water to Cash Trail
Or wander among old Maryland trees!
Or meander with Laurel Trail lazily …
On this quiet, gray afternoon
In the finest spray of drizzling rain
I stop and give homage to all THIS
(c)Deo, shalom, shalom Friends. amen and amein
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