Your drops cool little blue pansy faces,
Satisfy crepe myrtles’ delicious pinks;
The grass has turned back to emerald spring,
And the air is sweet, the air is so sweet.
Fresh caladiums spread affection.,
Outdoor cars are losing their dust to shine,
A/C motors are hushed in your coolness;
And the air is sweet, the air is so sweet.
You have made pine needles soft under foot,
And beckoning books unread to the hand.
You show your gentleness, how you can be.
And the air is sweet, the air is so sweet;
Rain, Rain, Don’t Go Away just for today,
For the air is sweet, the air is so sweet.
As the sun rises and cast hues
Upon the horizon
A purple pale floats on the wisps
After the peek of dawn
The sun that was red turned orange
Where came the color pale
What magic at by the artist
Colors hidden in the vale
A still quiet morn where nature
plays, a duck's soft quack-quack
Where the geese rule and the sun
Illuminates the cracks
Moisture forms small droplets upon
Caladiums large leaves
Soon the bright sun will dissipate
all and dry will be the eaves
Unfinished
caladiums fill
rock garden with pale faces
in quaint flower bed
April 12, 2008
I have a dream of.....
Meandering paths and water lillies
Topiary hedges and mazes of green
Splashes of color across the lawn
Succulent fruits all for the picking
Bleeding hearts, buttercups
Elephant ears, paperwhites
Canna, easter, and daylillies
Caladiums and flowering grasses
Perfect meter, perfect rhyme
Balanced into beautiful blossoms
Ressurection of perrenials
Springtime treasures and autumns follies
Pearls hang on the Caladiums
Swirls of fog and rain from the night
Twirls that flow to the very edge
Earls no more blessed than I with this right
Heat will soon evaporate the dew
Treat short lived but the memory
Sweet lingers relieves stress of day
Greet this day appreciatory
Contest: Lento Poetry
Sponsor:^Rick Parise
Thanks for the challenge
The rain yesterday
Changed the morning
Fog rises from the creek
Air is nice, moist, cool
Dew drips from the caladiums
That possess the window boxes
Roosters sing cock-a-doodle-do
In the far distance
Birds chirp softly in the trees
Water droplets drip from leaves
On the pear trees
Cats groom each other lovingly
Sun peeking threw the clouds
Casting a soft glow just
Faintly showing light
Gentle air movement
Air touches moving caladiums
In a slow sumba
Drawing into a close presence
With every living being
With every inch of sunrise
The sky changes
Sun becomes goldenrod
Casting its light on the black clouds
Moving them with its presence
And warmth; softly, slowly
Inching it way into the day
Changing every living thing
Slowly leaving the other side
Of the earth
Joining forces with the moon
Bringing night
Tiny circles form
On the edge of leaves sit
On caladiums
Water directed
By God to provide moisture
To small living things
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