Dream
sweet plumes
of turquoise
moonstone canvass
as purple cloudburst choirs ear worm skylines
or blue-tailed godwits nail scrape rose quartz mounds
jack-o'-lantern
usher peeps
at closed
eyes
Date posted : 9 th October 2020
Contest : Double Tetractys 4
Sponsor : Eve Roper
CATNAP ISLAND
Son with parents watch tv views
Older voices discuss the news -
Islands of certainty
In an ocean of doubt.
Cat slips in on silent feet
Curls up on the boy: they sleep -
Islands of certainty
In an ocean of doubt.
Comforting sound
of rain dripping
from my roof
settling in late
afternoon puddles
bathing away
cares of the day
and the wrinkles in
my spirit
Gently,
the maple's
veined hydra of a
tounge stretches out
in fall to taste the midday
mist, to sate its chronic thirst.
How like a baby in its mother's arms
is this rough-grained senior clothed in bark.
Sleep is heavy on a cat.
For once they are still,
Ragdolls in your arms.
Fur mussed like morning hair,
They snuffle as they purr.