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Vashon Memories

...Vashon Memories

A song to sing itself –
A birthing voice,
Shouting then whispering
Of fields and quiet harbors
Of blackberries and sunlight on smooth waters,
Of boredom, rest and restlessness...

Categories: huckleberries, beach, summer, tree, vacation,
Form: Free verse

America's Signature Grandeur

...Sprawling eagles' wings of freedom glean upon this God blessed land. 

Huckleberries abound upon rich forest tapestry. 

Salmon spawn in glistening waters aplenty. 

Indigo mountains are crowne...

Categories: huckleberries, america, encouraging, freedom, hope,
Form: Ode

Do You Know Who You Look Like

...Sheba was a bird brain – a dumb bunny for sure.
She had no idea she was a dead ringer for Marilyn Monroe.
Not the blonde, over-glamorized, sensationalized Marilyn,
but rather the young, darling, i...

Categories: huckleberries, husband, wife,
Form: Narrative

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Finn and Fiona

...He thought that he had lost all his marbles on the crossing

The autumn tides had been huge and the currents strong


Mostly the aquamarine ones off track and abandoned

A bit like blue smarti...

Categories: huckleberries, love,
Form: Free verse

Fortuitous Tea

...Tea for two, for me, for you
Buckwheats for three, you, and you, and me
Huckleberries for four, that's what we adore
Spring rolls for five make us feel alive
Chalupas for six, served on heated br...

Categories: huckleberries, family, food, friendship, fruit,
Form: Lyric

Homework

...Moby Dick, geometry, physics.
Study every subject everyday.
Homework is an indicator of future success.
Success is not necessarily happiness but it helps.
Freedom is to formulate your own definit...

Categories: huckleberries, dream, freedom, future, happiness,
Form: Verse

Watching Homer Struggle

...Watching Homer struggle
to explain how a god wounded by a mortal
cannot die but may thereafter live with minor pain

and the humor when that god
complains to Jove that His supervision of His dau...

Categories: huckleberries, blue, daughter, father, jewish,
Form: Free verse

Not Like a Figwort

...Not like a figwort but not an aster, either. Could he be a buttercup
with sepals, no petals, but sepals like petals? Alan is a bluebeech,
an ash if his books sell. Quick shake hands. Zach's bald ok...

Categories: huckleberries, blue, books, flower, fruit,
Form: Verse

Mom's Eulogy

...It's already hard enough to say anything accurately
without further obfuscating and camouflaging the soul.
The faces in the funeral pews are impassive, impatient
and the dead woman cares not what'...

Categories: huckleberries, boat, death, eulogy, father,
Form: Free verse

Injury

...My face tells me nothing. Not nothing but nothing useful, the
complications of ageing humorously but not exactly how to avoid
injury.

Permanent injury is a now popular cliché. At this age any in...

Categories: huckleberries, age, death, friend, humor,
Form: Verse

Sealed With a Bilberry Kiss

...Those indigo jeans worn this special day
When he invited me on my  first date
Very appropriate ~trip to park_ play
Lunch from a vendor sharing plate

As our hands touch, look in his eyes_ see de...

Categories: huckleberries, animals, imagination, love, romancedesire,
Form: Sonnet

The Legend of Mary Berry'

...A long time ago-or so the story is told,
There was a strange occurrence in the Europe of old.
High atop a windswept, alpine peak,
Lived a girl fair of face and rosy of cheek.

She would gather w...

Categories: huckleberries, faithpeople, people, time,
Form: Rhyme