Tree top dwellers
Electric line leapers
Garage roof tenants
They seem to live solely
To gather nuts
Be chased by eager canines,
And flaunt their furry tails.
The path steeper
the way back down deeper
No longer leapers
my timid steps, creepers
Just keep going
though I’m slowing
Smile's still glowing
Life’s ever-flowing
'Cos when I stop
~ That’s all, Pop
On the dock, we took a step into the storm
When wood glades are full of colorful forms,
We were both awed and warm as we spoke
Many of us believe life is a joke
The winter sun sparkled as it set west
Kissing my crying child, I hold it to my breast
We fantasized over a world without ailments
After an exhibition, snap public impalement
Due to the wuthering event, my mood can shift
In a wild sea of turmoil, we felt our lives adrift
I'm retracted by the unexpected rage
Some have died or escaped over the ages
It urges me to be humane to my brittle chunks
Quit obeying bail, leapers, striders, and drunks
I relax when I find my vitality still in my core
Yet I tried and couldn't find any doors
Windy gusts beat the glaze, making it elegant
To execute it in virtually every element
Perusing the Apocrypha in the glow of a fire
Excessive nothingness may render a man a liar
I waited, expecting a spectacular twist.
The ridiculous spike and rope on the wrist.
Written: May 29, 2023
fat globs and splashes jive off the spin cycle of the ocean this afternoon
I see round circles of suds amid dancing twirls and whirls, it is fabulous
no one could paint these artistic swirls and blobs, they are God-made
foam of an inside washing machine cannot hope to match these dancers.
I stare into the abyss of the ocean, past the lively excited foam dancers
what magic have these enchanted leapers and skippers seen today?
the sand is a staid, quiet, sedate contrast, moving in no direction.
unhurried, stilling meditation comes easily from my beach chair seat.
Jeepers creepers can’t believe your peepers
Sweepers keepers jumping josey leapers.
Gleepers fleepers dallying with sneepers.
Reapers heapers willful wonder kneepers
Sleepers greepers foremost firstly weepers
Deepers sheepers giving golden fleepers
Cheepers zeepers living with grim reapers
Jeepers creepers can’t believe your peepers
child’s reaction blow by blow
swirling twirling vertigo
rosy leapers letting go
roars Calypso overflow
10/21/2020
Contest: Rithimus Divisa 10
Sponsor: Gregory Barden
Original Name: OVERFLOW
Kick the leaves, let bodies grow
Framed in Autumn showers glow
Rake the peak of ‘tober’s show
Pumpkin hues a zephyr throw
Saffron shake of candy snow
And brittle brown tornado
Child’s reaction blow by blow
Swirling, twirling, vertigo
Rosy leapers letting go
Roars Calypso overflow
10/15/2020
sifting sleep through her dreams
echoes canyons whispering means
fragrances fondling features
gracious glamouring gems
harping harmonious hymes
indulging infamous infinities
jewels justification jesters
knowledgeable knee kneel
legendary lonely leapers
many moons multiplied
offering obsacles oats
pursuing passion pedals
question queens qualms
resisting relevant reasoning
transformed trampling tufts
umbilici understans umbrella
victories vivacious voice
xtra whip cream for the y an z
please
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Leapers in hot tub
Floats fingers and toes
What’s for supper- Stew!