Short Courtyards Poems

Our men, frail from fruit, walk among hyacinth shadows
They crawl across marblewalk courtyards-
Mist in quivering sunlight...

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We had not received Christmas cards,
We children in our home courtyards; 
Displayed cards of grandpa,
Age-old cards of grandma;
Friends said: it's a house of regards...! 


29 November 2022...

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Ornate guises fill the halls,
Baroque, Venetian—timeworn
In courtyards of seduction,
A wealthy heir plays the game .
Dainty farm lass in torn mask
Becomes this  man’s easy quest

Her façade, a thieving ploy. 


Contest: SEVENBITS for nette onclaud
3 Oct 2017...

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I was pretty sure I had seen the prettiest courtyard
Until I travelled to Greece and saw sixty of them
Each one unique, none of them comparable to another
Beauty in a variety of gorgeous, pleasant ways
Every corner I turned seem to have a new one or two
I wonder if every decorator in Greece is an esthetic genius
I turn the corner into a new faerie land and think they must be...

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The rain came.
Eagerly all were waiting for it.
But a torrential fall
for a few days
rivers, lakes, ponds are in spate.
From the pond of the poor farmer
fishes swam away to freedom, 
caught from the roadside rills
and drains casting nets, 
speared in the courtyards.
Oh farmer! 
How can you claim
those fishes as yours? 
Run oh farmer, 
bring your net
catch as much you can
running here and there....

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Israel's Festival of Tabernacles is here
   Designed to bring cheer
      It's the happiest time of the year

Crops are harvested from far and near
   Extensive preparations made, quite dear
      On balconies, in courtyards, flimsy huts appear

Jews share their largesse with all who draw near
   Eat and sleep outside, except in weather severe
      Rejoice together, proclaiming this message clear

    ~ With thanks for our bounty, the Lord we revere...

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