Short Lackadaisically Poems

Crimson Maple Leaf
by Valerie D. Staton

Crimson Maple leaf
lackadaisically swirled
amidst a backdrop of blue...

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DECEMBER 2017

secondary storm
as snow rushes from branches -
trees hold onto roots

a snow-bird pauses
on white cold platform ~
perhaps further South?

as main road traffic mocks,
steep driveway
lackadaisically melts

12/9/2017...

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angels sweeping out flakes
lackadaisically

successive shift:
fast and furious

angels on break
storehouse still
to be emptied

funniest sight?
a full-size snowman
drops from the clouds

foreman’s mad
he smiles though
at the cheeriest
curveball snow

angel’s never angry more
than a millisecond
heaven’s work a joy
yesterday, today and forever

Nov 2022...

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Listen to poem:

You lack what I have.
You can't have it back,
    because your lack is my gain.
Lacks define your success.
The less you have the better.
But, a life with too many lacks is lackluster,
    a life spent lolling and loitering
    is lackadaisical bliss.
It is a half-hearted half-life, ruined by deficiencies.
So count your lacks, one by one
    and get rid of them.
Be fulfilled as you fill your lacks,
    like a dentist fills cavities....

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