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Glancing at the glaring green of Summer,
wanting to wake the leaves and snow,
get on with aging’s beauty and bone-chilling
sacrifice of warmth. That is when I wrap

my flesh in scarves, boot-up my strength
to taste flakes and kick-up variegated fall
of shapes. A plot of hearty pumpkins; blink
of time; it’s childhood scent and scoop.

Engaged in Starbucks’ hook of latte, festive
espresso, pumpkin, and seasonal spices.
Don’t let me get started on those finger snacks.
Candy corn and Diet Coke, go together; we
go together, naturally, having an October birthday.

Shouldn’t…I can feel the finger wags; and the scolding.
Poetry written for a week, at a time, with no rests.
Lyrical chattering, children of mine; I should leap
to my feet. It’s one-something and I still need to eat.

HYACINTH HANDS

 Hyacinth Hands

Mother, ego-cracker, birthed an embodiment of freedom plaited with slavery 
petunia planter, marjoram with Malay curry and rice, yet scarcity her best performance when hunger a primary protagonist 
my leap into Sovereignty depended on unraveling karmic bonds binding us through lifetimes, countless ages, sotto scenarios 
Piscean, she scaly presented the toughest tests with hyacinth hands, only an embattled Heart would accede to 

her non-relinquishing of my spinal cord nerves entwined with hers, she decorated with wondrous wild animal decoupage vases
to despairing detach from plundering pain, each principal pleasure she designed with subtle oomph, unconscious sophistication 

my divinity would have back burned in futuristic coliseums had she not been Mother of trialing pegs and variegated embroidery cotton

Shades of you

shades of you
linger in my heart in
variegated blue

Design

vast wonder-scape

expanse
                   variegated flora silent joy

           confetti heat-swirl rise

oaken nesting suites sprinkled

              seedlings dispatched on cue

          avian and apis

propagate


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(design)

Peace

sleepy time days
variegated breezes

good will on earth

leaves of october

turncoats in autumn
the stupendousness of leaves
sprinkle my driveway

golden as topaz
her variegated colors
autumns fine maple

rounded leaves of oak
plotting how to be crimson
sneering at walnut

stagnant fir soldier
retaining her verdent
keeping her counsel

october line up
shows off her gold finery
teasing november

knitting

toasty variegated yarn from Oskaloosa
the hues of colors
red blue yellow green
knitting needles are clicking along

warm mittens and slippers
afghans and shawls
a dress for a toddler
clickety clack clickety clack

Abcedarian Poem for Kicks and Giggles

alabaster aardvark allows
banished blue booby
cobblestone cracks
during Dubuque’s disastrous date
effervescent egrets
feel felonious and free
giving giant giraffe gratitude
high-fiving hilarious hyenas
illustrious indigo iguana
jokily justifies
kangaroo’s curious kindness
luxurious llama laughs
mangy monkey mimics
noisy next-door neighbor
ornery oustanding ostrich of Oz
provokes prissy persnickety peacock
querulously quarrels with quick quail
resident rodent rushes
sassily sure-footed and serious
temperate tarantula turns
under universal udder
variegated villainous veins
willingly walk weirdly
‘xciting ‘xacting ‘xtraordinary
yellow yang yaks
zing in zigzag zones, zeroing alabaster aardvarks

That was Then, this is Now

Once, 
I saw rainbows, 
across the tear washed sky. 
Their iridescent gleam
illumining the astral realm 
and spilling down into the waters below. 
Buds burgeoning on every branch, 
Flowers opening their delicate folds, 
and summer bees spiraling around,
gathering nectar for frosty days.

Saw radiant smiles gleaming past,
angelic babes’ innocent face, 
Men toiling from dawn to dusk
going about their lives’ odyssey, 
Speeding vehicles moving down 
as ants, in an unbroken chain, 
Nature, posing from time to time
in silken green, amber gold
and in dazzling white	

Everything fleeted past,
as through the window
of a speeding train.
Neither did they linger long
nor were they daubed bright
in paints variegated,
on my mind's impressionable canvas
to call them back to mind at will.

I lived my life in acute haste.
Colors, shades and myriad scenes
passed me by as common sight

But now with a heavy mist blocking out my sight
and an inexorable darkness
covering me like a shroud, 
plunging me, all of a sudden, into a perpetual night
where sun beams never again shall fall,
I realize with a jolt, how much I have missed
and how much more I will miss!

-a shell-

A jubilant smile had she.
Publicly sunny, 
Affable her presence.
Pure her uncanny eyes were.
Flawless was her name among folks.

In murky light a honed skill 
had she adorned.
A shell variegated her body 
enhancing her crimson forsaken soul.
She would not stem it.
she would keep it as a proof of her 
Corporality.

To mourn was not proper.
she had to be perfect
for them.
Suppressed her art must be. 
No one was meant to know her blotch.

winter sunset

the winter sunset
    is so beautiful
with a rosy pink band
like a ribbon    streaking
a lovely band of color 
     across the sky 
beyond the frosty trees
       below  a stain  a vein 
of yellow gold
with sprinkles of purple
& navy 
variegated   mottled sublime
swirling
     with winter white 
smears blurring & streaking
              uninterrupted
for a moment
      visible &  then
slipping   falling
& fading

Colors and Shades Part One

Written: August 21, 2023
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This planet is such a vast variegated palette.
All ethnicities, cultures, and hues have talent.
A canvas filled with many views and dreams.
So gorgeous, humble souls and, now it seems.

In this kaleidoscope of diversity.
White and black blend into the darkness.
Mixed races provide level-thrived adversity.
There are both rich and poor people in stillness.

We're only those who will render this world whole.
Wise guys roam sidewalks, keen to meet raw souls.
Monks and spiritual seekers searching for peace.
 All people love and foster rainbow beliefs. 

Our earth, birthing cute beings, is a canvas to foresee.
People of various ethnic groups belong to humanity.
Wealthy life phase, adding warmth and awareness.
Wise, savvy, and humble despite race or fairness.

Because love is what we require to survive.
Bridge family tree gaps, penalized for being alive.
To create a world where vibrant colors combine.
The world is a colorful palette of sparkle and fine.

In the Hazy Light

Variegated streaks
criss-crossing,
soothing lavender
then fiery maroon,
with belts of amber
in between. 

Slate blue bluffs
catch the sun before it lands,
dipping into the rippling orange
of the mottled lake.

The pitch black pines are still,
passed the rusty mesh
of a rickety screen door.
Our eyes were fixed
up to the moment
your coppered profile 
became shadow, 
and I could see you no more
in the hazy light.

Snow's a Comin'

Fall on me little snowflake 
Melt into my skin
Unique and variegated 
I'll gladly let you in

And after you, sweet bluebird
Alight inside my heart
And never, ever leave it
I cannot bear to part

Engrained into my being 
I love you more and more
With each day that passes
With you I want to soar

I long to taste your kisses
I dream that you would trace 
The evidence of my devotion 
Encircling its place

Though it can make no music 
It reminds me you are near
My soul does play your soundtrack 
But only you can hear

Monet's Garden

On jade stems iris blooms gently swayed
in hues of lavender, dusty pink and mauve
until pollen seekers were lured to the banquet
of sweetmeats. Within velvet petals they feasted.

In Monet's garden the buddings grew
in variegated colors brushed on a canvas.
Pastel beauties that no fingers dared to cut,
for to be clipped at the height of life meant death.

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