light snow falls all day
clouds under skis, sky mountain
soft on aching heart
Month: March 2016
At the Bottom of this Pool
in mineral baths
i mock a tropical life
(yet i’m still so cold)
the snow drives us home
a lion-like March exit
to freeze my failure
nothing can replace
all the hours without them
now bathed with worse score
Branching Out
Spanglish park play date
joy found amongst las ramas
friend language rooted
(questionable choice–
my student’s family, my girls–
here we cross borders)
Plain Old Spring
Spanish test failure
topped off with plainsong friend walk
to relieve my doubts
everything’s better
with melting snow and spring skies
to wash away fear
Rebirth
lamb ham holiday
family walk through neighborhood
sun brought back from snow
No Matter How Hard
the teacher’s spring break:
finishing apathy’s work
with my daughters’ hands
Spaniards
Spaniards, of course, lead
talking through the lispy night
keep me from writing
Spaniards
Spaniards, of course, lead
talking through the lispy night
keep me from writing
When Called at 5 a.m.
snow day number two:
sunny skies and ice-less roads
(district of regret)
grocery shopping done
house cleaned, even the bedding
(relaxing my way)
kids gone stir-crazy
fights and chasing cats outdoors
(trapped under boredom)
why did they cancel?
to give us all breathing room
snow-free sun and all
Bipolar Weather
yesterday a run
in a cami under sun
today’s dawn… sun gone?
crazy cat attack
wishing winter would come back
two feet deep… too steep?
cookies baked, cake made
springtime sun pushes through shade
drive scraped clean… spring mean?
shifting weather here
spring teases, but winter’s near
snow spring… children sing.
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