autumnal offer:
a windy, sunny lunch stroll
in my favorite park
Falling in Love
autumnal offer:
a windy, sunny lunch stroll
in my favorite park
Author: lovizmytrio
Seasonal Cat Disorder
a sweet striped tabby
named Snickers in October
brings joy to autumn
Over the Hump
piano serenade while cooking
and a collegial shout out to the king
can make a hump day joyful
in this little life we live
Stay Gold
from this flight: find light
carry it twenty years past
your flight-or-fight life
through the turbulence
of youth’s wanderlust wonders,
past career questions,
into the blue sky
of a healthy tomorrow
shined by little grins.
find the golden light
carried by heavenly wings
that kept you on Earth.
happy fortieth,
twenty years without cancer,
and still shining bright.
Running in Circles
a teacher’s drive-by:
surprise observation day
(six times a school year)
always on my toes
bending them close to standards
they’ll never quite meet
but we can all hope
(miracles do still happen–
just ask my cat’s tail!)
Tuesday, Taught
the kid argument
that plagues my mornings and nights
chips away my soul
Bites and Pieces
somewhere between the data crunch
that swallows all planning time,
the tech issues that chew up a third of every class,
the common planning that gnaws into bitching about work,
emailing counsellors about kids who’ve bitten off more than they can chew,
grading grammar that nibbles away time with my own kids…
there’s a teacher waiting,
the entrée of this piecemeal,
ready to share the most delectable taste
of what this world asks and offers.
Silver Lining Lunch Date
clouds can’t cover blue
with a reflection like this
waiting to bathe joy
Introverted Beauty
a lonely park walk
can rejuvenate the soul
(my soul needs flowers)
Freedom Has Its Price
the raw emotion
that floods my writing fingers
has been gone this year
(i await new juice
to pump up my active voice
like a sober drunk)
