Here are two serious, nature-inspired ones:
LEAVES
Summer green
fades,
autumn red
flares,
to orange
yellow,
brown,
blankets the
ground
awaiting the
arctic
veil
of
snow.
Fading sun
graying sky
frosty crispness
quiet
hush
leafless trees
dark twigs
wait like soldiers
for
the icy assault
flakes fall
frozen bullets
covering all in
white
folds
of
snow.
****
REFLECTION
Silent
soldiers
standing
tall in the ranks
needled
arms raised
against
the ambushing
sun
Autumn
marches in
spraying
its yellow, orange, brown
ammunition
on the
vulnerable
Only the
strong emerge
unscathed
true green
evergreen
Quiet
river
remembers
the battle
reflecting
the victory
of the
pines
****
And here are two silly, food-inspired ones:
OH, THAT CRANBERRY SAUCE!
Wiggly
jiggly
red
sloppy
floppy
round
Sliding
off my
plate
headed
for
the
ground
Slipping
through
my fingers
landing
in a
mound
Grandma
steps
right in it
and it
doesn’t make
a sound
Sticky
icky
blob
three days later
when it’s
found.
****
SQUASHED
It’s orange.
It’s bumpy.
Mom’s is
Always lumpy.
It’s squash.
Serve it cold
Or serve it warm.
Either way
It’s got no form.
It’s squash.
Eat it now.
Don’t delay.
Best to get it
Out of the way.
It’s squash.
Take a drink.
Wash it down.
I’ll try my best
To hide my frown.
It’s squash.
Time for dessert.
Oh me, oh my
Cut me a slice
Of that apple pie.
Oh no…
it’s SQUASH!
Be sure to check here after Thanksgiving and into December for The Roses of Prose Annual Holiday stories! Free holiday cheer! Also, join the Facebook reader group I co-host with author Amanda Torrey at Small Town Hearts. We have a blast over there and we want you to be a part of it all!
Toodles,
Chris
www.christinedepetrillo.weebly.com
9 comments:
These are fantastic, Chris! Thanks for starting my day with some reflection (glad I'm not living in the north anymore!) and a few laughs.
I spent the weekend playing in 6 inches of snow in VT and loved every minute of it! :)
How fun and clever. Enjoyed reading these with that all important first cup of coffee.
You're very good at poetry, Chris! Cranberry blobs from the can are why I make my own. LOL No snow here yet, but the creek froze.
Beautiful and funny. Love these, Chris!
Very entertaining. Thanks for the morning lift. Our snow's coming and going. So beautiful...when you don't have to drive in it.
What a nice surprise. You are a poet! Thanks for the lovely images.
Glad I could entertain my fellow Roses today. I feel this selection represents the two sides of me - the rather poetic romance novelist/nature lover and the goofy fifth grade teacher...
The poems are great. The last 2 made me laugh out loud. Great.
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