A to Z poetry challenge 2021 - R

 

no one else gets to be me

this is my unique space

I can lean into that

to rest in it

to let go the trying

and just be me

breathing

and sitting here 

and smiling at you

15/10/21

A to Z poetry challenge - Q

quiet is

lying in my garden

sleeping in the shade

of a drowsy tree

seeing the clouds

putter across the sky

on their morning’s commute

birds tiptoeing 

through branches

and whirring off

watching the grass

grow greener

and longer

smiling back 

at all the daisies 

smiling at me

11/10/21

A to Z poetry challenge 2021 - P

 

wandering through this world

there is a tendency in me

to shy away from people

for whatever reason

insecurity, introversion

overload

and reinforced by pandemic

I avoid those disease carriers (!)

but I have come to see

that I am a people

and we are pretty wonderful

in our ability to touch

and smile

to breathe each other’s sorrow

without that

we are numb

and void of grace

6/10/21

A to Z poetry challenge 2021 - O

 

this evening

I am sitting on my deck

watching the graceful

(from a distance)

cockatoos glide home

they play a hide and seek dance

looking for their perch 

while my husband

makes yet another feast

for the family

in our small but efficient

modern apartment kitchen

I am wondering 

if the birds are saying

as they find their nightly roost

what I said

six weeks after I met him

and every day since

for 34 years

“This is the one”

3/10/21

A to Z poetry challenge 2021 - N

 

every morning

I slip out of bed

onto my balcony

before anyone else is up

pulling across my tablecloth-made roof

partially blocking the sun

decorating my view

with block printed patterns

I see a slice of the world

through the gap

a few kayaks on the lake

clouds whizzing past

on my deck I commune

with my latest plants

peas, tomatoes, and lettuce

while watching the fountain

sputter awake with the sun

cosy in my makeshift tent

feeling so snug under

my furry rug

amongst my books

and creations

grateful for a baby day

rising up

new

2/10/21