they kept the baby
and they kept the bath water
but threw out the tub! 🦊❤️
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2062. baby and the bath water
2061. play ball!!
on the mound waiting
the pitcher hoping to throw
a goose egg game ! 🦊❤️
I got a kick out of seeing a team of Canadian Geese fly in to a freshly manicured ball field to play the local team of ducks. The pitcher was anxious to throw his first no hit game! That is a “goose egg game” in Goose lingo! Lol🦊❤️
2060. the last
what a lonely place
to be the last to be called
to float all alone 🦊❤️
I looked at the last Cheerio floating in the sea of low fat milk. If it had feelings, “what would it be feeling?” I thought. Like the last kid called in a pick up baseball game maybe. Or maybe totally at peace in the quiet of a beautiful pool on a summer day. I wonder… 🦊❤️
2059. “smoke gets in your eyes”
amid the many wires
the smoke of such far off fires
sets the sun ablaze 🦊❤️
2058. mr. bill
looking up at me
his smile turned to an “oh no!”
“oh it’s mr. bill” 🦊❤️
2057. future fossil
in a flow of tar
a penny frozen in time
like ice age fossils 🦊❤️
2056. art critic
at the art museum
a harsh art critic did prowl
known as the “stink bug” 🦊❤️
2055. magnetism
in the overnight
the light’s magnetic power
a gath’ring of moths 🦊❤️
2054. perfect miracle
what a miracle
the mirrorness of water…
and i can see it… 🦊❤️
There is something magical that happens whenever I sit still and listen to leaves rustling in the wind. Everything becomes a miracle. 🦊❤️
2053. refuge
in the blazing sun
my shadow finds some respite
with those from the leaves 🦊❤️
My shadow grows more and more grateful to the kindness of leaves during our current heatwave. 🦊❤️
2052. good bye sycamore
from its high wire perch
a lone bird chirps so sadly
“good bye sycamore…” 🦊❤️
2051. and the winner is….
up - up - up it climbs
who will be the first to bloom?
and the winner is!!!!! 🦊❤️
In a dense patch of weeds, A Jack in The Beanstalk like weed climbed into the sky to let the sun’s rays do their work on the anxious bloom buds waited. And the winning bloom is!!!!! 🦊❤️
2050. stand out
it’s taller than tall
who wouldn’t look up to you?
“grow on tree - grow on!!!” 🦊❤️
When I saw this single tree towering above the rest, I could not help but think about my Cousin Joe who was inducted into the Mid Mon Valley Sports Hall of Fame last weekend. Congratulations Joey!! 🦊❤️
2049. mail pouch tobacco
grab a great big wad
stuff it deep inside your cheek
try not to turn green 🦊❤️
For the last 55 years as I drove the turnpike between my hometown and Philadelphia an old Mail Pouch chewing tobacco sign has endured on the side of an ever aging barn. Yesterday as we drove to and from a family reunion and celebration I was treated again to a flood of memories associated with my cross state travels over the years. But foremost in my bank of memories is the first time that I chewed tobacco while working in a steel mill in The Mon Valley. I immediately turned a shade of green I have not seen since!! 🦊❤️
2048. fly like a bird
no fence high enough
to stop my galavanting
the sky’s the limit… 🦊❤️
2047. boiling water and pizza
the same axiom
holds true for water and pizza
watching doesn’t help 🦊❤️
2046. won’t you be my neighbor?
a stalk of clover
some blades of hearty green grass
comp’ny for the tree 🦊❤️
2045. r.i.p. david hockney
bringing colors to life
following art where it leads
where blue leaves make sense 🦊❤️
2044. bolt of lightning
from my eye’s corner
an orange lighting bolt leaps
to my eye’s center 🦊❤️
2043. can’t get there from here
trapped in a labyrinth
round and round we made our way
finally to escape 🦊❤️
During out evening stroll we came upon a meditation labyrinth. No matter what path we took we couldn’t seem to get to the center. When we finally did make it to the center, getting out was equally challenging. Not very meditative…. The tracker app that we use on walks captured our effort. 🦊❤️
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