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Staycation

So I’m on vacation, day 4. I spent the first three days freaking out every 20-30 minutes thinking I had to be somewhere, call someone, or send an e-mail. Today, I think, I am finally chillin’. The beach is all over me and I’m not going to wash it off, because WebMD says “Enjoy it!” Negative Ions

Poem: Four Minus Three

      Four Minus Three By Shannon P. Laws   The sanctuary of four tulips in a heavy glass jar atop the round dining table bathe in afternoon sun Church is found in the smallest folded places Between petals Between panes A god does not determine who lives or dies It is the scienceContinueContinue reading “Poem: Four Minus Three”

Poem: Rainer’s Shade

Rainer’s Shade Flare up like a flame and make big shadows I can move in —Rainer Maria Rilke Protected by your stare Sun’s rays will burn me If it spies me standing there Under covers of the bed I made Next to a pile of books to read Window’s light a threat Curtains now aContinueContinue reading “Poem: Rainer’s Shade”

Poetry: Loose Hair

Sometimes you don’t Notice a stray hairOn your clothesUntil the light hits itStray thoughtsA lost memoryForgotten friendYour car keysThings we looseBlown off usFingers rustle through Our hair, lookingHow can you put Back into the follicleStray hair that  Left the scalpIt must instead be mourned If it was even missed orGreeted graciouslyLike a fresh beginning

PAD: Playing with Sunlight

Happy 11-11-11!!Writers Digest November “Poem A Day” challenge-  Day 11Swimming in sunlightthick with sounds:voices, conversationsopinions, attitudesShadows stretch longpoint west toward meMy soul strokes eastpropelling this fish forwardWhat river have I fallen into?Ocean, to river, to stream following the scent of homeWhere is my birthplace?I say I was born in the sunbeam itselfnot the shadowalthough conceivedContinueContinue reading “PAD: Playing with Sunlight”

Poetry: Wink

WINKMorning sunlight, sun lowstretch shadows long,twinkle through the branches that sway in the current,bath me pleaseStronger the lightHarsher the darkSun can not be everywherenature’s landscape prevents itGod made or notCrow flys bynods its headas if it remembers meYour life so simple CrowPlease brood over my featuresA wink when you fly by will let me knowThey areContinueContinue reading “Poetry: Wink”

Poetry: Two Love Poems

Here are a two love poems I’m working on for a contest. Spicy hot!Saturdays SongSunny SaturdayBeams filter through The sheer curtained windowOnto the stage of us;A bed of messy coversSoftly, gentlyyou sing and strumI lie next to you and listen watching your fingers move Our song of loveFills the roomOur hearts Our mindsMix in theContinueContinue reading “Poetry: Two Love Poems”

Poetry: Sunset

Before the sun setsOn this tired old trunkI hope to of livedA life full of SunshineFriends, familyLaughter, joyHope discoveredMysteries solvedHow wonderful that time will beWhen it is Time I think on But only if Living was What was doneThe most beautiful Sunset viewed Is one by eyes that have CriedFulfillments, contracts concludedA slow fade toContinueContinue reading “Poetry: Sunset”

Poetry: Lookout

Fields of flowersRolling green hillsSitting, wind at my backIn the distance ships sailSnow capped OlympicsNeedle tipped treesMoss covered rocksI spy a brown fox In the a field of brown grassZig Zagging in sync with a rabbitThe other side deerEmerge from the forestOut in the open nowGathering together for dinerThe sun, the warm setting sunSoon yourContinueContinue reading “Poetry: Lookout”