Tickled

Fox Tickled

illustrated by Jeanne

well-bred fox, tickled,

stays in arms, giggles with glee,

quakes with high ha-ha!

Dry Desert Hot

Koessler's blue shadows

illustrator: Walter Koessler

blue stripes jump into

shadows cooling desert heat

mixing violets

Alice Walker  “Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence.”

Blue is White

by EmmaKaufman

illustrated by Emma Kaufman

spectrum blue-violet

hovers on white light:spectral

hue-epitome

(R O Y G B I V)

Through a Veil, Lightly

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illustration by Jeanne Poland

snow is a veil, white

on white refractions: glory

through the mist: auras

Silver Foxes Tail to Tail

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illustrator: Jeanne Poland

tail links: belonging

scents; nose to nose famili-

arity to see

No Separation

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Pre-birthday supper

out  diner window show kin’s

glowing spirit forms

It’s the birthday of the playwright John Guare too (books by this author),born in New York City in 1938. His best-known work is Six Degrees of Separation (1991), which contains the monologue by one of the main characters, Ouisa, who says: “I read somewhere that everybody on this planet is separated by only six other people. Six degrees of separation. Between us and everybody else on this planet. The president of the United States. A gondolier in Venice. Fill in the names. I find that  extremely comforting that we’re so close.

Painting Rocks…and Baby Helmets

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More helmets

Sometimes faces are

painted on rocks or helmets

for baby safety

Stunning Camouflage

Pasta Styles

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illustrated by Julie Rowan-Zoch

left-right; up-down wrap-

around pasta-pod: chew, munch

panties-in-a-bunch!

Leaves

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Leaves

(Feb 1, 2016)

Invisible energy
leaves behind
cells that recreate
humor-
pistachio toe prints
chocolate covered.

warm the tongue
taste buds
grow inside
vines to heaven
silver tinged
leaves of life

Jeanne Poland

Pa-dum, Pa-dum

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For Cynthia who had a heart attack on Halloween…

I came down ,
in flurries

Spell check
left me be

Children waved
their arms..made angels

Guardians
for innocence

And then
they rolled me

Into bellies
with carrot noses

And patted
fortresses

To store
humongous balls

To throw
at friends

To sting
their cheeks

And
necks with cold

A tease
that pinkened nose

And lips
and cheeks

And
finally

We all
had cocoa

And made
a truce

To warm
each other’s hearts

The showgirl
witnesses that

With her
hat, scarf and smile

For hearts
can stop.

Then heal;
and beat again

Their quiet
knowing beat

Pa-dum, pa-dum
Breath in and out

Pa-dum, pa-dum
first cold; then hot.

Pa-dum, pa-dum.

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