Procrastination
PROCRASTINATION by April Halprin Wayland Ancient dog circled in the grass round and round to tamp it down I am dog circling, too round and round as all dogs do round my homework, round my desk finally, working then I rest. published in Cricket Magazine December 2002 also published in my novel in poems, GIRL COMING […]
Fire Ants
Flood waters rise!
Quick, form a ball—
our larvae, pupae, eggs and Mother Queen inside!
In the Word Woods
I’m sure there’s a found poem somewhere here.
There usually is this time of year …
Cat Act
The scruffy house cat
aches to fly–
she dreams all day of
wings and sky!
World Wide Wag
… if your big goofy paws
were seen racing on air …
Says the Seagull
Who are these people on my pier?
I sail above them, then fly near.
BATHING OUR DOG metaphor & simile
My sister and I are pushing a big aluminum tub
across our brick patio to the grass
sounding like a tank rolling towards war.
Dog and Master metaphor
What if the whole story is a metaphor?
Fence simile
I found this in my files from 2005 … here’s today’s rewrite.
Crow simile
His wings are as wide as the sky
They blacken the whole schoolyard …