Budding Scholars
Welcome, Flowers.
Write your name on a name tag.
Find a seat …
Fence simile
I found this in my files from 2005 … here’s today’s rewrite.
What Are They Looking at? simile
It’s working! In searching for them every day, metaphors and similes have started singing in my brain!
What Not to Name Your Dog
A PHP (place holder poem) that is so true!
Says the Tree in the Dog Park
I’m just a small tree
trying to be
healthy and green and alive.
O the Wind Blows
A mask poem from the point of view of something that cannot speak.
Lovebirds Kissing in the Dog Park
I don’t even know which is their dog …
Dog Park Haiku
Warmth on my leg—thefirst sign of spring …
May Day
James brought
Lacy and Chase.
Grace brought
Sadie and Payne.
Every dog learned to
shake, wait
and stay,
and then they all played games.
Dog Park Spring Quartet
Sometimes I get flashes on a topic. Pieces of a puzzle that don’t fit together with that satisfying click no matter how I look at the pieces.