Farmers' Market pansies

Edible pansies from Urban Eden Farm (I adore this farm and all who create the bounty)

5/27/2017. Prevail.

Lilacs

from Manito Park's Lilac Garden where the scent is so delightful that I must pause with each encounter

5/27/2017. Prevail.

The Full Flower Moon

5/10/2017. Prevail.

Moon Poem 30

Epilogue

25%

Patches of Spring fog
Wrapping around her ankles
A purring white cat.

4/30/2017. Prevail and farewell, National Poetry Month.

Moon Poem 29

15%

Partially submerged
Branches curling like fingers
Clawing their way out


4/29/2017. Prevail.

Moon Poem 28

8%

A row of streetlights
Winding when used to be straight
Yet pinned, stars hold fast

4/28/2017. Prevail.

Moon Poem 27

2%

Thin wrists, their blue veins
Undersides are ticking twigs
In a constant pulse

4/27/2017. Prevail.

Moon Poem 26

New Moon

A lit cigarette
Smoke rises and falls, lacing
Shoelaces pulled tight

4/26/2017. Prevail.

Moon Poem 25

1%

Colors resorting
To slabs of fabric measured
Without cut wrinkles

4/25/2017. Prevail.

Moon Poem 24

4%

She enters the room
Old wood floors creek with each step
In an old farmhouse

4/24/2017. Prevail.

Moon Poem 23

Chapter Four

10%

Through the fence's hole
Squirrels fold their scaffolding
All parts accounted

4/23/2017. Prevail.

Moon Poem 22

18%

Creeks and deep rivers
Trail, crevices that run south
Like bright red lipstick.

4/22/2017. Prevail.

Moon Poem 21

27%

The Sun squeezes through
Thickening dogwood, verdant
A canopied park

4/21/2017. Prevail.

Moon Poem 20

36%

Nervous fidgeting
A crow finds an errant thread
Tugs. A large seam splits

4/20/2017. Prevail.

Moon Poem 19

Last Quarter

Angry skies spit snow
Refuse to release Winter
A syncopation

4/19/2017. Prevail.

Moon Poem 18

56%

A secret jogging
Trail meanders through the woods
Hopscotches on weeds

4/18/2017. Prevail.

Moon Poem 17

66%

The slithering snake
Unscrabbles its signature
Erasing its path

4/17/2017. Prevail.

Moon Poem 16

Chapter Three

74%

The tree's torn limbs: pulp
Circulatory system
Striations of sap

4/16/2017. Prevail.

Moon Poem 15

82%

A corner cabinet
It's cobwebs' network running
From handle to floor.

4/15/2017. Prevail.

Moon Poem 14

89%

The movement of trees
As wind plays with their branches
Rhythmic cotillion

4/14/2017. Prevail.

Moon Poem 13

94%

A blanket of fog
Spreads over the pond, settling
In for the dark night

4/13/2017. Prevail.

Moon Poem 12

98%

Lurking in shadows
Candlelight reaching corners
Deep recesses lit

4/12/2017. Prevail.

Moon Poem 11

100%

Seagulls rouse themselves
Loudly hang onto the wind
Sputtering their will

4/11/2017. Prevail.

Moon Poem 10

Full Moon

Bare trees cast shadows
And filter the Sun. The pond
Blinks, blinds, reflects back

4/10/2017. Prevail.

Moon Poem 9

Chapter Two

98%

The horizon hints
Stretching taut, then disappears
Behind a far hill

4/9/2017. Prevail.

Moon Poem 8

94%

Cinnamon rolls' scent
Ascends the house's staircase
Slides under the door.

4/8/2017. Prevail.

Moon Poem 7

88%

Maple leaves turning
Their webbed branches, brooms sweeping
The dark sky of clouds

4/7/2017. Prevail.

Moon Poem 6

81%

A flock of black crows
A robe moving with her stride
Lungs breathe in and out

4/6/2017. Prevail.

Moon Poem 5

71%

Veins and arteries
Branching, trail down her forearm
To cracking fingers

4/5/2017. Prevail.

Moon Poem 4

61%

The river branches
Braiding back and forth, lacework
Deep channels and sloughs

4/4/2017. Prevail.

Moon Poem 3

First Quarter

Evening suddenly
Darkness uncovers its quilt
The silvery stars

4/3/2017. Prevail.

Moon Poem 2

Chapter One



39%

Reflection flashing
As if someone is tossing
Silver coins in the air

4/2/2017. Prevail

Moon Poem 1

Prologue



28%

The light undersides
Wings catch the seam of the Sun
At the horizon.

4/1/2017. Welcome National Poetry Month.