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.