Blanch and flay
pull the stone away
slice and save for another day.
When winter winds fret
and you almost forget
the sweetness of summer I`m willing to bet
those peaches will melt
winter`s snowy white pelt,
and remind you again how August once felt.
#49
The sun is shining,
trees are applauding the wind,
life loves an encore.
#48
Never go first down the garden path
life’s a journey, it isn’t a race,
and the person who’s first is always the one
who gets cobwebs in her face.
#47
Listen and the world
will whisper truth in your ear.
Truth sings in our hearts.
Observe and the world
will show you truth in small things.
Truth walks along side.
Breathe in and the world
exhales truth in every breeze.
Truth perfumes the air.
Swallow and the world
will fill you with truth’s sweetness.
Truth will sustain you.
Reach out and the world
will stand still and wait for you.
Truth will touch you back.
#46
Sunrise blaze a trail
out of my long, sleepless night.
Lull me back to sleep.
#45
The best things in life are fleeting;
the savour of a home grown melon, dripping sweetness,
the caress of a soft chinook wind on a winter cold face,
the oriole’s song vibrating down the ravine,
the prismatic gems on a raindrop studded lawn,
the good earth breathing humus into the dusk.
The best things in life are fleeting and worthy
of remembrance so that in dark moments
we may close our eyes, hold them close,
and breathe free again.
#44
Take a pencil, made of wood,
and paper made from trees.
Jot your words, draw your lines,
and make a moment freeze.
How long can you hold it there?
Until it rots and then
it feeds the forest floor
and becomes a tree again.
#43
Pet: 1. an animal kept for companionship, interest, or amusement. 2. an indulged or pampered person. 3. somebody whom others find lovable.
Peeve: 1. something that annoys or irritates somebody. 2. an irritated or resentful mood
If something’s annoying
I truly believe
it shouldn’t be given
the rank of ‘pet peeve’.
Pet means you like it
Peeve means you don’t.
I’ll cry contradiction
though maybe you won’t.
That to like an annoyance
is a bit masochistic
and to make it your pet
is unrealistic.
So I’m making a change
I’ve decided to let
all my peeves run away
and not to keep pets.
Well, maybe just one,
just one that won’t leave.
My only pet peeve
will be having pet peeves.
#42
Not a killing frost
because hardy plants survived.
Just a culling frost.
#41
Thinking of my father
and the mischief in his smiles.
I thought I was looking back
but he was really up ahead breaking trail for me for miles.
Dreaming of my mother
and the softness of her skin.
Wish I could hear her silly sneeze,
or hear her sing ‘Ta rah rah boom de-ay’ again.
And now that I am older
I see I never saw at all.
The hardest thing they ever did
was stand aside and let me fall.
And the hardest thing I’ve ever done
was stand aside and let you fall.
#40
Linda Studley 