Tuesday, November 08, 2022

balanced

 moderate: breeze, humidity and temperature.

 in-the-middle of an average day, i'd say.

Then i went out to the sun.

lovely. summer on the run.


The date’s unknown when I scribed this poem 

in 22; close enough, that'll do.

I’m 139/83 blood pressure with a temp  96.1  the

nurse poked my butt left and right.


Now I wait an hour

Then flower on home.

Then power on home.

Sunday, November 06, 2022

Sounds eleven by the clock

Time set back an hour today.

There is order all around.

Have to give hours a number

Make the rules

then change them.

The world is getting crowded.

Take your time.




Friday, November 04, 2022

A few make noise

 Can’t rake, have to blow with small

noisy machines. You can hear up the block,


and around the corner; take hours to do the job.

After so long i can’t walk out there any longer.

What do these people have in their heads?


We’ll have a warm afternoon; maybe the last one.

Winter has got to be arriving soon.

This nice weather can’t keep hanging on.


Blue sky and direct sunshine pour on us.

Come on in good day, spread all over.







Wednesday, November 02, 2022

a handful remain hanging

 we wait all year.  not exactly, but knowing it’ll happen.

a handful remain hanging to the trees.

twenty percent.  overall the color has faded.

leaves have let go by a large measure.

air is breezeless, cool a bit, not much.

overall the autumn continues calm. not so strong,

this day starts November.


Monday, October 31, 2022

Heavy leaf cover

It only happens once a year;

after it’s dry, after full color.

 like a winter blanket the leaves cover the ground 

after dripping down,

smothering sounds tranquilly.

so I walked the front and sides.

there are a lot of leaves. wet and large.

 no trace of anybody around; meaning birds, chipmunks, squirrels or rabbits.

 a quiet, nice day again.

find comfort.

Sunday, October 30, 2022

Prisoners

 Some had marijuana growing in the closet,

Not to get rich, to get high some.  

Big deal.

Better than booze.

Now laws change; what about that?  Just wait again?

Takes a lot of time.  Come on. Be reasonable.

I want to free all those who errored a little.

Give us a break.  And hungry people, please help them.


can we sit by the running water, lake or river,

hear the quiet, don’t get excited.

a few birds pass overhead. warm day.

 take it easy.




Saturday, October 29, 2022

no breeze

 quiet completely.  no chatter about.

with no one thinking’s this can be called a thoughtless day.

nary a head turn. i imagine this is record stillness.

toast and coffee, that’s it for me.

preparation for the day ahead.

you are kidding. where to begin . . . 

A degree above freezing;

Ding-near cold for a rabbit.

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Can not find

 the title for this rhyme

call them poems … many don’t rhyme.

Is or are … joking some now,

All have heart.


Must read and be cautious for

What is written. Sparking feeling.

 Starting over.


Cool and light rain, called drizzle.

Charming … leaves falling. 

A beautiful time of the year.  

I said that fifty times or so. 


Driving light traffic country roads 

Is a pleasure. Through the window today

 I saw a leaf falling … Lonely, coming down solo.

 there are many more to drop. Maybe half have fallen.  


The colors are bright. The air is still. 

Infrequent falling leaves as I watch.

I’m putting out nothing special thoughts of this fall morning. 

Maybe we’ll see the rabbit this afternoon.


Trash pick-up today. And one of the last local vegetable days at five. 

A concert at seven.

Now a quick walk up and down the driveway, then read a little McMurtry. 

Our group Living with change meets at 2:30.





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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Britteney Griner

 Let her back

to her life.

patches are

 sky spaces blue

 far beyond high thin clouds, above

orange, yellow and red-rusty colored trees

over long fields sprinkled by thousands 

of fallen leaves

in morning dew 

i think of you.

feel the breeze.



Monday, October 24, 2022

home-

 this is where we find the opening.

how to look once and keep looking.

tell me what you see.

Can not see the lake from here. 

the queen has moved on.

she walked on board in fifty three.

We saw it on our first TV.

Summer day in fall

 For us we have a wonderful, colorful 

Seventy-five degree day in autumn, hurrah.

Look at the reds and orange.  Yellow brights.

Stretching out and long lasting.

The more she mows, the more that falls.

Pulverize it to dust for the yard’s good growing.

What days, what times in color.

Spectacular summer days in fall.


Thursday, October 20, 2022

the winterberry

 

the winterberry is out

so are the robins 

working hard to eat all they can

before flying South 

or so, then to return in the winter.

i am not a bird charter,

only reporting what i think

will be. i have read the red

winterberry fruit is a favorite of robins.

already they  have nearly cleaned

the bushes of berrys

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Final guardian game 2022

 Against the Yankees, first inning.

Three to nothing. There are fans who 

haven’t had their first beer and

their team is wrapping the season

before they can sit down.

Want to talk football instead?

i’ll do what fifty thousand other fans 

will do - hang on.

Monday, October 17, 2022

Seventeenth is a Monday

 What do you say, feeling okay.

Arbitrary.  Out of the way.

Monday’s usually, seems to

 be followed by another day.


Great answers are not

Always found each time

You look, you see. Often

The good line occurs to me 


During the evening and 

I don’t write it down;

So you know where it ends up.

Silence

 Silence is comfortable as a soft

cloth covering a table.

The prelude to winter.


Thursday, October 13, 2022

Orange trees

 Been watching it happen

It was slow to begin; now the color is intense.  

plus leaves are falling heavily since last nights rain.

all over they’re dropping quickly as they should. 

  our woods now is thin. you can see through more.

season change is happening all over.

there is joy in our hearts watching autumn unfold.


Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Rain approaching

 Healthy feeling out. Not overly cool this morning.

Temperatures are holding in a moderate zone.

I’ll be reading McMurtry; enjoying the day.

Wondering what happened to get me here.

Times move along.


Monday, October 10, 2022

can not find

 Absolute rather blue sky and cool it is;

will jacket up and walk a while,

enough to stretch, probably wear me down.

Why that’s good is a mystery

and all will say so; so there.

bravo for thinking about it.

Something To Do Bob in action.

Thanks Bob, for the memory.

Saturday, October 08, 2022

Trail mix

 Some fellow that dated my sister, Therman, used

To say the same joke about a movie cowboy,

Tom mix in cement.  He was a good natured fellow

And he told the same joke every time I saw him.

He died.  I don’t recall what happened.  

I just know he was a nice guy and then

He wasn’t around any more.