Peace Manifest, Dear Summer Friend & For Sale- in Regeneration - A Writing About Hope & Beyond: A International Anthology Edited by Monica Mastrantonio, Lulu, December, 2024.
Peace Manifest
(After Jane Hirshfield)
manifest:
leafed out trees
bathe in moonglow
resentments
my teen years
forgiven
misbegotten
wastrel 20s
two ugly bags of water
reborn again
on a bluebonnet prairie
with miles of sky
pulled into books and words
a story finder sits
in story doll's lap
wild old woman
living by earth's rhythms
with birds, wildflowers, local produce
opening
cricket cicada peeper
latihan
death haiku
tulip trees rain gold petals
hot summer blows peace
***
Dear Summer Friend
come sit awhile
in the gentle light
of a September afternoon
laze on a boardwalk bench
beside dune grass
yellow with summer drought
hear blades rustle and sweep
against the flow
& ebb of ocean
sing in harmony with waves
that whomp the sand
& drop sea-foam
Point Pleasant’s seagulls
lift as a flock
along the shoreline
swirl zip & glide
wrap lazy ovals over the dark blue
dip & skim water
flap & circle shore & dune
until settling in communion
further south
beaks tack the wind
weather vanes
ready for take off
***
For Sale
condo tree
2 bedroom cave & burrow
1 1/2 bath sap hydraulics
living room birdsong in canopy
dining room water & sunshine
kitchen roots & leaves
various floor plans open
Date Published: December 1, 2024