..just waiting

  

                                   There are devils lurking within us,
                                         as we are so often told;
                                            but try as we may to keep them at bay,...
                                                     let's just hope the chain holds!

Boat note

  

                                 
                                  Sometimes, if you're really in trouble,
                                         and it won't help to just send a note, -
                                            to soften your fate, and ingratiate your mate,
                                               just have it inscribed on your boat.

Potent pussy

   

                                         If I were a bird, I'd be greatly disturbed
                                               if a cat looked at me like that.
                                                   If I were a mouse I'd stay in my house,
                                                          or be toast in two seconds flat!

Snail's space

 

                                          Now that I've conquered this mountain,
                                               should I not get get some kind of renown?
                                                   should I dare to dream that I"m the new queen,
                                                      ...or  figure out how to get down?

Polly patter

    

                                            Sure, Polly would like a cracker,
                                                 I'll gobble it up for you;
                                                   since  I'm stuck to this bar, I sure can't go far,
                                                        so what else can a poor Polly do?

Pumpkin time

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                                   These days us pumpkins have to decide, -
                                         to smile or to be ferocious;
                                             but after a while you get tired of a smile,
                                                    so we settled by being atrocious.

Family portrait

 

                                    My sister and brother got jealous
                                        when you they saw me preen on your "stones";
                                            so what could I do, they had to preen too,
                                                  now I hope they will leave me alone!

"Old Glory"?

 

                                       I used to fly freely and proudly,
                                           and now I'm a  heap on the floor;
                                             with all the pulling and tugging, and slugging and shrugging,
                                                does nobody care any more?

Pelican poesy

                                         It's easy to say, like in Natchez,
                                             that "when ah itches, ah scratches";
                                                 but with my physique, and the length of my beak,
                                                        how do I reach all the patches?

Hopeful 'hopper

 

                                      I was just a simple grass-hopper,
                                         who never cared much what I ate;
                                            but now when I see what a 'hopper can be
                                                I'll have to start putting on weight!

Wallflower

                                              I'm told I'm a beautiful creature,

                                                   with "such intricate patterns!" and such;

                                                        well it's nice for a start, but it breaks a girl's heart.

                                                              to find she's too prickly to touch.

Winter seen

 

                                       There are many ways to show winter,
                                            dark days, snowstorms and ice;
                                               but you've not seen them all, 'til they're shown on a wall,
                                                   as seen through an artist's eyes.

                                                                                    art by Esther Munger

Dog-gone

 

           
                                     Oh dear little friend, don't look so forlorn,
                                         has your mother been gone forever?
                                             Do cheer up, old chap, come sit on my lap,
                                                 we'll share all our troubles together.

No stone today,, computer in repair, back friday

Lemon-angst

                                       I guess you would call me a lemon.
                                           I came from a lemon tree;
                                               but with this kind of nose, I don't really suppose
                                                     there's much of a future for me.

Grounded

 

                                   Oh dear, is somebody down there ?
                                       What should I do about you?
                                         I'd  give you a hand, but you must understand,
                                            I don't want to go down there too!

House hunting

 

                                              Well  yes it's a beautiful building,
                                                   but us birds don't enjoy company.
                                                      Yes,plenty of joys, but think of the noise, -
                                                          and where is our privacy?"

Pup's pride

                                              I don't get a lot of playtime,
                                                 and I don't feel much like a pup;
                                                     but I really don't mind, to help someone blind,
                                                         makes me feel really grown-up.

Fashion's favorite

                                           I've never been one to be featured
                                              in those high fashion magazines,
                                                 but now on their page, I'm all the rage,  -
                                                    as the poster girl for Go Green!

Hasty lady

                                       Last evening I saw a cloud lady,
                                          going somewhere, fast and free.
                                     She was big boned and tall, and I heard a clear call,
                                             "Hey, wait for me, wait for me!"

Leaf's new role

                             After spending our lives in the treetops,
                                    as part of an overhead bower,
                                      now that we're seen as part of the green,
                                          It's fun to feel like a flower.

Angels

   

                                 We angels take different forms, you know,
                                          To protect our identity;
                                              so if something flies by that catches your eye,
                                                   say hello - because maybe it's me!

Portrait?

 

                                                I thought I could look like a person,
                                                 with my blossom, my shell and my dots;
                                                   but I don't really feel that it looks very real,
                                                      still...it looks sort of human?..... or not??

Deadlocked!

   

                                      The cormorant congress is deadlocked,
                                           they'd approved of the theme : "Sally Forth!";
                                              but none could agree on the final decree, -
                                                  to head to the south or fly north.

Flamingo's objection

                                           Well yes, it's our kind of bird, you could say,
                                                 but not just the kind you should think;
                                           yes, it has a long neck and a strange beak to peck,
                                                but we'd never wear that shade of pink!

Sew tasty

 
                                   I saw all those jars in the cupboard,
                                       each with such goodies, all filled;
                                          I reached out in haste, so eager to taste,
                                             ... and found them all sewed  in a quilt!

                                                 
                                                                   with admiration, to Nancy Sumner

Royalty

 

                                       There are some who assume transcendence,
                                            independent of any small thing;
                                               while they ponder their fate, the world  must just wait, -
                                                    must be nice to be born a king!

Tree house?

                                           I thought I was through when they felled me,
                                                 but when they sawed through, I could see -
                                                     a nice cozy pad, - I could put in an ad:
                                                         "won't somebody come live with me?"

Guardian

    

                                               I've been guarding this gate forever,
                                                    and scared lots of people away;
                                                       but maybe enough?  maybe I've been too rough?
                                                             should I maybe let some of them stay?

Lost?

                                         As a classicly dressed Grecian statue,
                                              I'm a fine bit of sculpture, it's said.
                                                  Well, it isn't required that I be admired,
                                                       but... doesn't anyone miss my head?

the piercing eye

      

                                         If you had a terrible secret,
                                             that you dare not reveal 'til you die, -
                                                 you might go to hell, but how could you not tell,
                                                        if you're faced with that piercing eye?!