Bird?

                          What do you think? Am I really a bird,
                                  caught in a world gone awry?
                          or if I am not, then what have we got?
                                what does it all mean and why?

Sky story

                            I like to watch cosmic forces
                             contesting their territory;
             their textures and shapes and the rugged landscapes
                             make a great pictorial story.

Visitor

                        If this fellow came to my window.

                           and wanted an apple from me,

                  I'd say "bother the fruit, its not worth a hoot,

                           come in and join me for tea!"

                                                                                    (art thanks to J. Bonelli)

Outsider

                                  Little Tommy titmouse,
                                       sitting on the bird house, -
                                        door's open, Tommy,
                                                  come on in!

Watchman

                          Kitty, kitty,kitty, guarding the house,

                              kitty kitty,kitty, still as a mouse;

                           Kitty,kitty,kitty, what do you see?

                          Come on, kitty, come play with me!

Viewing

                                         Viewing the view

                                              is fun to do;

                                        the pleasure matures

                                     when viewing the viewers.

Clivia

                        There was a young girl named Olivia,
                         who was famously fond of her clivia;
                        she turned up her nose at a lily or rose,
                         saying all other flowers were trivia.

Explosion!

                      …and  when amaryllis decides to bloom,
                        you won't see anything else in the room!

Puzzle...

                              Why is it that an amaryllis

                  grows two feet taller than any-other-lillis?

Going my way?

                        I thought she was waving hello to me,
                       though she seemed rather sleepy-eyed;
                        but as I passed by she gave me the eye, -
                       do you think she was hitching a ride?

Expecting...

                       At this point it's hard to conjecture,

                          when this baby's going to unfold;

                    but when it will be or whatever we'll see, 

                            it should be a sight to behold!

Respite

                            If I were too hot in the sunshine,
                            I'll tell you where I"d like to be, - 
                 I'd find me some shade in a heavenly glade,
                                beneath a wisteria tree.

Dandy Dreams

                         If  you were those two little dandies,
                             still young and dapper and trim,
                  do you think you could see that you'd ever be
                             a magnificent creature like him? 

Morning glory

                       Your sweet little face looks so guileless,

                            as your sinuous vines meander;

                       but didn't you know you're strangling

                                   an innocent oleander!

Shamus

                              Shamus is my shillelagh,
                            of rare Irish blackthorne stock;
                     he's led a brigade and courted a maid,
                        now he's helping an old lady walk.

Fancy that!

                        It's fun to see fanciful critters at play,
                         in a fanciful dance on a fanciful day.

Abandoned?

                   Please, sir, have you seen my master?

                         He wanted to find me a bone; 

                 He told me to wait, but it's getting late,

                       and I don't really want a bone!

Arch-ery

                When you look at arches that reach way up high,
                           and you wonder how far they go,
                it can give you a chill to know that you will
                          have to go through them to know.

Power!

                  Sometimes a color projects so much heat
                        it just knocks you out of your seat!

Deference

                         I tell you, it warms a patriot's heart,
                          ( and I don't really mean to brag),
                      but to see a mighty behemoth like this,
                            bow down to our country's flag!

Her Highness

                       You tell me you go to the mountains,
                               and others prefer the sea;
         Well I've tried them, my dear, but I must say I fear
                           they are far too plebeian for me!

Gull's view

                               I watch  the gulls on the rooftop,
                      taking off from the setting that's bound them;
                         but as they fly higher, do they ever admire
                           that spectacular sky around them?

Bathing beauties?

                    Mother Nature must have slipped them
                               some special kind of deal,
                        cuz she surely didn't leave them
                                 with a kissable appeal!

Same sun

                           As I watched her, sitting so snugly.
                               enjoying the warmth of the sun,
                        I felt that same sunshine seep into my soul,
                             and we savored the feeling as one.

Bark-less?

               I do find it strange that trees peel off their bark, - 
                                is it just a protective sheath?
                           and if that is so, and we see it go,
                            what shall we find underneath?

Mushroom mayhem

                     Well yes, I did take a beating, - but then,
                that guy won't  mess with mushrooms again!

Double trouble

            I wonder what happens when flowers are twins.
                    do you think a fraternal struggle begins?
               does one keep on growing, the other one stop?
                      Which one will be the first one to drop?

Gone fishing….

                 The answer to yesterday's comment is this:
                             they all went to look for a fish.

Whither?

                           How is it some days in the morning 

                          you are met with this turbulent scene, 

                               and then, ten minutes later,

                              there is not a bird to be seen!

Lily gilding

                                   If you think it's silly
                                          to gild a lily,
                                 Would you complain
                                at a rose kissed by rain?

That box...

                  Where did that box in the bay come from?

                    Where is it going? Who sent it this way?

                    And what does it hold,  bomb? body? gold?

                         What's in that box on the bay?!

Puddle-ing

                         It's fun when the rains are all over, 
                       and  you go to see what you can find;
              and you see all the shapes and eerie landscapes
                        in the puddles the rains left behind.