Wood he?

                            Look, Mama, look at that creature!

                                 What kind of a beast is he?

                       He is so long and he looks really strong, -

                                    will he come after me?

KIng of the sea

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Oh what a moment that must be,

when you dare to command the sea; 

you're feeling so brave you can say to the waves,

"I dare you to splash over me!"

Wet blanket

                     How is it that such an omnipotent force

                         can blanket a landscape, and then,

                 in just a few hours, withdraw all its powers,

                              just to do it all over again!

Beetlemania

                         If you're not the fan of a beetle,

                        don't care for them, even a leetle;

                     if you wanted to say "please go away",

                    do you think you could wheedle a beetle?

Show time

                             It must be fun to build buildings:
                                 you fashion a fine diorama,
                        you lay down the lines in a final design,
                           and then you can give it some drama.

What…???

                        I wish I could  tell you what this is,
                              it refuses to talk to me, too;
              I just liked the scene, with the stripes and the green,
                          and I wanted to share it with you. 








                          

Blessing….

              He seemed to be giving a blessing
                 to a scene that he'd come far to see:
                   his restlessness stilled, his longing fulfilled,  - 
                    ….and the same feelings  came to me.

MInd bender?

                    I've seen some strange things on my travels,

                             but this was an odd one to find;

                        if not new to you, surely I never knew,

                      that a rock could keep changing its mind!

No Monet

                          If perfection's your goal in a garden,
                             then look to Monet's lily pond;
                      but the lilies I choose are all a bit bruised,
                            and have travelled a good bit beyond.

Sunny

           
                       
                         If you had this fellow to look at all day,
                          I would guess that mostly you'd love it;
                      but then there are days that don't go your way…
                         would you not want to say "oh go shove it!"

Retreat seat

                      If you're looking for a romantic place
                          to write your romantic sonnet,
                     sit under a tree somewhere by the sea;
                           if you can't sit under, sit on it.

Bridge?

                  There are all kinds of ways to look at a bridge,

                               and some are confusing to us,

                         but if it's OK someone sees it that way

                              why should we make a fuss?

Eye candy

                                   What is it that's so satisfying - 
                              three lines that converge on a strip?
                     well the thing that I see that's so pleasing to me
                                    is that graceful relationship.

Your guess

                 Sometimes you know what you're looking at,
                           and sometimes you haven't a clue;
              but if what you're seeing gives you a good feeling,
                             then what does it matter to you?

Cheap travel

                            This picture reminds me of Italy,
                               I wish I could go back there;

                    but now that I see there, I don't have to be there,
                              so it saves me all that airfare!             

                                                    
                                                           (art by Barbara McCann)

Home grown

                        Oh boy, my tomatoes are starting to fruit,
                            I greet them as long lost friends;
             because, when they're good, and taste like they should,
                               I'll enjoy tomatoes again!

Challenge

                    I dare you to keep your eyes on one spot,
                     and not let them wander all over the lot!

                        

The big and the small

                          I saw this and pondered how birds were like kids,

                            the way we respond to them all;

                 we watch with a sigh as the the big ones fly by, 

                       and reach out to the soft and the small.

Tough life

                      It's hard enough to plant roots in a rock,

                            instead of a soft earth bed;

                       and now to have to stretch out my neck

                          just to keep from bumping my head!

Brothers...

                       You can never quite say with brothers at play

                              whether this is an act of devotion,

                             or is it a way for them to display

                                a new kind of locomotion.

Trunk's junk??

                        
                         My grandmother went to a ranch, I'm told,
                                with 14 trunks worth of clothes;
                         now it seems trunks are treated like junk, - 
                                is there no further use for those?

Snail's space

                   Hey little snail man, top of  the morning,
                          you're welcome to wander around;
                    It's OK to go freely, but do you really
                              want to go upside down?

Bull-ish

                    Tell me, my friends, as you look at this piece,
                                    what is it that you see?
                           Is it a bull that is bashing his skull
                                  or is it just fooling me?

Slow glow

                            Just take some transparent paper,
                              splash it with paint for a start
                        then add a low amp to make it a lamp,
                                and presto! a work of art!

                                                                 (art by Pat Dafoe)

Up there

                      I wonder if, when you've gone up this far,

                               you ever stop and look round;

                  they say though the view might be tempting to you,

                           just remember to never look down!  

Hector

                                  I like to see an eager eye,
                                     wherever it may be;
                              and if it's just a wooden horse,
                                 well that's O.K. with me.


                                                                                             (art by C. Planakis)

Serious stuff

                      It's a magical act that takes place when we vote
                            that  can lead to so many things;
                 where promises, tragedies, hopes all can come
                            through the possibilities it brings.

Free parking!

                     Oh what a pleasure to see this fine scene,
               where such good use is made of the village green!

Fat file

                         When you see your file at the doctor's,

                            the record of all you've survived;

                   with all he's been through to put up with you,

                           you wonder that you're still alive!

Pot boiler

                     It looks like they're wondering what's in the pot,
                               It could be the best or the worst;

                    is it something to thrill them, or possibly kill them?
                           which one wants to taste it first?