Next?

                  Awaiting its turn on the exercise table,
                          it imagines a life of its own,
                 with visions of moves and manipulations 
                             that satiate body and bone.

Dazzled

                          Oh what a magical moment for me:
                         to see such a sight in a sun-soaked sea! 

Evil eye?

                

 No matter how much we think we're aware,

  there's always an eye watching us somewhere.

So?

                      You didn't think I belonged on this page,

                                you "didn't see me this way";

                         well think again lady, cuz here I am, 

                        and what's more I'm planning to stay!

                                                                                                    (from the Ark)

Other worlds

                    I love seeing ladies like this in our stores,
                          wearing such colorful gear.
                  Most of us won't see them in their world,
                   I'm glad that they bring their world here.

Cleanup day

                 Oh what a joy when you throw out your junk.
                    and you build up a pile that's obscene;
                     and then the next day it is taken away.
                      and everything's left squeaky clean!

Touchy

                      We know Nature likes to fool us ,
                     never knowing what mood she is in;
                you look at this quickly you think it is prickly 
                      but  it's soft as a new baby's skin.

Chiief of the peak

                      Is he priding himself on being a winner,
                   or is he just checking his options for dinner?     

                                                                       (art by Michelle Friend)

Quiet Day

(No, Saturday was mousey day, this one is for Sunday)

                Why do we have to describe things in words,
                             who says it's always our duty?
                     Why can't we say just "no words today,
                              today let's experience Beauty."

R.I.P.

                        Well I didn't want him running 'round,
                                but I hadn't wished him dead;
                         so, in respect, he didn't get trashed,
                                  I just buried him instead.

Benjita

  
                           My little fig tree in the corner
                             is a cute one, though not very big;
                        but it's too bad, (and must make her sad):
                               she can never be mom to a fig.

A promise

                           Oh what a promising sight I see
                              when my little squash plant 
                                first peeks through to me!

Minus one

                        Oh poor little birdy, I'm sorry you fell,
                        and its too bad you made such a mess;
              but since you were, I believe, not my favorite breed,
                             at least there is one pigeon less.

Big twig

                    Sometimes some thing that looks like a twig
                         can cast a shadow that's twice as big.

Pour more!

               Remember when rain used to pour from the skies,
                         and change everything we could  see?
                 Shall we see it no more, that illusive downpour?
                           oh well, we can dream, can't we?

Drop-out

Why can't we all go just like this, 

no grasping, no clinging, no cries,

when we are done, say "thanks for the fun", 

let go with a smile and just fly!

                                

Sisyphus?

                              I've tried to scoop up the water,
                           now I have to move the rocks too?
                     Well gee, golly, heck, what do they expect,
                                 how much can a wee fellow do?                                                 

                                                                                                                 (art by Teri Roney)
   
                               
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New view?

                   What may look to you like some scribblings now
                  in somebody's eye could be "landscape with clouds"

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                          Isn't it nice you can always find
                       ways of sharing what's on your mind?

Momma!!

                 You said  you would meet me on aisle number 2,

                      so here I am, waiting, but where are you?

Why me?

                           Why do you look at me like that?
                                   why must I be the one?
                           I do what I should, I try to be good,
                                 so tell me what have I done??
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                     (art by stone fox)

Anything!

Of course,  little girl, I'd be happy to help,

                                   I'll do whatever you say,
                          I'll fly to the moon or kiss a baboon,
                                  if you look at me that way.
                                                                                                             (art by Nuala Creed)

odd pods

             
                  You can work with your paints and your brushes
                     and produce something abstract and odd,
                 but when you are done, you can't beat the fun,
                             of just playing with little pea pods. 

Seeker

        There's a wonderful mood with the sweeps and the swirls,
                           that makes a lighthearted disguise,
                      cuz it's really unreal to feel what we feel,
                       looking into those deep searching eyes.

                                                                                               (art by Abby Wasserman)

Curvacious

                         If curves are so lithe and seductive,
                         whenever they're painted or penned,
                        it seems to me the lesson should be:
                                  always be ready to bend.

Watchman

                            They called this a lively region,
                            so I came here to give it a look;
                       but whatever I see hasn't done much for me,
                           might as well go home to my book.

Aging?

                     When most people get to be ninety,
                        they don't even want to be seen;
              while, in others we know, the years never show, 
                        somehow they'll always be queen!

Meanderers

                          Let's give a cheer for the oleander,
                         this is a species that likes to meander;
                     it came from some distant shores, they say,
                     I'm glad it was pleased and decided to stay.

Home

                                Most folks can make homes in most any place,
                but it seems there are some who require greater space.

Traveler

                    You said when I left the old homestead.
                               I was just a no-good little pup.
                ..but I've spent every day just bumming my way.
                               and look where I've ended up!