moon stones

radio christmas

noreply@blogger.com (mel) — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:49:00 +0000

the old songs
trickle gently
into the morning's quiet

upon returning home from the library

noreply@blogger.com (mel) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:48:00 +0000

unicorn satchel stuffed with bliss
she pauses on the stairs
"can i eat my dinner up here?"

"while you're waiting"

noreply@blogger.com (mel) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:00:00 +0000

the magic-keeper laughs from the tree-top
her shy smile of thanks
as she hands me my salvation

red light -- Brant and James

noreply@blogger.com (mel) — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:09:00 +0000

ivy and sunlight on red brick
sunday morning dads
push designer strollers to Starbucks

3 am

noreply@blogger.com (mel) — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:44:00 +0000

the moon tugs me to the edge of waking
she whispers a poem
then lets me doze again

friday morning

noreply@blogger.com (mel) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:39:00 +0000

snow-dusted lemon balm
frost-tipped pine
and ice-lace puddle edges

breakfast

noreply@blogger.com (mel) — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:49:00 +0000

sparrows gather
jostling for a crumb
of the squirrel's cupcake

slave to fashion

noreply@blogger.com (mel) — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:23:00 +0000

boy tries to run for the bus
it's a mincing crab-wise shuffle
hobbled, as he is, by his own trousers

dismissal

noreply@blogger.com (mel) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:36:00 +0000

i can pick her out
from the sea of bobbing backpacks
her maroon hat and the way she walks

brant street -- 3:40pm

noreply@blogger.com (mel) — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:44:00 +0000

rainbow puddles on hissing tarmac
people hunch and scurry
protecting curls and cashmere coats

the nannas

noreply@blogger.com (mel) — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:35:00 +0000

hot, sweet, tea and sausage rolls
silver-dusted metal
wine and twinkling lights

7:20am

noreply@blogger.com (mel) — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 22:41:00 +0000

incense and green tea
hum of the fish tank
scritch of pen on paper

8:40am

noreply@blogger.com (mel) — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:33:00 +0000

the magic-keeper perches on the swing set
wet wool against my cheek
we hug in the emptying playground

time warp

noreply@blogger.com (mel) — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:42:00 +0000

dude volumizes his 'fro
a grey, plastic pick
stuck in the back like a feather

ghost of Christmas present(s)

noreply@blogger.com (mel) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:38:00 +0000

the siren song of Christmas
strains at the window
beckoning her inside

northshore blvd

noreply@blogger.com (mel) — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:24:00 +0000

i watch the raindrop races
a blinking amber light
becomes a beacon in the relentless grey

Dementor on King

noreply@blogger.com (mel) — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:42:00 +0000

transport truck stops traffic
tattered black plastic
billows and swoops across the lanes

afternoon walk

noreply@blogger.com (mel) — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:30:00 +0000

leaves layered
brown and wet
like soggy cornflakes

three birthdays

noreply@blogger.com (mel) — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 13:27:00 +0000

butter-cream cupcakes
red wine and tea cups
joy amid chaos at last

doves

noreply@blogger.com (mel) — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 22:32:00 +0000

he stands beside her as she sits
where the tree stump used to be
perfectly mimicking the arrangement of the toadstools

corner of Sunset and Marley

noreply@blogger.com (mel) — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 12:56:00 +0000

gull shrieking from
cloud-whisped sky
Holstein-print car seat in the black jeep

long-lost friend

noreply@blogger.com (mel) — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:54:00 +0000

curious black eye peeks over the fence
she serenades us with her mournful song
and we wonder at her absence

dinner-dance

noreply@blogger.com (mel) — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 01:39:00 +0000

sparrow dips and darts
in an aerial dance with
a shrieking cicada

4:17 a.m.

noreply@blogger.com (mel) — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 13:36:00 +0000

sudden crack of thunder
sends the dog skittering
and me reaching to close the window

time flies

noreply@blogger.com (mel) — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 14:11:00 +0000

he grins a new gap-toothed grin
and i see only a flicker
of the round-cheeked baby boy