MIGHT HAVE BEEN

photo by PSC / 2011

Might Have Been

For a few bittersweet

subconscious seconds

(between asleep and awake)

solitary butterfly senses

its own cocooned soul

within two (too) human

beings, cleaved

then the dream

fades...

 

UN-AMUSING KARMA

photo by PSC

Un-amusing Karma

When Housework calls

I cover my ears (her nagging

annoys me

I’d rather

not hear), but

when I attempt

to summon my muse

and she seems to refuse

to harken my call

then I wonder 

if (likewise)

she

disregards

me

THE TROUBLE IS THIS POEM

The Trouble is …This Poem


It isn’t going to write itself --
and apparently neither am I
(I left it alone, by itself, all day
and it didn’t even try! )

I told it April’s hanging on
another day or three.
(It doesn’t seem to care a bit,
as you can plainly see)

It has no true ambition –
and its rhyme is rather poor.
It doesn’t really seem to care
just what’s a meta- for.

Poetic license has expired --
(it never paid its dues)
It’s obvious to me
it’s been abandoned by the muse!

The problem is:  it wants my help
but my mind’s in disarray
(It’s probably that glass -- or two --
of lovely Cabernet)

The trouble is… this poem
needs a total redesign
but, frankly, I don’t give a damn
and therefore, I decline

Now, you can call me Scarlet
(yes, O’Hara) – that’s ok
‘cause after all, tomorrow
(really!) is another day 

Description	English: Film poster for Gone with the Wind. The public domain status of the poster is confirmed by court decision, although limitations may apply.
Date	1939
Source	http://www.doctormacro.com/Movie%20Summaries/G/Gone%20With%20the%20Wind.htm
Author	Employee(s) of MGM
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Description

English: Film poster for Gone with the Wind. The public domain status of the poster is confirmed by court decision, although limitations may apply.

Date

1939

Source

http://www.doctormacro.com/Movie%20Summaries/G/Gone%20With%20the%20Wind.htm

Author

Employee(s) of MGM

Permission
(Reusing this file)

This work is in the public domain in that it was published in the United States between 1923 and 1977 and without a copyright notice. Unless its author has been dead for several years, it is copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works, such as Canada (50 p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 p.m.a.), Mexico (100 p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties. See this page for further explanation. Deutsch | English | Español | Français | Italiano | Македонски | 日本語 | Português | ไทย | +/−

This work is in the public domain in that it was published in the United States between 1923 and 1977 and without a copyright notice. Unless its author has been dead for several years, it is copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works, such as Canada (50 p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 p.m.a.), Mexico (100 p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties. See this page for further explanation.

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DO MALLARDS MOURN?

photos by PSC / 2011

So well camouflaged she was,
both of us spooked
when I wandered
too close to her nest

startled squawk, feathers flash,
unwieldy waddle, splash, mad paddle
she giving me a piece of her mind
for the unwelcome disturbance
my apologies, too late to appease 

Intruder now, I take advantage --
opportunity to capture some pictures
too good to pass up -- so I snap a few
photos of her progeny to be

could only estimate their numbers
from afar (ten, perhaps?) as they were so
tightly stacked, and I wanting only to
assure mama of my not unkind intentions

Imagining a photo journal, sequencing  
progression from fluff to flight,
ensuing visits, my approach more cautious
I keep my distance, she maintains her vigil,
a prudent peacekeeping, until  

days after, I find nest abandoned, 
eggs destroyed, vandalized;
a year later, I’m incapable, still,
of passing there without pause,

I wonder what happened to her
Did she make another nest? 
Lay another brood?
Does she mourn them still?

SWIMMING WITH THE SHARKS

PUBLIC DOMAIN PHOTO - Shark Silhouette in the Maldives

Author - TANAKA Juuyoh (田中十洋) / / 29 October 2003

This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

Swimming with the Sharks

“Come on in”, he said,

“the water’s fine”, so in she dove

(sans hesitation or life jacket)

She aspired for grace

(he was set for speed)

and it wasn’t long

before it became clear

she was in over her head

and sinking fast

YOUR SAFE RETURN

Photos by PSC

Every day you

leave

I wear a brave face

while I worry (so much

anger, envy, hatred

wanders this crazy world

awaiting the unwary)

Your safe return

is everything

to me

SOMNAMBULIST

Somnambulist

I awaken slowly

(a dream?)

confused, puzzling

(a nightmare?)

where I am

(or merely a metaphor?)

roller-skating on cobblestones