The Seattle Salmon Tea Rose (#F6666)
The Seattle Salmon Tea Rose (#F6666)
Energy forced this play
its balanced mix of carotenoids
cued by nature’s understudies;
enough water, the wrong time
temperatures of unseasonable degree.
The tea rose stays in character,
not to be upstaged
by an empty house,
January suns suspended
from ceilings of fog
spotlight this minimalist stage
its leafless props
devoid of their audience of bees,
She
delivers her soliloquy
not unlike you or I, in
our own out of sync performances
blooming to false springs.
Jennifer O’Neill Pickering
Energy forced this play
its balanced mix of carotenoids
cued by nature’s understudies;
enough water, the wrong time
temperatures of unseasonable degree.
The tea rose stays in character,
not to be upstaged
by an empty house,
January suns suspended
from ceilings of fog
spotlight this minimalist stage
its leafless props
devoid of their audience of bees,
She
delivers her soliloquy
not unlike you or I, in
our own out of sync performances
blooming to false springs.
Jennifer O’Neill Pickering
I Am The Creek
ReplyDeleteSlow and easy
in this fall of Han Lu
mother of minnow
swimming in nursery schools
sleeping in cradles
of algae and sedge.
Dance floor
to Damselflies
gyrating turquoise unions
to tambourines of leaves.
Tomb to tribes of oak
anointed in my waters
last rites repeated
in the currents passage.
Riparian spring
to hare and fox
drunk in the tent of dusk
and apricot light
of a Samhain moon
Place of wading
into muddy beginnings
and pools of clarity
Changing my course often
lithe as the water snake’s glide.
Jennifer O’Neill Pickering
Han Lu, Chinese Autumn called Cold Dew
Samhain (sawin)Celtic end of summer celebration
Help Loaves and Fishes to fund a shelter to house homeless people's pets.
ReplyDeleteWho will Benefit?
Loaves and Fishes, homeless people, & their pets
How will the $7,500 be used?
The money would be used to help build a new animal shelter at the Loaves and Fishes location to care for pets until their owners are able to leave the shelter. The money would help to provide necessary veterinary care, food, and other supplies and services to meet the needs of animal companions of Sacramento's homeless population. When you fall on hard times and the world turns its back on you, the only friend you may have left is your pet. Pets never judge you but comfort and love you just the way you are.
Submitted By:
Wright2u, Sacramento