on a day when pear-bloom carpets
the drive, strawberries wide-eyed, grateful
we pay for the sun again in the way
we bought it with months of gray
why should it make me glad
that thunder-clap, downpour tapering
to gentle plash—I am remembering
the cracked-earth thirst of South Texas
how we turned our faces to warm rain
after breathless hours of cloud-watching
(will they, won’t they stop here or hurtle past
like the tankers on 281)
perhaps there’s no mystery:
it’s fiesta-time, now, in my hometown
bluebonnets gone in their mayfly-life
so we chase and embrace it
and here the redbuds held tight
child tulips upright, spared for tomorrow
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This is another really evocative one. And I like the contrast of past and present.
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Thank you. I never know what smell, sight, sound might set off some memory.
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Yes. and it happens all the time, doesn’t it. We never are free from associations, it is what binds our minds together over the years, I think.
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I really like this one, Jennifer. As Claudia said, there’s a wonderful contrast between past and present, but I also like the way the lines flow, and the words, “may-fly life,” pear-bloom carpet,” and the “cracked-earth thirst.” That last one is especially evocative.
And a total sensory experience–art and your voice! 🙂
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Thank you. I’m still working with the reading/recording part. But I thought this one would be fun to read aloud.
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It was fun to hear your voice.
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Sometimes it seems we are always waiting. But this poem says “look!” (K)
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a treat to hear you read ~
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Thank you for saying so. I started thinking, wouldn’t it be fun to do recordings of other poets’ work?…it adds a new dimension to hear how other people interpret what you’ve written.
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you could start a club 🙂
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I thoroughly enjoyed your reading, the collage and egg designs, the baby tulips spared….
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Thank you, Janice. I never know how my doodles will turn out, but it has been fun to try some new things.
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