March 20, 2012 “evening”
“evening”
.
as I reclined on the porch
watching the mountains
relax from green into purple
evening sidled up on a gentle breeze
wearing pale coral and azure
with the fragrance of springtime
.
she softly slipped into the old chair next to me
left vacant by the setting sun
in the heat of day
she breathed a quiet sigh
of feathery clouds
and cherry blossom
.
we sat for a while in silence
contented to listen
to a mockingbird wooing his love
and a chorus of spring peepers
serenading down by the creek
we spoke not a word in our peaceful repose
.
serenely as she arrived
she arose to leave
as she went she asked
“shall I get the lights?”
I nodded sleepily
night fell to the rising moon
I slept
tlh 3/20/12
September 20, 2010 “evening, stars, and moon”
For Poetry Potluck
“evening, stars, and moon”
evening bids adieu to the singular sun
sinking into his blazing bed
and gives a welcoming hello nod
to a million stars overhead
winking, blinking, twinkling stars
in the indigo sea overhead
evening basks in diamond light
sparkling in the deeping skies
he lavishly flaunts his sable robe
before those adoring eyes
shimmering, glimmering luminaries
with jealously enamored eyes
but evening ebbs from his coveted stage
to play a second-fiddle tune
to his million stars, those adoring eyes
paling in the glow of the moon
that gloriously glamorous, alluringly amorous
night’s divine diva…the moon
©tlh 9/20/2010
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