Posts for June 17, 2022 (page 9)

Category
Poem

ode to a pistachio

shelled you are green,
ever so green,
to the tongue
ever green,
i want your taste 

in the long afternoons.
to taste you
simple,
unsalted,
and clean

the green 
underneath
the thin blonde skin.
the green
where the thinking’s done. 

no.
i do not know
of what
you think, nor will—
but for now

i savor

this one
all i taste, imbibe, 
and discover—
all that is green, 
all that is good.

yes.

 

 

 


Category
Poem

The Innkeepers Guest

 
For Tim and Tammy
 
 
 
Timothy’s father passed away.
Left him an old farmhouse 
and some acres to tend.
 
A woman in his memory 
helped with the tobacco.
Beautiful, with two babies.
 
Back then he ran 
away from stepping
into just-add-daddy shoes.
 
Tim found her a few years ago.
Ten grandchildren,
a long life told over the phone. 
 
True and gentle, an old, older love.
Trips to the cabin by the lake.
Campfires, marshmallows, time.
 
Tim is broken now.
Beat down 
like his father’s house.
 
They were repairing that
old farm, he was grandpa
living it.
 
He got to say ” I am
her husband”
at the hospital,
 
hold her hand 
for her last day 
of breathing.
 
 

Category
Poem

optimism

I look forward to the day
when I will
write about 
happiness  

I pray it comes quickly.