go kick rocks
For summer solstice, I suggest
my favorite kiss-off:
Go kick rocks.
So
Go on.
Git now!
Get out of town!
Leave the earbuds.
Leave the damned phone!
Go
all the way to the river’s edge
then down to where the dry spell has uncovered a bed.
sun-dried mud-crusted just waiting for you to
kick rocks
Nudge some over with a foot.
Bend by the water willow
and reach into the river
to turn some rocks over with your fingers.
Pluck a few for the cup of your hand.
Thumb off algae and
let the river trickle away grit to reveal
limestone sandstone black bits of shale
shale tiny geode sandstone limestone
Choose one
a puzzle piece, it fits
cool and smooth
it kisses your palm,
breathes
stay,
rest
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I love how the energy of this poem calms at the end – very effective!
Love this!
Love the form! And the subject as I have always been a rock nerd. Thanks!
Beautiful, and a perfect past time.
Favorite kiss-off – yes!! Such a cool (and cooling) way to spend summer!
Thank you all. The phrase took me to a place I didn’t know I would go.
When I miss your poem
it’s always good to go back
and catch it. Thus one KICKS
Aw, thanks Jim!