Ice amply coats
My thin window panes,
From outside the walls
To
'within'
Encrusted white squares,
Beguile with a stare;
A few of them cracking
Cold grins!
I love older homes
[When the weather behaves]
But not on days mercury quivers...
My last heating bill,
Brought on shock and dismay,
So guess I'll just have to
Bear shivers !!
The 'Peter Principle', and expect it to manifest itself in the next 4 years...
government (e.g., cabinet positions, current presidency, etc.)
...impossible to remove
This year
began grimly;
Winter
steadied its fortress;
Thick
daggers of ice
Plied the seams off our porches...
Encrusted
warm-thermals,
Aloft
from this sphere,
Extinguished
past rainbows,
Then dropped them like tears...
Faint trickling
sounds
On the
pavement below
Quite
softly, and slowly,
Spread dollops of snow...
In three
months, Earth's breath
Will launch
fine, pollen wings:
Proud
palette; so pungent!
That
first whiff of Spring!!!
poem by L.P.-G. / 1-2025
Tuesday's Child
Today is your birthday,
And some years ago,
We welcomed pure sweetness
"Tied up in a bow"...
The days have since followed:
You've grown kind and strong;
With four kids of your own now,
To help sing this song:
Happy Birthday To You,
Happy Birthday To You,
Happy Birthday Dear Lara [Mommy],
Happy Birthday To
You !!
... And last, but not least, I never forget that my
daughter-in law's b'day is just before my own daughter's...
