It's Hard

End of life issues
should be discussed and resolved
while there's still time.

Christmas Tree on January 3

The tree should come down
but that winter sunlight and
pine smell make it hard.

Winter Light

Winter's sun casts light
so low that it's like sunset
at mid-afternoon.

Promise of Spring

The promise of spring
wrapped like a green and red gift
waiting to open.

One Word Poem

I recently delighted in reading Lemonade and Other Poems Squeezed from a Single Word by Bob Raczka. As I was writing a review about it on my book review blog, I suggested that it would be a good book to use in the language arts classroom to inspire and challenge students to compose their own. Of course, I had to try it and this is what I came up with:

Labradors
Lab        s
              s
            o
       ra
     br    o
        ad
     b ad
       rad
               s
l            o
    b         s

Translation:

Labradors
Labs
soar
broad
bad
rad
slobs

Photographic Evidence:

Book Spine Poetry II

 How to Grow Up and Rule the World

Head Games

Delirium

The Sweetest Thing

A Certain Strain of Peculiar

Ok, so now I'm looking at my book shelves in a whole new way thanks to Travis over at 100 Scope Notes.

First Warm Day

Just a day ago
tender nibs pierced the surface
warm days will do that.

I wish I took a before photo. I spotted the shoots when I had my dogs out in the backyard, and of course, did not have my camera. Temperatures hit 77 (!) yesterday and when I came home from work, found this in my garden.