Monday, April 30, 2018

Challenging play


This puzzle of seven pieces,
All to be
Neatly used, can be
Great fun geometrically, “Even
Relaxing,”
A
Mathematician mused.




Sunday, April 29, 2018

Slyly pries


Sneaking around,
Nabbing secrets
Or sweets, the  
One-eyed pirate
Prizes his treats.

Saturday, April 28, 2018

Math Olympian


Guided by
Euclid’s famous Elements,
Our knowledge of
Math is downright prevalent,
Especially
The measuring of earthly
Radiuses and
Yes, all other lines, angles, and spaces.

Congratulations to all the Math Olympiad teams who participated in today’s event!


Friday, April 27, 2018

Armlet


Indentations
Narrowly
Lead to
Enclosed, more
Tranquil parts of the sea.

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Poeciliidae fry


Giving birth is
Usual with these little fish; their
Progeny
Plunge deftly
Into life. With a swish they
Engage their
Surroundings.




Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Crop


Caught in the throat of a
Robin squirmed
An equally early
Worm.



Tuesday, April 24, 2018

The right label


Right angles
Establish four
Corners in
This quadrilateral
And it is totally worth
Noting that squares
Go by this name; they’re a
Little shorter with
Each side the same.

Monday, April 23, 2018

Ode to Lola


Lola was a lissome girl
In a green, four-legged way. Her
Zip and dear
Anoleness we greatly miss today,
Resting beneath the bougainvillea,
Destined there to stay.

For Emma and Bryan and their grieving menagerie.






Sunday, April 22, 2018

Corrupt actions


Poisoning
Our water, air, and
Land are the
Legislators who
Untie the hands of
The industrial perpetrators – to the
Environment, they are all traitors.




Saturday, April 21, 2018

Talk about fake!


Building a base
On spurious declarations, the
Good old guys are
Undoing the
Security of this nation.




Friday, April 20, 2018

Birthday verse


Piler-
Of-words-in-
Eloquent-ways, we celebrate
The Bard of Litchfield today.

Happy Birthday, dear Laura!

Thursday, April 19, 2018

Rants


Tantrums
In this verbal form
Represent
A precedent – now the norm;
Does this angry tweeter
Ever get tired of telling civil
Servants they’re fired?

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

By-the-wind Sailor


Vast colonies of these
Exist out on the ocean; their
Little sails
Enable their
Locomotion, but
Lively winds will send them
Ashore where, on the
Sand, they sail no more.


Thank you, Chris E., for sharing with me this creature’s scientific name.



Tuesday, April 17, 2018

ABC


Breads
And cakes were what he
Knew; he was an
Especially
Respected fritter-maker, too. 

Happy Birthday.

Monday, April 16, 2018

Fleece


Warm, weatherproof
Overcoats are sheared
Off in spring; imagine the
Light sensation that brings.

Sunday, April 15, 2018

Of the Alcidae


Pelagic seabirds fly
Underwater to
Find their lunch.
Following a hunch of safety
In numbers they
Nest in cliffs in a bunch.

Felted puffin by artist Amarama of Rochester, MN. Thank you, Rose Anderson, for this beautiful gift.











Saturday, April 14, 2018

From PIE root *gno-


Knowing family and friends
Is the story of  
This word, along with ‘kin,’ I
Have both read and heard.

Friday, April 13, 2018

Aka paraskevidekatriaphobia


Fear is
Real
In the minds of those who don’t
Go out on this day; they
Get quite
Anxious about
The neighbor’s black cat or the
Risk
In not throwing
Salt that spilled. The
Kind of will this
Angst begets
Indeed might be
Demanding, but
Educating one’s
Kith
About it
Perhaps will
Help with understanding that
Obsessions
Based on one’s beliefs –
Irrational though they be –
Are personal. Proceed respectfully.






Thursday, April 12, 2018

In the Year of the Dog


Practical minds
At times might
Unwind when they
Stop for fun reads; it’s an
Everyday need.

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Clearing


Glows the sun in
Lovely open spaces
Among the
Densely growing
Evergreens. Oh, so serene!



Tuesday, April 10, 2018

It will grow on you


Linen or cotton of
A fine, carded yarn for the
Wearer has elegant,
Natural charm.

Monday, April 9, 2018

Wide valley


See how
The
River had cut
A broad swath between
The
High hills?

Sunday, April 8, 2018

The visit



Staying a short time
On Orcas of the San
Juans will
Open one’s soul to
Unique
Rejuvenation. Indeed, it is a
Novel vacation.


Saturday, April 7, 2018

Magical song


Chanting in rhythmic,
Hypnotic tune, the sage,
Against the backdrop of full moon,
Repeated the sign about a
Month coming soon.


Friday, April 6, 2018

Small stead


Home to
A few dozen families or
More,
Land and sea rendered 
Enough in
The way of stores.


Thursday, April 5, 2018

The car alarm


From shore to shore the
Easygoing transport
Roars and
Rumbles, while in the cold breeze
You fumble for your keys.





Wednesday, April 4, 2018

For Maya Angelou


Resilience
Is grit, and more, to
Stand up strong,
Especially to soar.

Why do the powerful want to see fellow human beings broken, beaten down? Is it tradition? Is it out of habit? Is it genetic? Is it required? If it is a matter of control, then why? To feed an ego? Are the powerful to be pitied for their well-hidden low self-esteem? They are sad, mean creatures indeed.



Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Update


Mainly
Used in golf or cuisine, this old
Last name means
Little and bald; sometimes
It is in politics seen, when the Council
Gets to vote again on
An issue first thwarted by one
Non-thinking man.

Monday, April 2, 2018

H. C.'s aspiration


Impromptu storytellers
Manage with no
Preparation,
Regale their listeners
On inspiration – that
Vivid breath of
Imagination –
So that
All who hear
The tale cry
Out, “Don’t end!” They’re
Rightly
Eager for more Andersen.


Sunday, April 1, 2018

Active listening


Realizing that compassion and
Equanimity were
Fundamental for the good
Of mankind, he tried to
Rewrite the thinking of that time.
May we take those basic concepts
Eagerly to heart and in
Repairing community, do our part.