Cord

Two or more strands

When twisted 

Into rope will

Not break

Easily, one hopes.

Rampant rubbish

Trickery and twaddle

Run amok;

Unbridled

Mendacity exhibits such

Pluck that

Even some

Republicans think,

Yea, we’re…in deep doo-doo.

The Story Stick

Such a pointed

Twig

In the sand, upright and magical,

Certainly stands, stuck there by a

Kind, creative hand.

Thank you, Rosie A., for the beautiful afternoon complete with a most entertaining story.

In a nutshell

Especially long are these

Poetic tales

In which heroes

Conquer and justice prevails.

Wild berries

Hurtleberry is not commonly

Used when

Conversing about this

Kind of fruit; the

Likes of

Ericaceae are what

Bears

Enjoy as they

Root around in Northwest

Regions.

In St. Regis humans

Enjoy them, too, in

Smoothies and pies, to boot.

During a recent stop in St. Regis, MT we enjoyed huckleberry pie at Jasper’s Restaurant as an appetizer before lunch and a huckleberry smoothie from Java Junction for dessert. YUM!!!

Flexible branch

Wrapping these around

In a skillful way

Takes training and

Hours of practice,

Especially for important tools

Such as fish hooks, spears, and axes.

Thank you, Hilary Stewart, for your beautiful book Cedar.

Thinking, too, of Clark

Four prongs there might be, or

One in a

Road, either way brings a

Kind of adventure, you know.

Happy Reunion, Lakewood High School Class of 1973!

Rewinding life

Every five years, we

Unite as do families from far and

Near. Catching-up swirls

In late summer days, then

On marches time until the

Next phase.

No admittance

Standing

Tall

And straight, they let

No one

Come through; ropes

Had blocked the

Interior

Off because the area was so

New.

BASH

Snot not in the

Nose, but in

A jet engine are the

Remains of hapless

Geese and gulls, the sign

Explains.

With thanks to the Smithsonian’s Genome: Unlocking Life’s Code exhibit at Rochester Art Center.

http://rochesterartcenter.org/

Javelinas

Pig-like animals that

Enjoy prickly pear

Can be found in southwest

Cities like Phoenix where,

As urban scavengers they

Root through people’s yards

In search of landscape

Edibles; their

Scrabbling’s hard.

Quadragenarian

Four decades

On the earth, this

Really cool artist/writer/

Thinker reveals a

Yen for mirth.

Happy Birthday, Eric A.!

Inventive mind

Building

Reality,

Animating

Ideas and playful

Notions, the

Creative

Human

Illustrates the

Legacy of construction-

Devotion.

Way to go, Rose A. and company, with all your creativity and planning. You’re AWESOME! It will be so cool when the weather doesn't hamper this fun time.

https://www.postbulletin.com/news/local/beat-the-monday-blues-with-drums-please-on-peace-plaza/article_703c2ec8-a0b8-11e8-861c-43273236d820.html

Slow flow

Glazing the

Long mountain slope,

A slow-moving river,

Cold and

Icy,

Entices people; they

Remember it with shivers.

Never silent

Regard with esteem this

Exquisite

Singer, this voice so

Precious that

Evokes love, promotes

Caring. We salute you, Aretha!

Thank you for sharing.

In honor of Aretha Franklin, March 25, 1942 to August 16, 2018

Stones, seeds, or beans

Many versions exist

Around the world; this game

Name is simply a

Classic swirl of pits

And seeds, all of which

Lively players strive to capture

And thus, succeed.

Crossing the Columbia

Have you seen them up there

On top of the

Ridge,

Snickering and dancing, those

Equine wonders,

Soon after the bridge?

Thank you, David Govedare, for your beautiful sculpture Grandfather Cuts Loose the Ponies.

Life in the big sea

Necklace shell or moon snail

Are the common names for

This predatory gastropod;  

It plays its natural game of

Covering completely

Its bivalve prey, then

Drilling through the shell

And using its proboscis to

Eat – a system that works well.

Thank you, Claudia O., for introducing me to this amazing animal. Below is the “sand collar” of a Moon snail.

Doing the work

Organized business doings,

Full of

Files, tools, machines,

Its operators are indeed quite

Cunning, though not thanked

Enough and often not seen.

Treacherous

Frequently his social

Investments

Change; how is this

Kind of

Leader

Even still here? Strange!

'Go' with a twist

While wool was rolled, 

And trod upon, it fully

Led us to

Know this word anon.

Hunting for beach...

Gathering

Little glistening bits of brown, green,

And clear, when we

Spy cobalt blue or very

Scarce red, we cheer!

Thanks, Claudia O., for being up for a low tide walk!

Flying high

Advanced

Engineering in the

Realm

Of ships

Navigating space, this

Airborne

Undertaking in Mary’s mind

Took place, as

In this

Country we were

Steeped in a race.

For Mary Golda Ross.

Stop pronunciation

Gonna stop the airflow when,

Like, I say “Uh-

Oh,” and all

Those digeridooers do it,

Too, to get the right timbres

And remember, to your

Larynx be true.

Beetle body

Shaped like a prismatoid, this

Clever figure

Uses an extra mid-level vertex

To create a signature curving

Option

In cellular structures; it

Demands quick adoption.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/introducing-the-scutoid-geometry-180969784/

Benefits?

A juicy seed-covering that

Renders added nutrition might

Invite scrutiny by

Licensed dietitians.

Taken for granted?

Pomum granatum

Or ‘apple with

Many seeds’

Evoked for the Ancient

Greeks – that deep, deep

Red – from the blood of

Adonis, the fruit of the dead.

Nowadays it’s

A life-giving orb, consumed around

The world as its

Ellagitannins are explored.

'Round the bend

What

Really irks

Irrepressible purists is the

Need to uncrease a

Kink; they do not

Like to have to mess with

Evidence of

Snags or problems. That stinks.

Bound to bound

Legislated boundaries or

Invisible lines

Might cause some

Individuals to feel confined;

They may test the threshold to

Sense a moment sublime.

Old English 'lactuce'

Let us be

Enlightened by

This garden herb

That is rooted together with a

Universal word; its

Creamy white juice is of an ilk that

Evokes the nourishing liquid: milk.

Queueing up

Cliff-hanger conspiracies

Are

Bucking the truth, reducing it to

Ashes in a not-so-

Laudable era.

Perhaps from Sir Thomas Clifford, Lord Arlington, the Duke of Buckingham, Lord Ashley, and Lord Lauderdale.