July 2
doggie needs to pee
the door creaks open
protesting the cold air
wafting as
the central heating
blasts warmth
on a cold winter’s
July night
July 4
I was on Facebook tonight and I saw a post from Yoko Ono’s page so I followed her link to a review about her book Acorns (http://www.vogue.com/culture/article/plant-a-seed-yoko-onos-acorn/#1). The article talks about the acorns she and John Lennon planted back in 1968 and their vision of living sculptures around the world of paired oak trees. There is an extract from her book in the article about listening to what other people are thinking … nice playful irony I thought and so wabi sabi … it reminded me of the invisibility of listening, how I tried to understand this phenomenon over a decade ago through my doctoral dissertation and how I struggled to express my meandering thoughts through academic writing … anyway her poem triggered a chain reaction in my brain. Below is my spontaneous play on her words.
Listen to the raging wind outside my door
Listen to the wind outside your window
Listen to the wind swirling from the sun
Listen to your climate system
Can you hear the turning of the ground …
July 5
my ear hairs bristle
biting wind blows through
southern cross glitter
July 8
steaming chicken soup
a balm for weary bones
chewy whole grain rice
sighs turn to comfort
spoon clinks an emptied bowl
ghosts leave haunted eyes
can i have some of that chicken soup? smiles.
still a bit cool this morn
but will be hot in a bit
thinking of july as winter
ha. seems so backward
to me.
We are heading for a frosty night in the land of upsidedown 🙂
In the land of upsidedown, you have some nice rightsideup poetic responses. I enjoyed these. 🙂
Thank you dear one 🙂 sending wafts of our polar air your way