Evening Primrose

Posted on April 24, 2014 by treshabarger

Evening primrose
Spring pink blooms unfurl gently
Beauty beckoning

Evening primrose and friend

NaPoWriMo 2014 Day 24

The Season

Posted on April 23, 2014 by treshabarger

Full ponds and warm weather
A sure sign that it’s spring
Making the frogs hop and sing

‘Tis the season for their song
Their serenade lasts for hours and hours
Invading my sleep, making it sour

How do I request an owl fly over
Just a need a little silence
Before throwing shoes over the fence

I considered retaliation
Singing before dawn on the pond banks
Disturbing the frogs in the tanks

My neighbors might take offence
Feed me to the frogs, claiming self defense
Turn up their air conditioner and sleep soundly

Stupid frogs

I know you are in there. I can hear you.

NaPoWriMo 2014 Day 23

Susan’s Rose

Posted on April 22, 2014 by treshabarger

A sentinel bush marking ten years
Planted as a promise of better days to come
Each year the promise kept
Of briars and thistles swept

Walking paths through the trees now beckon
Colts and canines greet at the fence
Prancing in rehearsed unison

Rose scent wafts in a swirl
Allowing us respite under the shadows
Shielded by Susan’s rose

Susan’s rose

NaPoWriMo day 22

Velociraptor

Posted on April 21, 2014 by treshabarger

Turtles slip into the water
They have for millennia and will for many after
Rustling in the bushes, I listen harder
Gasp to see a carnivore dinosaur, a velociraptor

I halt in my place, try not to sneeze
The last thing I want is to warrant its attention
My scent blown downwind by the breeze
Not getting eaten is my latest intention

I do my best to shrink in my place
Then backtrack one step at a time
Willing my motion to not leave a trace
I retreat from the Cretaceous Period, praying like a mime

Shh, it’ll hear you

NaPoWriMo Day 21

Lady Banks, Lady Banks

Posted on April 20, 2014 by treshabarger

Old world roses bloom but once a year
Such timing makes us hold them all the more dear
The petal clusters are small and tight
Mother Nature assures us she got it right
I planted two: yellow and white
Lady Banks, Lady Banks beautiful in any light