PAD 2016 - Part 3

Day 21 -

She scares me,

but I'm too little

to do anything

about it.

Why won't

Margaret

just leave me alone?

Just let me play

with my toys,

she buried all

of hers.

It's not my fault.

Can't she be nice,

just for one day?

Day 22 - Home

The robin who builds his nest

in the tree outside my door.

The one tulip that bloomed,

I guess the deer ate the rest.

Kids playing baseball,

behind the fence between the yards.

The groundhog that scurries off,

at even the slightest sound I make.

A dozen feral cats, at least a dozen,

they come and go as they please.

I cut down all the brush,

picked up all the trash from winter.

I hope the woodpeckers are still hungry,

enough to visit as much,

even though the town cut down some

of the trees they used to feast upon.

In the front, a small patch of grass,

sidewalks and the main road through town.

It can get busy, especially in the summer,

Cars, bikes, people visiting the Catskills.

I like to watch people sit at the light

because they don't know where the sensor lies.

I should put up a sign, but like other things,

around the house, I just haven't gotten around to it.

The house needs some work, I want to spruce her up,

but I enjoy my surroundings immensely.

My old dependable van parked in the driveway,

I have everything I need right here.

Some new windows and siding,

will do the place good.

The trees, the animals, the quite serenity; 

my own little slice of heaven on earth.

PAD 2016 part 2

Day 15

There used to be a

commercial; Doublemint gum.

Where are those twins now?

Day 16 – NYC

We saw Washington Square Park,

we saw the Statue hold her torch high.

We saw where the mighty once stood,

now a fountain where you can say goodbye.

We saw churches, and restaurants,

little shops along our way.

We saw the 2^nd Ave. subway.

Will it be completed some day?

As we crossed through the city

one thing still remained,

the notion that a place so great,

can never stay the same.

Day 17

Our language is constantly changing,

some think for the worse,

Some say it's worser,

seems all they do today is curse.

People type in acronyms,

too busy to completely speak.

No use of punctuation,

the whole situation seems rather bleak.

As with everything else, it continues

on course to change and evolve.

Some would say they're all stupid,

a worthless bunch of Solves.

National Poetry Month - April 2016

I hadn't realized, but I have not made a blog post since last year. So, what better way to start the year than with a month of poetry? Each day I will post a new poem, written from the prompts found on the NaPoWriMo website.

Day 1 – Lune

Live in New York State?

New York City:

a great place to vacation.

They may be worlds apart,

but they are

conveniently located to one another.

Day 2 – Family Portrait

We lost all of our pictures,

in the basement flood,

but we still have each other.

Day 3 – Fan Letter

No offense meant to

Meryl, she won't be here

forever, sadly.

She's entertained us

for decades, with memories

that we will cherish.

Eventually,

one will rise to fill her shoes;

Kathleen Littlefield.