Early this morning
I drink tea on the back steps
Feeling the cup cool
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
999 Verandakus: #582 from Veranda Life
At the road’s rough end
there is not so much to see
And yet, the hidden
Monday, February 27, 2012
999 Verandakus: #581 from Veranda Life
On the riverbank
Watching the big ship idle
We’re all miniatures
Sunday, February 26, 2012
999 Verandakus: #580 from Veranda Life
Caterpillars dream
of basil shrubs without end
Lucky pesto pests
Saturday, February 25, 2012
999 Verandakus: #579 from Veranda Life
My cat’s resting paw
suggests nothing but softness
A hint of claw-glint
Friday, February 24, 2012
999 Verandakus: #578 from Veranda Life
At the railway bridge
waiting for the loudest train
and screaming relief
Thursday, February 23, 2012
999 Verandakus: #577 from Veranda Life
A teetering brick
established for the long haul
as an edgy tease
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
999 Verandakus: #576 from Veranda Life
The shadows we cast
disappear with a turn
towards the sun’s face
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
999 Verandakus: #575 from Veranda Life
A shaft of sunlight
after days of storms and rain
Clouds are breaking ranks
Monday, February 20, 2012
999 Verandakus: #574 from Veranda Life
A one-note bird call
grows faster, louder with rain
Is it happiness?
Sunday, February 19, 2012
999 Verandakus: #573 from Veranda Life
Heavy rain falls straight
and lands hard in my garden
The soil softening
Saturday, February 18, 2012
999 Verandakus: #572 from Veranda Life
Tattooed butterfly
flutters from bloom to branch – home
is everywhere
Friday, February 17, 2012
999 Verandakus: #571 from Veranda Life
The magpie’s singing
predicts the storm front’s power
And implores its end
Thursday, February 16, 2012
999 Verandakus: #570 from Veranda Life
When the wind picks up
a new storm front moves in – it’s
the same old big wet
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
999 Verandakus: #569 from Veranda Life
Rainbow lorikeets
rocket through the storm – missiles
outsmarting the drops
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
999 Verandakus: #568 from Veranda Life
Unexpected rains
humidify Spring air and
deepen troubled sleep
Monday, February 13, 2012
999 Verandakus: #567 from Veranda Life
In the park they stand
apart from each other and
watch their son swing high
Sunday, February 12, 2012
999 Verandakus: #566 from Veranda Life
When illness strikes you
with the clout of summer storms
It’s time to lie low
Saturday, February 11, 2012
999 Verandakus: #565 from Veranda Life
At night the rains press
against windows, doors and rooves
Insistent summer
Friday, February 10, 2012
999 Verandakus: #564 from Veranda Life
On terracotta
Tiny lizards warm themselves
Mother sun delights
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
999 Verandakus: #562 from Veranda Life
Nameless bugs garden
their way through lunch and playtime
Buzzing acquaintance
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
999 Verandakus: #561 from Veranda Life
Changing the seasons
by sound in street jungle yards
Mowers sing summer
Monday, February 6, 2012
999 Verandakus: #560 from Veranda Life
Waiting to blossom
embryonic pods stay mum
about their bloom dates
Sunday, February 5, 2012
999 Verandakus: #559 from Veranda Life
Grass blades of fortune
could tilt raindrops either way
or wait for bird sips
Saturday, February 4, 2012
999 Verandakus: #558 from Veranda Life
Startles of flowers
opening their happy selves
Frightening grey days
Friday, February 3, 2012
999 Verandakus: #557 from Veranda Life
Mushroom circus tents
gathering big top secrets
for small fry visits
Thursday, February 2, 2012
999 Verandakus: #556 from Veranda Life
Raindrops in my tea
the gift of a summer storm
Pearly visitors
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
999 Verandakus: #555 from Veranda Life
Damper days arrive
a golden syrup drizzle
Storm front imminent
Here’s the storm front, grasshoppers – who could resist?
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