May 20, 2010

Scared

Scared

By John R. Greenwood


Deep within

My chest

A fear

A queasiness


Somethings wrong

Somethings broken


No Pain

Man panic

Gasping at straws


What’s wrong

Fluttering wisps

Deep inside

Chest high

Lightness

Unexplained

Why now?

Not now.


Scared

To

Death-


After a doctor’s visit I was prescribed an antacid- he says I have at least another 100, 000 miles left on me.


J.R.G.4.19.2010

May 19, 2010

Rabbit Dreams

"Rabbits Dream Too"
Rabbit Dreams
By John R.Greenwood
Rabbits dream of:
Fast cars
Carrot cake
Clover piles
Noodle bake

Tall green grass
Impala’s black
Raleigh bikes
Bric-a-brac

Happy rabbits
Driving cars
Full moon dating
Shooting stars

Hip Hop music
No more choices
Rabbit songs
In rabbit voices
J.R.G.5.19.2010

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May 07, 2010

Soggy Print















Soggy Print

By John R. Greenwood


Morning smile

Or not

Visions vary

Whose eyes

Ingest

Small tests

To measure

To temper

To tease


Whether to savor

Wet moments

Or only

Cloudless days


Breathe in deeply

Whys and why nots?


Soggy print

Seems less important

Weighed against

Soldiers lost

Hospital beds


Papers new

Return tomorrow

Again


J.R.G.5.6.2010

May 05, 2010

Yard Work














Yard Work



By John R. Greenwood

Musty smell of melted snow now gone
Green metal rake poised against the white siding
Rests ready to pile winter’s shed into
Mounded heaps of maple and stick
Awaiting strong arms and time

Saturday mornings run fast
In April’s rush to bloom May flowers
Tall brown bags stuffed full
Parked obediently at road’s edge

Spring birds refreshed seem sharper in song
Bee and bug visits - singular and erratic
Unsure what cloudy afternoons have in store

Dry leather gloves hide shyly
In back corner garage darkness

Tulip bulbs long neglected
Poke up defiantly in places years forgotten
Life’s reminder
That flower tender, nor weakest child,
shall be discounted, nor counted out, nor given up

Each spring, each returning flower, each corner yard-surprise discovered
Pushes skyward
One year more.
J.R.G.4.28.2010