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

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

Submitted to 

http://purpletreehouse.blogspot.com/2011/06/welcome.html

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

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