BASIN in the backcountry often the site of
BAWDY activities not sanctioned by the park service, yet
REEDY bankside now quiet and holy where
VIGIL is held by solitary mourner healing slowly.
Month: December 2022
Two Births
BASIN of myrrh for Pharaoh’s child,
BAWDY celebration of succession.
REEDY hiding place, by contrast: a basket.
VIGIL from the bank, every breath the celebration here.
Goddess
TABBY thinks herself goddess of the apartment,
SIXTY strides through all the rooms,
NORTH wall cool in summer,
NERVES of all must be tempered, she does not like a fuss.
Note: a day late (these were the 12/29 words), due to a diverting little winter cold or flu.
Wash
REEDY voice begs for a
BASIN to wash away
BAWDY and belligerent sins––
VIGILant Forgiver rejoices.
2022-12-30 words
BASIN, BAWDY, REEDY, VIGIL
New Year Lack of Resolution
TABBY or not tabby. After
SIXTY years on this planet do I have the
NERVE to travel further
NORTH, or will I stay at home?
North Side
PRISM through which some see the world is a
GAUDY Cubs collectible plaque,
CRAFT beer from Michigan, and
SCORN for Walmart.
Route 60
TABBY dashes across Route
SIXTY, heedless of the cars
NORTH- and southbound:
NERVEs of steel or reckless abandon?
2022-12-29 words
SIXTY, NORTH, NERVE, TABBY
Tinky-Tonk
CRAFT fair. Baubles without substance.
GAUDY trinkets, trifles, whatnots, and
PRISMs: imitation rainbows. I sneer,
SCORN the tinsel tawdry.