Poem Category: Miscellaneous

childless
no end of the hoarding
to fill her home

father’s portrait
a bolt of lightning
flashes on his stare

the Basilica
leaning toward the Pieta
for my selfie

a new summer quiet–
the veer of the geese
turns out of sight

old folk’s visit
working the rust off
their garden tools

sunlit barn
a filly
snorts in the bran

lucky fountain
the wish invisible
on the coin she throws

loneliness
mother’s house
she keeps on hoarding

blankets of rain
inside the glass door
honey-tea for my cold

leaves across the roof
only the fire side
lighting my novel