Poem Category: Miscellaneous

First birthday
radio songs
turning his head.

Bubble bathed
the birthday doll taken
into her bed.

The chairman’s pen poised
over the merger contract
ice melts in our drinks.

Blue summer lake
too gentle to stir its surface
the breeze moves on.

Ape bellows
his mate steps from the bushes
suckling their babe.

Beyond the verandah
blinding rain reaching in
for a handful.

Rain drizzles
clouds parting at times
for the moon’s aura.

Attic sun
a paleness comes to the doll
each afternoon.

Summer afternoon
just before iced teas
the cicadas start.

Late train home
street lights disappear
into autumn fog.