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August Poetry

ANTS HAY DAY

 

      Black

      Grass

      Nibble

      Scraps

      Crawl

      Grandson

      Feeding

      Summer

      Park

      Chillin 


Rachel Seamans, Wilmot NH

 


AT THE PICNIC

 

Red

Raspberries

Ripe

Canes

Thornless

Dan’s

Gift

1979

Newbury

Kindness

 

Loa Winter, Newbury NH

 


SUMMERTIME ENCORE

 

Azure

Sky

Hovering

Family

Convening

Everyone

Picnic

Today

Lakeside

Camaraderie

 

William Tighe, New London NH

        


         A PICNIC ON THE BEACH

 

Tan

       Sand

               Unfurl

                          Blanket

                                       Open

 

Nana’s

Wicker Basket

                                Noon Time

                                                 Luncheon

                                                                  To Enjoy.


David Balford. New London NH



A SUDDEN CHANGE OF PLANS

 

AM

 

Blue

Skies

Persuade

Sunday

Meandering

Adults

Plan

Afternoon

Park

Picnic 

 

PM

 

Gray

Clouds

 Hover

Rain

Threatens

Families

Shelter

Now

Heaven

Thunders

 

Dianalee Velie, Newbury NH

 

          

                                     SUMMER BOUNTY

                                                             

Red

Tomato

Ripens

Farmer

Harvests

Our

Feast

August

New England

Abundance


 Mary Blohm, Newbury NH

 


                               AUGUST PROMPTS:

 

Red

Morning

Bounced

Balls

Vigorously.

Hawk

Suddenly

Stopped

Circling

Questioning?

 

tom keegan, Bristol NH

 

 

ELMER’S FIELD

 

Golden

sunlight

warms

grasses.

Caresses.

We

picnic

Sunday

there.

Love.

 

Ellen Pysz, Newport NH



PICNIC


Red

roadkill

glistens.

 

Wings

descend.            

 

Crows         

scavenge

twilit

highway,

ravenous.

 

 

NO PICNIC

 

Pale

moon

rises.

 

Shadows

emerge.

 

Vagrants

plunder

yesterday’s

garbage,

desperate.

 

Joan T. Doran, New London NH

 

 

AUGUST

 

Gray

shades

transform 

greens,

embrace

us.

Earth

continuously

grounds

spirit.

 

Nancy Marashio, New London NH



THE PICNIC PRIZE


Red

Ants

Crawl,

Legs

Covering

My

Leg,

Soon

Approaching 

Cupcakes

 

 

BEES KNEES


Yellow

Bees

Imbibe

Lemonade.

Sipping,

They

Drink

Summertime

Outside 

Sweetness.

 

Jennie Pollard, Windsor VT

  

 

SUMMER AFTERNOON

 

Brown

bear

klatch,

Teddys

mingle,

children

giggle,

afternoon

gazebo

joy.

 

Patsy Barrett-King, Newport NH

 

 


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