Colors Moving Still by Kathryn Hegarty
Open your eyes to visions
that calm the raging wars
Open your eyes to visions
that calm the raging wars
Granddaughters spice up the day.
They brings giggles
in pink toenails,
tea parties
in dresses oversized.
These are spices of the world that will never disappear;
the sunshine and the golden sands, everything aglow.
That summer
of long ago,
it fills me with grief
for things lost, left, loved.
In through my feet and
Out through my fingers;
Energy flows
she was standing
on the sidelines
of life and time
waiting for the right moment,
a raison d’être, a sign
Stanley couldn’t stomach another social interaction with the First Congregation of Christ tour group. First it was the Indian museum, then a drive with the whole lot out to some gorge, and now he was just plain sick of people. Feigning tummy trouble, he left them for the peace and quiet of […]
The crooked holding back of her smile,
A simultaneous desire for glory and
Annihilation.
Each spring I tuck inch-high plants
into trenches fragrant with manure.
The open glass bottle, of a cerulean tint,
tempts me with its fragrance.
I sent the recipe to the historical society
in response to their call for a cookbook,
figured twenty years of marriage
gave it history enough.
You never know, the day may come,
when you are in some need
someone may add some ginger,
spice you up with a good deed.
The satin petals dance in a vibrant harmonization
She looked into those bright young eyes and somehow she knew that he wasn’t to be feared.
In the evening tide
Hearts beat fast
As planets collide
Those testy scales are laden
with feet hidden by the flab.
Stolen kisses behind the school,
and a slurp of gin in the juice
I came across something that cast a cloud on my otherwise sunny lunch hour disposition.
All was quiet at the Delta Gamma house on the University of Michigan campus. It was 9:30 on Saturday night. Most of the girls were twisting and bopping at sock hops, necking and gum cracking at drive-in movies, or slurping and munching at burger joints.