Posted on 14-07-2009
Filed Under (Poetry) by Daniel F Mitchell
Arizona Rope
     
 


arizona rope


sliding gliding
lithe and slender
escaping from sun bake
between cool stone
nest home
you
leglessly running
vacuum cord retracting
into case
with a rattling
behind

 

 

~ Daniel F Mitchell

 

 
     
Posted on 08-07-2009
Filed Under (Poetry) by Daniel F Mitchell

Dry Leaf

     
  Dry Leaf

 
Oh, dry leaf, insignificant and transient,
Formed so, and abandoned so,
That your passing should have a fixed course,
That your rustling might linger for a time more,
That remembrance of your passing might linger,
This is the core want of my substance.
This is the dire need of my soul, oh, dry leaf.

~ Daniel F Mitchell

 

 
     
Posted on 05-07-2009
Filed Under (Poetry) by Daniel F Mitchell
Overindulged
Overindulged 

Pampered palms stand high,
Pressing pompous heads to the sky,
To show everyone
They deserve to be served more sun. 

~ Daniel F Mitchell

Posted on 02-07-2009
Filed Under (Poetry) by Daniel F Mitchell

Horseshoe Nail Ring

 

Horseshoe-Nail Ring

 

In her late-hour reminiscence,
She saw him against the sunrise,
Strong upon his chestnut stallion,
Tipping his brim to her as she smiled -
She, the schoolmarm, daffodil, poem-worthy soul,
As lovely as the yellowing photograph upon the mantel.

Young was she, serenaded by bird song, morning song,
Wrapped in rapture -
The cowboy stepping down to the dew-fresh grass,
Holding his hat upon his chest, over his heart to keep in the emotion,
His rock-hard hand presenting the ring as delicately as it was able -
The iron ring, pounded from a horseshoe nail.

In her sagging dresser drawer,
She kept a horseshoe-nail ring.

In her late-hour reminiscence,
A cowboy brought her the wealth of Eldorado,
And placed it in the palm of her hand.


~ Daniel F Mitchell

 

   
Posted on 01-07-2009
Filed Under (Poetry) by Daniel F Mitchell
Today as Forever

Today As Forever

Ascend to a magical afterworld.
Once the immortal veil has been unfurled,
Dreams shall be as real as they seem.
Climb through the stars in a sunbeam,
To the land of eternity,
Where unicorns and fairies frolic with infinity,
Where mermaids wait out beyond the reef,
And the night owl has disavowed grief,
Singing the morning abreast robins and space,
Where lambs and lions embrace.

Fly away, fast away, over the cliff side,
Through the cascading mist, beyond the temporal tide.
Make a leap of faith upon the endless grass.
Abide in spring realms that never pass.
In the garden, never wilting, endeavor
To live tomorrow today, and today as forever.


~ Daniel F Mitchell