One More Dream That Never Happened

torn jeans and patches of blue unraveling

blinded by rows of white grave markers

blood red stones sometimes the road fills my shoes

too soon to bloom the magnolias slip into global warming

wake-up call the rocks are alive with garter snakes

hardscrabble landscape I'm drawn in by desolation

bricks in disarray one more dream that never happened

president's day there's nothing to celebrate

false spring the real fake news happened in bowling green and sweden

Sweden update: Riots broke out in Sweden a day after Trump's comments. I'm guessing he's feeling pretty smug about this turn of events.

february warm up only the fog retains its coolness

water-stained books and other things I shouldn't keep

ripples of conversation left by the heron

torn curtains the new normal of chaos and disrepair

a lonely winter taken up by a family of orchids*

*orchid show at the Missouri Botanical Garden

valentine's day time to reflect on those I've loved and those I've lost

bumps in cyberspace the tricky 2's* adding (to, too, two) trump's legacy

*trump poster

"...no challenge is to great"

parking lot tweet a killdeer scolding imaginary foes

spring cleaning legislation to weaken the unions and make america poor again

70 degrees after a snow moon in february

lunar eclipse the pond mirrors both the light and the darkness

raucous cawcus the crows will not be censored

drowning in my sleep

time capsule the fish you caught five years ago still frozen

drowning in my sleep the rain never stops
undated photo the smoke of another birthday                                  
storm damaged flamingos turning white
flash of lightning you came home to die
warm tea ending the day better than it started

towel dried hair turning into something I can't control

rattling around every window sleepless thunderstorms

the harsh light reveals a wall of crumbling bricks and mortar

super bowl steam rising from a bowl of chili

condo searching realtor suggests blinds to block the view of the gas station

ready for change the green ice melting on the pond

groundhog day overshadowed by politics