April 15 #15 Poem a Day

[Tinker]

April 15

So it's here
a day off from the office
a cool breeze blows off the ocean
a sparrow hops onto my stepping stone
a single white rose blooms
a poem is whirling in my head
a cup of coffee sits steaming on my desk
a text from my son saying "'morning Mom"
and Oh Yeah.....
the deadline for filing 2012 taxes
and two bombs explode at Boston Marathon.
------------------- --~~ Judi Van Gorder

[badger11]

I'm guessing that another date will be defined by another horror event, but that it is the everyday normal things that will continue to win over such horror.

[Tinker]

I think you are right Badge, we need to cherish each ordinary thing.

 

#16 Poem a Day  Marathon haiku

exhausted runner
on last stretch of marathon
legs buckled by blast

flash-boom billows smoke
spilling red blood on sidewalk
responders rush in -
                 ------- --jvg