Women

Magenta red

Turns her head giving life

Her pollen sprouts

Golden and shouts

A procreating strife.

CMM 2022

Pink sunrise reflects the tulips

Given in friendship and trust.

If ever there was a pleasure

that I would wish for thee.

It would be the solitude

of an afternoon tea.

I would bring the kettle

and a biscuit for you.

You would bring the tea

and we would begin to brew.

As we pour our cups

to the top of the brim.

We would take our ginger man

and laugh as it dips in.

CMM © 2021

Love at first sight

The old red barn

Has lost some charm

The bare cupboards

sound alarm .

As the day of plenty

Is now in the past

The smell of yesterday

Somehow still last

Handkerchiefs are gone

Crochet by hand

The tiny baskets

No longer stand

The apples still ripen

And the pears still fall

Mask are all worn

But not by all

Poets and artist

Will record this time

When people passed

And the need to be kind.

©. CMM. 2020

Rest In Peace

And thank you

For all the years

You fought tirelessly

For equal rights

Under the law.

With integrity

And class,

Reservation

And fierceness

Of a warming fire

That would burn through time

Before and now and forever .

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

RIP

2020 CMM

Make every day count

Break through gravity holding back

Each tomorrow shines

I run before sun

No one but sky and water .

Social distancing

the birds wake with song

Cold still air lingers morning crest

Runner 🏃‍♀️ does her best .