Celtic Green
If you are looking for gossip,
You have come to the wrong field.
We stand among the grass

The goats are quiet and still.
Gray and blue sky hangs just above.
A Celtic Mom and her daughter share love
Wisdom between them comes from the strife.
They bring generations of Maternal life.
Around them their ancestry stops to listen
The children although playing still pay attention.
The women before them flow through their veins
It is why they are , who they became.
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Ladybird Diner
Ladybird’s
It was a cold frosty day
sitting at a small table
just inside the café.
Charmingly name,
Ladybird.
A generation apart
she sat with coffee
in one hand and hope,
Hopes of tomorrow.
While I sat with
Coffee in one hand,
tempered thoughts
of more yesterdays…
Menu stretched from
fried chicken to
eggs and breakfast meats
without a calorie counter.
The Winter’s sun glared
into the room
brought warmth and conversation.
We spoke of poetry, hearts, women.
Confidences shared in trust,
wisdom and knowledge
was the spice as time flew
spent in a diner called
Ladybird’s Cafe
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Eucalyptus
Magenta red
Turns her head giving life
Her pollen sprouts
Golden and shouts
A procreating strife.
CMM 2022
Afternoon Tea
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
Apple Farm
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
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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