Independence Day Stay Dance: ImproVerse Free Verse
catch the hot afternoon breeze
and spin
in
joyous pinwheels
on Independence Day,
as if to say:
“Welcome home, boy.
We’re glad you’ve come.
Don’t Roam.
We need to get outside, to breathe fresh air, to see the sun, to feel nature. There was a time, when I worked at Microsoft near Seattle, where I never saw the sun. Even now, memories of sitting in a closet-like room with no windows, where I had to walk out a door and look…
This evening, just before the sun set, I walked around the edge of my driveway, taking photos of tree in my yard (specifically on the edge of my property). I was stunned by the bio-diversity of this small plot of land. within the distance I can throw a baseball (which isn’t very far), I have…
When you take time to/ look for beauty, you might be/ rewarded with more.
There’s no silence/ in Nature, nor would I/ want there to be. (Written as part of our Creative Expressions Retreat on our property across from the Chickamauga NMP –> http://passionretreats.com/creativeexpression6-26/ )
Folks look at my yard/ and see lots of grass to mow./ They miss wildflowers.
I thought lightning bugs/ don’t guide anyone, but then/ learned their real purpose.