the dream of Oregon
settles back in
I escape bed early
to sit with it
connect it to the grass grown wild
and become irrational
about complacency
©Erin Croley
the dream of Oregon settles back in I escape bed early to sit with it connect it to the grass grown wild and become irrational about complacency ©Erin Croley
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distant planes and the blast of a train horn support the morning chatter of Cardinals, pigeons, pileated woodpeckers and some high-pitched warble I can't place I stand in the middle of what should be a walking path with a steady current washing over my feet stare at yellowed strawberries stunted cucumbers and decide to drink coffee ©Erin Croley sun crests various rooftops
an urban prism striking grass and wood floors morning salutations replacing the warmth lost from a writer's coffee, unfinished ©Erin Croley (from a #botaiku prompt) I take bits of you
pieces of that tapas to taste and attempt some synthesis of completion a hotel breakfast leaving me hungry and in search of good coffee @ERrantIN ©Erin Croley (from a #SpeakPoetry prompt) I continue to sip coffee
after it is cold too content to give up writing and risk creaky floorboards @ERrantIN ©Erin Croley (from a #PowerOfMyWords prompt) when my feet are tucked
and legs crossed when my gaze reaches and sounds drift when coffee lifts me or whiskey or love emboldens every verse is a lattice @ERrantIN ©Erin Croley (from an #ntitle prompt) the weight of four blankets
can't maintain warmth or conjure a deep sleep all of me is attuned to the possibility of your voice... I spend
my morning in a look around when there is coffee time and sleeping children at hand ©Erin Croley (from a #ShapePoetry Twitter prompt) today will be born on the flatbed of a trailer,
hauled across highways and gravel, but right now there is coffee and bird song, and I am writing ©Erin Croley identical chairs
angled together contemplate the awakening day sunday morning ritual coffee bird song and us (un)naturally silent ©Erin Croley (from an #elixirpoetry Twitter prompt) |
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