Selected Poems

Where will all the birds and owls go?
 

100 year old memories of turmeric spiced sunsets, face altering giggles, and backyard flooding thunderstorms dripping down the grey bark. The chain saw murderously rips through its papyrus heart with screeching deafening arrogance.
 

Squirrels scurrying across it. Birds serenading from it. Owls taking refuge in it. A poet finding shade beneath it. My child looking up talking to a grandmother she never met.
 

I look out my kitchen window and no longer see branches and leaves from my neighbor's towering trees weaving across my view. I now see the back of their house. The off white paint is peeling. I didn't know that. I didn't need to know that.
 

I hadn't noticed my tall shrubs were uneven as they had blended with the antique backdrop of greens and browns. My shrub tops now look like ocean waves but I don't see any surfers riding them. Why is a thick chunk of tree intertwined with the electrical wire? It looks so lonely and stuck. I should bring it a cup of coffee. My peaceful view is lost.
 

Where will the birds and owls go who sing me lullabies each night? Guess they chose to save on their monthly water bill.
 

I don't like my neighbor anymore.
 

I look out my kitchen window and no longer see branches and leaves weaving across my view. I see the back of my neighbor’s house instead. The off white paint is peeling.  I didn't know that. I didn't need to know that.
 

I hadn’t noticed my tall shrubs were uneven because they blended with a backdrop of greens and browns but now they look like ocean waves but I don't see any surfers riding them.
 

I need to stain my lattice. Why is a thick chunk of a tree intertwined with the electrical wire? It looks so lonely and stuck. I should bring it a cup of coffee.
 

Where will all of the birds and owls go who sing me lullabies each night? Guess they chose to save on their monthly water bill.
 

I don't like my neighbor anymore