Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Relaxation music
The lake waves
are slapping
sandy beach.
They are not
seagulls here
but big black
birds
are circling in
the air
above a water pipe.
Something is moving
inside.
A beautiful black cat
is cautiously
walking out.
His fur is all
dusty.
I throw him a stick.
He sniffs it
hopefully.
I am sorry,
I have nothing
for you.
Second cat,
also black,
sleek and slimmer,
moves slowly
to the daylight.
The birds are
circling
lower now.
Oh, kitties,
get back!
On the other
side of the lake
deer are watching.
Cello is playing.
I stop
at visitor's booth
at the entrance
of the park.
"They are two cats
in the drain pipe
by the lake."
"Yes, we know
about them."
The birds are
still circling
in the hot sky.
I do not hear
a flute and piccolo.
I hear clarinet
and oboe instead.
4/12/2010 Copyright (c)
Marie Neumann
Pottsville, PA
Monday, April 12, 2010
Therapies
Radioactive mud on rheumatic knees
for three weeks.
It doesn't take arthritis away,
but it helps.
Sipping water while strolling
colonnade from the mugs
with thin spouts.
Three weeks at the sea shore.
Just relax, swim,take suntan.
Eat and dance in the evenings
and listen to the cicadas.
Eat ice cream
and flirt with your eyes.
Do not touch.
Relax.
Hop on the treadmill.
Move your limb
to the left fifteen times,
again to the right,
and in the circles.
Listen to the music.
Ride the bicycle
lying on your back
and watch the shadows
on stain glass.
Keep your thinking positive.
Watch bumblebees mating
high above white bouquets
of blooming pear trees.
You are right.
I do not know anything
about pain.
Copyright (c) Marie Neumann
Pottsville 4/9/2010
Tomcat
Somebody gave a kitten
to my friend.
"What gender is my kitten?"
"He is a male."
An expert farmer declared.
"Definitely he is the male."
The male kitten grew
and did as he pleased.
He often wasn't home.
Where is he?
What do you expect?
He is a tomcat.
One day the proud cat
was walking home
with four kittens
in the tow.
And the cat
wasn't their father.
Copyright (c) Marie Neumann
Pottsville, 4/7/2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
M
I worked for A and M business.
A stands for agriculture,
M is for military.
My neighbor is a farmer.
Then I must be M.
Copyright (c) Marie Neumann
Pottsville, 4/6/2009
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