Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Toad's Revenge


Cruelty to animals,
licking at their back?
Will he turn into prince so fine
or have jowls that just go slack?

The garden that he picked so fair
now inhabited by giants
that pluck his regal countenance
from quiet dreams in silence


Lo, the wrath he wrecks on those
who dare to look and see
This toady responds by releasing full
a bladder full of pee

Ewww,
toad pee!
on my hands
all over ME!


Shows you right 
for disturbing life
Revenge so fine
from our local wildlife

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Wherefore Art Thou Spring?

Wherefore art thou Spring?

Snow has clung to the air
despite a change in calender
and no alter to the attire 
of mine

Search high and lo
and still the temperatures flow
below that damned zero
I whine...

But as every good Canadian knows
Mother Nature bends to no credos
despite pleading and heart-wrenched outflows
now consigned

Spring will arrive
all in good time to revive
our blessed souls once more to thrive
please be kind... 

~sunshine~

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Silent Saturday

Swimming in the last few drops of
yesterday's sweet suns
squeezed from your skins
stamped from your hearth
as I greedily swill you
  d
    o
      w
         n

Aye, you bring me Saturday night
through the eyes of my clear
Sauvignon Blanc, I see
yesterday,
  days long gone...

Evenings I stood twitching,
shivering in prayers
and short skirts
for late night smiles
from last minute hopefuls.

As the "LAST CALL"
peal was rung,
the rueful cabby
swung (as I still clung)
round to meet us.

He always done drag us off
more often than not
single and three sheets gone
what a loss
(not), I'm afraid.

No thoughts to tomorrow,
painful and vague,
from those ill-conceived concoctions
drunk in earnest
far from sane

Did they ever truly present
sweet dreams or even slim chance
of pleasant tomorrows?
Or rather misty moments lost in time
and willingly forgotten in tonight's
  s
    i
      l
       e
         n
           c
             e


Monday, March 11, 2013

A New Day | A Writer's Take

I have been writing and publishing posts at a New Day for four years now. In fact, this month I will celebrate my fourth anniversary of calling this cherished blog home. It has been a source for deep emotions, plenty of poetry and more than a tale or two. In the last 10 months though (truly more like 7), I have created a new space for my creativity. While I will always know that it was via this blog, and my experiences here, that I was able to forge a new direction in life, namely that of Freelance Writer, I have desired a new outlet for my writing. "A New Day" will always be home to my poetry, but "A Writer's Take" embraces my new career aspirations and offers support to other writers out in the blogosphere. If you haven't had a chance to stop by, I would love it if you did!

Today though, I wanted to share a special article that I posted over at "A Writer's Take". It is hard not to have themes run throughout both blogs, as they are written by the same author (me!), but this post speaks of the beginning of this very blog. I think it does a far cry better job of describing how "A New Day" came to be than any of my first posts that I published here. Do me a favour and take a peek at A New Day | A Writer's Take and leave me a comment to let me know that you stopped by.

And thank you for being along for the ride. You are my strength, my tools and my sunsets, for today is a new day...


Sunday, March 3, 2013

The Wild Side

A day of rest? 
bah!

Lou Reed keeps me company
as I scour corners,
cleanse counters
and discover dark niches 
that never see the light of day

All while the dishwasher washes,
washer & dryers spin
and I play dervish
with the vacuum hose
and iron will to sanitize this home

Sunday,
bloody Sunday
good for nothing or
built for everything good
the house of the lord 
never holds dust
so today
must be one step closer 
to God

hey babe
take a walk on the wild side

and as I try to remember where 
the mop I'm sure I own lives
this feels like
my version of a walk
on the wild side

look at that kat 
go, go, go...

doo, di doo, di doo, doo didoo, doo...

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