Poem Category: Miscellaneous

childless
no end of her hoarding
to fill her home

father‘s portrait
a bolt of lightning
flashes on his stare

the Basilica
I lean closer to the Pieta
for my selfie

a new summer quiet—
the turn of the geese
veers out of sight

visiting my old folks
working the rust off
their garden tools

sunlit barn
a filly
snorts in the bran

lucky fountain
the wish is invisible
on the coin she throws

loneliness
in our mother‘s house
she keeps on hoarding

blankets of rain
inside the glass door
honey-tea for my cold

leaves across the roof
only the fire side
lighting my novel