Saturday, October 15, 2016

party on autumn

 


the season
slowly
turning

and
showing up

at a

farmer's market

on a Saturday






and in the early
chilly
orange pumpkins
and fuzzy peaches
cilantro and
crazy fruit
pansies and zinnias
tomatoes
and
big fat watermelon


   




all glammed

for the occasion
like a party




where
warm sweaters
comfy jeans
baseball hats 
the oh-so-happy dress code
and
all kids are welcome




filling the space
with laughter loud
and commerce bustling
arms full
of produce
and
sunflowers
and
a riot of color
all competing
and
tied up in crisp paper
and string
  



now
homeward bound
with a stop

everyone's favorite

on saturday morning
into afternoon
delicious and free-wheeling
unrestrained freedom
joy bubbling up
and grateful
the word of the day

party on autumn
  









Saturday, October 8, 2016

on a saturday



 
when two
have said i do
on the dock of the bay
in the glorious
of late afternoon
summer waning

on a saturday
almost september

the groom
and his bride
so exquisite
smiling and laughing
hugging and posing
the water lapping
cameras clicking
capturing moments
soon to fade

on a saturday
almost september

and then
eventually
riding away
into future days
yet unspent
all full of happy
lives merging
tin cans bouncing
announcing
to the world
just married

and what is left

breath-taking quiet
beauty surrounding

the sun
cooler now
setting
coloring the blue
with ink stains
spreading and merging
all hues of tropical
melting into the bay

night approaching
in all it's grandeur
lights appearing
across the water
friends drifting home
the dock emptying

and in a hush
of eventide
brush strokes of glory
filling the thin
moments of dusk

as night falls
and being reminded

a wedding
and a sunset
both
unfurling holy
for all the world to see

on a saturday
almost september