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Post It Note Poetry February 17

February 17 – The Paper Bark Tree

 Post It Note Poetry Feb 17

Layers peeling from the spine

A well-thumbed text with

Words on pages I cannot read

Interpreted through

The rustled utterances

Of the leaves

Unfolding their meaning

Of Nature’s gospel

Post It Note Poetry February 16

February 16 – Give Me Shelter

Post It Note Poetry Feb 16

The roof above and the carpet below

Tell a similar story:

Cracked, lined, riddled with moisture

Stained, spotted and worn away

Peeling back to the roots of

Skeletal rafters and joists

This threadbare flesh of two hands

Cradling and sheltering while I sleep

Post It Note Poetry February 15

February 15 – Grammatical Time

Post It Note Poetry Feb 15

Living in the constant present tense

In absence of the past “was”

No anticipation of the future “will be”

Only the moment of “is.”

A vision is a memory

A dream is a legacy

The sundial’s shadow stalled

Held by a breath

Waiting for the second hand

In the constant present tense

Post It Note Poetry February 14

February 14 – The Runner

Post It Note Poetry Feb 14

Plodding the painted parallel lines

Rhythm of footfall while

Running against the clock.

In circles she cycles

The seasons through each turn.

Crossing the line she starts again

The distance to the end undetermined

Post It Note Poetry February 13

February 13 – The New Diplomacy

Post It Note Poetry Feb 13

Two generals across the table

Negotiating the fate of two nations

One shakes his loosened fist

The bones rattling inside

He spills his hand, shakes his head.

With jubilation his opponent yells,

“You landed on Mayfair with one hotel!”

A final fistful of dollars flung across the table

The war is won.

Post It Note Poetry February 12

February 12 – Hide and Seek

Post It Note Poetry Feb 12

A children’s game

Complicated by adults

Counting to ten before choosing

To reveal or conceal

Secrets and lies

Hopes and dreams

Sometimes hiding from without

Sometimes seeking from within

An adult’s game

Simplified by children

Running “Home” to safety

Post It Note Poetry February 11

February 11 – Vision

Post It Note Poetry Feb 11

Shifting the weight of the pack and

Shining a torch at the ground

To light the path at my feet

At first there are rough stones

Then a footpath, a road, a highway

To live without vision

Is to perish in the darkness

I will build a lighthouse

And guide you home

Post It Note Poetry February 10

February 10 – Sabbath Rhythms

Post It Note Poetry Feb 10

Bind the hands of the clock

Be not a servant of time today

Demand the drummer desist his beat

Tomorrow we can march

Today let your heart be fallow

Your brow unfurrowed

Today we rest

And see that it is good