Cookala's In Just Under the Wire

[cookala]

and against her better judgment. Not feeling it this year. *sigh* but here I am.



April 1



Fire Dance

Come February the waterfall flames;
her orange horsetail cascades
and drops to the basin below
all a glow in the setting sun,
leaving one drunk with quiet awe.

El Capitan sparkles as he cradles her
close against his shoulder, their afterglow
reflects hot hues of color that dance
upon a blanket of fresh fallen snow,
as they gently fade to black
beneath a speckled sky.


Index Thingy
1. see above
2. Crocus
3. She Devil
4. 5 Lunes
5, Reclining Nudes (lune sequence #1 )
6. Grief
7. If A Leaf Were Sentient
8. Him
9. Red-Bellied Bully
10.November Beach
11.Springscape
12.Luckless
13.Visiting Mom
14.Caged
15.The Cycle Repeats
16.Napo (lune sequence)
17.Back Bay
18.Parting Thoughts
19.Spent
20.Beach Walk
21.Off the Ledge
22.Spent
23.The Future
24.Decisions
25.The Woman Who Loved Things
26.Internal
27.Sun Dog
28.Witch
29.Drunk
30.A Day At A Time

[Steven]

Great to see you back!

Lovely beginning. I went there once and I'd love to go again, and during a different season like the winter you describe. It sounds pretty magical.

El Capitan sparkles as he cradles her
close against his shoulder, their afterglow
reflects hot hues of color that dance
upon a blanket of fresh fallen snow,

[cookala]

hi Steven! thanks for the fluff - def go in Feb - I hear it's magical. and maybe you'll be inspired enough to write a better poem than I did!

[5th column]

She's back!!!!! and despite the trepidation she's baaaaaad (where bad = gooooood)

[cookala]

5th - you made me haha. thank you.

[Arlene]

Oh so glad I went at you...how gorgeous, the picture, and the one the poem paints, dances, the rhymes subtle. Yay!

[cookala]

thanks Arlene!

[M]

Cookie!!! It's so good to see a familiar face. Er...username. Glad you're in this year. Great start. Beautiful picture and beautifully portrayed with words.

[Dunc]

Cookie!

By cripes, for a minute there ...

You brought your dance card, I trust?

Regards / Dunc

[cookala]

thanks M - appreciate the fluffering, will be by soon.

[cookala]

Dunc! yeah, by cripes indeed - came 3 min close to not doing it this year, but then I realized if I didn't get it together I'd miss that dance...will be by soon

[cookala]

don't expect a lot from me this year - just sayin'

April 2



Crocus

They look forlorn after a late winter’s snow;
droopy, faded, choked
by bleached weeds beneath a post-storm sky.
They wait, cups closed, until the slant of sun
beams through the breaks and coaxes them
to open to the warmth of rays.
Soon they’ll dissolve, but their spears
will hide in the greening lawn, gathering
enough strength for a year-long sleep.
So simple is their mindless life:
wake, bloom, die
with little else in between;
how I envy their ease.



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[kamala]

Hey Cookie, great that you're in! And what a start! (Fab picture too.)

Edit: hit "post" and then saw your second. I'm a sucker for slanting sunlight, nice work!

[cookala]

hi Kamala! you liked the 1st 2 and thanks for the fluffery - will be by soon!

[Dani B]

personal crocus yarn: My dad is very protective of our crocuses. He worries that the postman will cut through the yard and trample them. So he puts garden gates jaggedly all over the front yard to protect them for their short season. "wake,bloom, die" - lovely. -d