Meandering

 

Horseshoe Bend

Photo © 2024 Jennifer Wagner

 

Waters travel

weeping through veins

cradled and sipped

like a holy kiss

 

rained from mountains to plains;

nothing beats this

plateau lift and tip—

the taste brief, glorious.

 

 

© 2024 Jennifer Wagner

 

The Sunday Whirl

 

Pellegrino and Lime

 

surrounded

by magenta petunias

and my friday night lights

 

it’s patio-perfect in spring

 

my footfall

and yours

tiptoeing

 

past the snoring

winter wolf moon

turned pink

 

—and the little clink

our glasses make

 

to toast

the sun-drenched, fresh

summer

 

we’ve palmed

of our lives

 

 

© 2024 Jennifer Wagner

 

For dVerse Quadrille #199:  T.G.I.F.

 

NPM Day 15