cinnamon peal

we like cinnamon

and teal

here in the desert—

 

warm and bright

skies

with a sugar cube cloud

or two

with our spice—

 

like Mexican hot cocoa,

a cup, a flame,

 

as like Ball,

like Burnett,

 

enchan

-tressed

 

in cinnamon, chili,

cayenne—

for squeal-appeal

delight

 

 

© 2025 jennifer wagner

 

dVerse q44:  enchant

NaPoWriMo Day 7

 

*Ball and Burnett:  the red-tressed masters of comedy Lucille Ball and Carol Burnett.

Also, some Cinnamon Teal ducks winter in the southwestern region of Arizona.

 

desert gypsy

 

her gypsy soul

trills in the desert sunrise

after groaning

a midnight whale song—

deep thrumming

heard even in the boughs

of high-up palms

waving their burnt-black sails

after pillage and storm—

her song a zing, whistling light,

when her pirate’s come safely home

 

 

© 2025 jennifer wagner

 

a q44 for dVerse:  zing