Showing posts with label Robert Frost. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Robert Frost. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

A Day's Journey from Blueberry to Heron

 

 

Poetry can be like this—

blueberry stains on my fingers

from shoving them straight

from the bush to my mouth

—blackberries, too.

 

Seeing six rotting oranges

sitting underneath a tree—

hoping they smell good

to what crawls below.

 

The desert cottontail,

a perfect Russel Stover,

who froze still in the sun

when I stepped lightly by—

nothing but nose twitching.

 

A box full of free grapefruits

on the road

in front of the cottage house—

heavy, ripe, uneven.

 

The new puppy, dancing,

learning a leash, excited

to come to me—still unsure

which of us wanted to play more.

 

A Great Blue Heron

with long, delicate legs,

sleek and slow-hunting

at our green-gold pond.

 

I say our,

because it’s yours, too—

as is this journey-poem, for you to add

your own lovely thing to.

 

 

© 2025 Jennifer Wagner

 

 

“Look for a lovely thing and you will find it,

It is not far—

It never will be far.”

-Sara Teasdale


What's Going On?  Beauty

Monday, April 1, 2024

Blue

 

Every season sings a song.

 

The bells and sorrows

of winter

clang on and on.

 

But if Frost was right,

they, too, only last so long.

 

Stepping on

the turf of spring,

 

new birds fill their lungs,

have their say,

and hope renews that

 

nothing blue can stay.

 

 

© 2024 Jennifer Wagner

 

 

For Writer’s Digest April PAD Challenge Day 1:  Write an Optimistic Poem

 

Happy National Poetry Month!

 

Frost’s poem