Thank You, April

April, I am starved for light,

bring a little, please,

to the window

where I can see summer

lolling about the hills afar off.

Ah, yes, I see her now,

shoeless in leaves of grass,

picking blackberries,

Sonnet 18 nearing couplet.

April, you’re a long way from summer,

but at least I can see her from here.

© 2017 Jennifer Wagner

“Distinctive realms appear to us when we look and hear by poem-light.” - Jane Hirshfield, Ten Windows.  Happy Poetry Month with appreciation to poems by Sandburg, Heaney and Shakespeare.  

Tiki Me Pink

Photo © 2017 Jennifer Wagner

If you don’t mind,

I’m kind

of tired

of all this

drizzle drivel.

If you please,

tease

me with your

lazy blue wing.

I need to sing

sun lullabies,

cat curled

round my feet

in the heat,

a purr, a giggle,

in my sleep.

© 2017 Jennifer Wagner

Wishfully dreaming of summer for dVerse Q44.