The universe called this week…

Why do I feel as though each of these is linked?

The Nevermores poetry prompt:
“texture”

I traded mountains for desert
snow for spring
white for green

Moved from alder and glass and stove
to suburban shiplap
countertop covered in mail

And a HOLIDAY POEM SWAP
welcomed me home

Shower of gifts from Robyn Hood Black:

a most delightful found poem & glossy reproduction of my pup; Robyn found four textured items that have found their way into Bonny’s tummy

gorgeously crafted, vintage earrings – my initials!- of brass letters and pen nibs dotted with crystals

original color sketched notecards, truly one of my favorite things

My Bonny Lies Over the Bathmat
(in her own words)
found by Robyn Hood Black in blog post by Patricia J. Franz
Dec. 8, 2022

the scales
tallying seven months

bathmats- sweet
stuffies – sweet
tissues – sweet
socks – sweet

family – definitely, joy

Thinking about texture on the long drive home…then greeted by a deceiving green. Desert green. This is one of the poems I composed from The Nevermores word prompt: texture.

desertscape

foothills alight in green
if you thought: not a desert sheen
you’d be wrong

like peach fuzz
on a dowager cheek, undetected
unless you know to look

tell-tale signs
appearance of youth
ahh- spring cometh!

though you know, it is only
temporal glow of gratitude
for a timely downpour

no crepe-y aging,
she is sun-toughened
no small, single mole

calluses pock the hillside
nary a weed survives
still, from a distance

teddy bears beckon
–cholla’s hypodermic bouquet
a killer mirage

the desert staged
creosote waves, awakened
by recent rain

best guest, didn’t stay long
splashy hello, perfumed trail
then disappeared-

introvert that it is

©draft, Patricia J. Franz
January 19, 2023

photos ©2023, Patricia J. Franz

…and then came across this gorgeous reflection that ends a 2019 documentary THE BOOKSELLERS that Rotten Tomato calls “unputdownable.” (I have not watched it; it was passed along by a friend who highly recommends watching).  I mean… TEXTURE!

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All this and it’s POETRY FRIDAY, hosted this week by one of my NEVERMORES poetry partners, Marcie at Marcie Flinchum Atkins.

Marcie is the author of WAIT, REST, PAUSE
and she is showcasing it with great companion books that all curious children will love.

She crafts beautiful haiku for up-close photos she takes on her frequent nature walks; she’s a librarian-extraordinaire (her website offers incredible teacher resources); and she may be THE MOST ORGANIZED WOMAN I know!

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