The lake
Now teeming with goose and gander
Awakens
Filled
With noise and splatter
Honk
Honk
Honk
Honk
You fly
Organized by some unseen eye
In v’s and v’s and v’s and v’s
Flee fly flo
(my beloved)
Off.
You.
Go.
Geese Gleaning
Geese gleaning Fields of gold Someone's trash Is another one’s trove
Don’t You Wish
Don’t you wish you could gather up all your favorite people And Have coffee And Drink wine And Eat Cake And Chips (with dip) And Laugh And Cry And Listen And Talk (over and under and with) And Love And And Don’t you?
Late Sweet Peas (for Fay)
Late sweet peas Brought by a Friend in a White Milk glass Vase And I Smile (again) Sniff (and then) Savour summers (present and past) And Breath in Hope You see me You see me You see me
Perpetuity
Perpetuity 1: ETERNITY sense 2: the quality or state of being perpetual bequeathed to them in perpetuity 3a: the condition of an estate limited so that it will not take effect or vest within the period fixed by law b: an estate so limited 4: an annuity payable forever1
Perpetuity Are there many things? (actually) You ✓ Your love ✓ I thought the word was inperpetuity (did you?) Am I the only one? Confused
Fall Song
Crops in
Wind high
Leaves gone
Rivers dry
Sun low
Rest now
Rest
Rest
Rest
Rest
Asthma Attack
Desperate Wild eyed Unhinged I stagger beneath the weight Of My Man child in arms He can’t breathe Help me Help them Help us Help I’m not Desperate for You Poppa Not like this Not Help me Help them Help us Help Help Poppa Help
Morning Swim
The water receives me
A natant remembering
Now slipping into
The solace of stillness
Nascent recollection
Embrace
Re-creation
Dog Walk
I walk the dog and the dog walks me I walk the dog and the dog walks me I walk the dog and the dog walks me Free I see a bird up in a tree I see a bird up in a tree I see a bird up in a tree Free
Could Would Should
When the things that could be Can’t When the things that would be Won’t When the things that should be Shan’t I press into You I press into You My Rock Redeemer Lover Friend
Colleen R. Jantzen 