Remedy for Disaster

When life is in disorder and the house in disarray,

When the world implodes around me,

I don a pair of blinders and play the day away.

I start with the computer and hit the Tetris link

and line up all the tetrads, neat as they can be,

When life is in disorder and the house in disarray.

Once that corner is in order, it's time for me to think,

to blog about gardening and food on land and sea.

I don a pair of blinders and play the day away.

Then, I skip into the garden, blind to dishes in the sink,

Playing in the dirt among the critters and the bees

When life is in disorder and the house in disarray.

When the day is nearly over, before I have a drink,

I play with form and words and rhyme: a - b - c.

I don a pair of blinders and play the day away.

At last it's time to yawn, I'm at exhaustion's brink.

To play all day is tough--I'm as tired as can be!

When life is in disorder and the house in disarray,

I don a pair of blinders and play the day away.

©2011 R.M. Talbot

Just a little levity for a Friday afternoon. I generally shy away from meter and rhyme, but I guess I felt playful today. This is a light-hearted villanelle inspired by a friend.

Comet

Dancing, prancing through the potatoes,

Sassy Sasha is just getting started,

Revving up for a romp through the peas.

A streak of silver gray, a garden comet,

With a tail of destruction through the cosmos

blossoms squashed, squash stems snapped

in two, sugar snap peas flattened.

What am I to do?

©2011 R.M. Talbot

Moon Gardener

This poem is my first attempt at writing Sijo, a form of Korean poetry. It celebrates my rekindled love for the garden.

Moon Gardener

As the sun set, I remembered to forget your touch upon my skin,

Shutting out the sand-papery, earthy roughness that made me smile.

The moon rose; I planted a seed. Again, I feel you against my skin.

©2011 R.M. Talbot