2018 carousel

[judih]

of all the flights
our plane safe and sure
applause on landing

[Arcadia]

deja vu noise
attention & pauses
upside down world

[judih]

rolling pin
minutes flatten with minutes
smooth entrance to morn

[sasha]

dream catcher
filled with memories
old girlfriend

does she remember
the love we once shared?

[judih]

orchids droop
new shoots upon stem
future present

[judih]

gravestone stories
some share humour
some hint mystery

[judih]

early morning
competition
who's first to hit road?

[judih]

one country's fireworks
trigger alert for another
geography check

[judih]

shoulders relax
new set of circumstances
no longer new

[judih]

reality twist
vague possibilities
link with chance

[saw]

fireworks and frightened dogs
veteran's under the table
that's the way we celebrate here

[sasha]

my good boy
sleeps blissfully through
the neighbors' fireworks

(I occasionally bump into a professional dogwalker while hiking Birch Hill, and once fell in love with one of her charges, an old rotweiller. Then one day he wasn't with her. I asked why. She said her neighbors had been setting of fireworks that so frightened the dog that he'd leaped the railing of a 2nd story porch. He survived the fall, but broke his back, & had to be put down because of his age. RIP, old boy....)

[judih]

my good boy
sleeps blissfully through
the neighbors' fireworks

(I occasionally bump into a professional dogwalker while hiking Birch Hill, and once fell in love with one of her charges, an old rotweiller. Then one day he wasn't with her. I asked why. She said her neighbors had been setting of fireworks that so frightened the dog that he'd leaped the railing of a 2nd story porch. He survived the fall, but broke his back, & had to be put down because of his age. RIP, old boy....)

fuckin fireworks. And for us, kids also need to be firmly planted at ground level

[judih]

orchids and birds
digital conversations
gentle morning mesh

[sasha]

steamy morning
men in hard hats and chaps
cutting brush