poeceae
some
things in this world
have
latin names
a
species found everywhere
everyplace
a
colorful species
the
source and staff of life
symbol
of humanity’s wealth
symbol
of human liberation
the
need of us all
cereal
decoration
a
function necessary to hold the soil in place
natures
carpet
pastures
and lawns
a
collective sweet beauty soft to the eyes and pleasant to the touch
10/03/2020
some have bright green
like freshly mixed lemon yellow and blue
oil paint the streaks of blue dancing
off the bright hair like leaves
the whole field
resembling a mass of unkempt hair
10/03/2020
grass is different
one species has blue green
the color distinct
leaves
their leaves broad like a
large knife
cutting the wind with
beauty
2/3/2017
Ashen
grey
with
fan leaves
so
delicately
woven
made to
remind
one of
the
need for air
a
quiet rest
in
the shade
of
a hot summer
green
leaf
for
beauty
and
for warmth
yellow
leaf
to
remind me
green
leaf
to sincerely
attract me
yellow
leaf
for the
autumn
green
leaf
for the
spring
the
dancing
fan to
cool
the
anger
within (no date)
1
i
took a leaf
from
a tree
plucked
it carefully
in
Rittenhouse Square before
a
protest march
before
eyes, slightly accusing eyes
of
two Palestinian Muslims
i
must remember people are sensitive
about
preserving flora life
it
was a leaf from the gingko
tree
each
leaf resembles a green fan
i
stuffed it in my pocket
like
a thief
not
to be noticed
not
that pruning is a
crime
but
with over 6 billion pairs
of
hands pruning must be done
with
care
i
examined the little ridges in
the
leaves
the
small pipe like veins that
push
nutrients and water
through
it
primitive
photosynthesis
Chinese
tree it should be
called
because of its origin
not
that any tree can
be
given a nationality
or
human designation
aerial
roots and bug resistant wood
branches
that are thick and strong and
grow
almost everywhere
eradicate
nature can
be
aesthetic
You
live long they say
some
have been around for
2500
years or more
2
ashen
grey
with
fan leaves
so
delicately
woven
made to
remind
one of
the
need for air
a
quiet rest
in
the shade
of
a hot summer
green
leaf
for
beauty
and
warmth
yellow
leaf
to remind me
green
leaf
to sincerely
attract me
yellow
leaf
for the
autumn
green
leaf
for the
spring
the
dancing
fan to
cool
the
anger
within
5/27/2021
they held the 2021
flower show in FDR
park
it was beautiful
the sun was out that day
it was Monday
i made it a point
to attend i squeezed $60 out of my budget
retired
on a fixed income. everyday you sit and pray
the
small savings is not
ripped
off. The pandemic made a bad crime situation even worse i was afraid it was
hard to come out the house but i was determined
i
had both of my vaccine shots the VA used Pfizer/ Bio Tech
i
decided the material had sat in my system for three months
i
decided to use the flower show to
test
its effectiveness
i
wore my mask
but
the open air
the
floral green the brisk wind
the
warm sunlight
the
clean fresh air
aided
the chemicals in the vaccine and my body overcame whatever coronavirus that
still hung in the air
they
gave us a q-tab stick
it
had food on it
to
catch the butterfly
you
see the butterflies were in the joint
they
built this place to prevent their escape
one
monarch landed on the q-tab it sat on the cotton until i offered it a better
seat on a pistil
we
appreciate each other
kept
each other company
ended
our short visit
he
understood the need to be free
and
as they checked my person to insure
the
butterfly would not escape
he/she
or it and i both know
if
he/she or it could get past the plastic chains
into
the open air filled with flowers grass and trees
the
butterfly would be free
no
net would find that monarch
no
human will entrap the colorful one again
6/20/2021
1
pear
shaped leaves
in
a single group
5
to 7 in a bunch
the
bark of the tree
resembles
the maple
except
the color
reminds
you of
a
cigarette freshly
put
out
we
examine
your
sturdy stance
and
the seed bunches
held
in a cluster
as
if you are about
to
reward the world
with
a gift
2
Fraxinus
the
family name
of
a sweet
flower
whose
olive
relative
have
filled
our
guts
much
as the
lilacs
have
nourished
our
souls
3
young
tree bark
black
smooth and
lean
as
if the wrinkles
and
defined ridges
of
life have not
yet
formed
the
long journey
of
250 years
it is longer than the life
of
the country
i live in
probably
wiser too
they
say you
come from Europe
did
they bring you
over
on
the ships too?
or
are you a real Pennsylvanian
or
a native North American
good
for
hammer
handles
furniture
baseball
bats
arrows
and bows
perhaps
the stocks of rifles
useful
and beloved
4
i
remember you
from my youth
the
seed pods
that were so familiar
the
seeds in the
middle
of
two
attached
propellers
when
it fell from
the
tree
it helicoptered
spun
its way down
until
it safely
landed
upon
the ground
6/28/2021
