Saturday, November 29, 2014

Summer Wonderland


Sleigh bells ring
Are you listening?
On the beach
Sand is glistening
Beautiful rays
We’re happy today
Basking in a summer wonderland

Towels laid out, sun cream gleaming
Togs are bright, smiles are beaming
We squeal in the sun
Splashing up fun
Basking in a summer wonderland

In the morning we can build a castle
And pretend a dragon lives inside
He’ll say “Roar!”, fire blasting from his nostrils
We’ll scream “Aagh!” and run like we can fly

Later on
While the ham bakes
We’ll share slices of mum’s fruit cake
Eat a mince pie
A satisfied sigh
Basking in a summer wonderland

In the morning we can build a castle
And pretend we’re princesses so fine
We’ll have lots of fun with our big castle
Placing all our shells in one long line

When the sun
Finally goes down
We can see
Lights around town
We’ll frolic and play – the great Aussie way
Basking in a summer wonderland

A beautiful sight – we’re happy tonight
Basking in a summer wonderland


Haiku



Saturday's treasure
Crab claws and floating measure
Was time together


Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Hungry Caterpillar

I know he's in there somewhere
sleeping in the shade
hiding from the summer heat
on long, hot sunny days

And as the sun dips slowly
rays bending out of sight
he stretches out his body
ready for a night

Of munching beauteous basil
crunching tasty thyme
chewing perky parsley
and chomping on my chives

A four-course herby dinner
a feast of salad greens
fills up his caterpillar tummy
fueling daytime dreams