Burrowing Owl by Squeezyboy at flickr Never disturb a sleeping owl. Their waking thoughts are always fowl. Want to pet a porcupine? You can be the first in line! If you try to question a horse, She will answer neigh, of course. Think you can be a strong as an ant? Think again. You […]
photo by kapustin at imagesfrombulgaria.com daisies drop their heads I hop across the concrete spraying cool rainbows bee buzzes home I sway in the hammock going nowhere between the rows of lettuces plastic corn snakes wait cracked earth at my feet rushing streams of sweet pink juice drip from my elbows © 2012 Elizabeth Ehrenfest […]
photo by Howzey Cool me.Soothe me. Paint me blue and lose me.Hold me.Enclose me.Show me how to flow.CelebrateMy crashing,ShatterInto splashing,Collapse in wavesOf laughing.When I’ve gone,Sit still. © 2012 Elizabeth Ehrenfest Steinglass, all rights reserved
School by Elizabeth Albert The math books have melted Into puddles of numbers. Illegible questions drip Down the white board. Desks fry paper. Books lie All over the rug, unable to stand On their shelves. Everywhere, Heads droop like daisies After days and days without any rain. And our teacher, usually so cool, Wilts in […]
Hens by Obilac at Photopin Mama, my sister, and me, Just us three, Went to the Saturday matinee. Five minutes in, Mama hissed, “Let’s go!” When the show Didn’t seem too good. She grabbed our hands with dazzling cool To slip the rules, Into the forbidden, next door. Back in our car, we cackled like […]
Alexey Goral, Creative Commons via Wikimedia Commons Step right up! Take a peek! Spy the Striking Circus Fly! Above the crowd she spins, she streaks. There isn’t a ring she won’t fly. With daring feet, she cruises your cheek, Gathering crumbs before they fly. No matter how well your swatter sneaks, No act can beat […]
Full Moon from Creative Commons by gnuckx round, white scar severed connection useless remnant of the blasted birth of all © 2012 Elizabeth Ehrenfest Steinglass, all rights reserved I just returned from Poetry for All, a children’s poetry workshop, at the Highlights Foundation in Boyds Mill, PA. It was such a pleasure to spend all […]
I know I can’t wear them one more day. They pinch my toes. It hurts when I play. My mom says it’s time to give them away, But I’m not ready. I want them to stay. I remember the day I got these shoes. I remember the way they looked brand new. The white was […]
On my way to the desk I tripped on the rug. When I looked to see why I found my lost bug! I tucked the blue cockroach In my box of cool rocks, And that’s where I found My best holey socks. Lying there, crumpled They looked like a cat. Except without ears. I had […]
Poke that pea. Don’t stop at one. Spear a pair. Peas are fun. Stab two more. Fill the tips. Four green corks Guard your lips. Keep on jabbing. Pack the tines. String more beads. Cram the lines. When your fork is Fully loaded, When your steel is Fully coated, Pull the spines Between your teeth. […]
Snowfog is the perfect word and this poem is just all-around...December 27, 2020 - 8:50 am by Liz Garton Scanlon
So beautiful, Liz. Love the haiku and the sense of peace...December 26, 2020 - 11:36 am by Michelle Barnes
Beautiful, Liz, in every way.December 26, 2020 - 10:14 am by Laura Purdie Salas
This year I have wished for some blending of the before...December 26, 2020 - 8:37 am by Linda Baie