Coals to Newcastle –
a paper wasp with green plans
in a rolled leaf
*
branch almost fully
turbanned by the wasp nest –
one apple protrudes
~ Richard Stevenson
Richard Stevenson teaches English and Creative Writing at Lethbridge College. Recent books include Parrot With Tourette’s (Black Moss, Palm Poets Series, 2006), Bye Bye Blackbird (Ekstasis Editions, 2007) (both poetry titles), and […]
for Peter Polet
Do I cut ‘er down
for a view of the mountain
and star-strewn lake
or do I wait until
we’re a pair of bad teeth
that need to be removed?
I’m thinking it’d be a shame,
but the view from the sundeck
would be vastly improved –
It’s just – well, holding the train
of her sumptuous green gown, just now
bumptiously flouncing up […]
weeping birch branches
flounce in an august squall –
I miss the yield sign
*
blue light through the trees –
distant campfire beckoning?
no, big screen TV
*
boundless blue sky –
empty manuscript staves
of black power lines
~ Richard Stevenson
Richard Stevenson teaches English and Creative Writing at Lethbridge College. Recent books include Parrot With Tourette’s (Black Moss, Palm Poets Series, 2006), Bye […]
