Elephant Footsteps

image courtesy of Magpie Tales 85

You padded in

and touched my heart as quietly 

as elephant footsteps

You brought the rain

and washed from me the

smoke and soot that had

choked and blinded

I climbed upon your back 

together we flew

with the clouds

 submitted for Magpie Tales, 85

and Gooseberry Garden: Poetry Picnic, Week 7, Love and Loss

No Hand Left Behind

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I can write
right
with my
left hand
but I can't throw
right
with either.
I don't think I learned
right
when I was small
and was taught to throw
right-handed.
So, despite being quite
(b)right,
gym class was a
(f)right
and I am not
light
on my feet.
But now it's
all right.
I've
left
it all behind me!

submitted for Poetry Jam, Sept. 30, 2011
and for We Write Poems, Prompt #74, Left Hand First

Lessons From Bubbles

Image Credit: http://charlottesfancy.com/

Sometimes

a soft whisper

is more effective than

a lot of hot air.

Sometimes

slow and gentle

yields better results than

heedlessly fast.

And sometimes

despite your best efforts

the magic ends

too quickly

and you're left with

a sticky mess.

submitted for Short Story Slam, Week 11, at Bluebell Books

Hello Kitty!

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Hello Kitty!

Icon of cute

Cartoon cat

Kawaii kitten

Like Japanese schoolgirls and

anime heroines

you've been imported

appropriated

embraced

Hell-Oh!

Fetishized Feline!

Your whiskers tickle

everything from

headbands to tennis shoes

panties to bombs

No one would suspect

such a sweet little pussy

to scratch her way to

WORLD DOMINATION

Bad kitty!

submitted for dVerse Poetics, Pop Art, at dVerse Poets Pub