Sweet Almond Tea

 —Poetry by Sarah Mahina Calvello, 

San Francisco, CA
—Public Domain Photos 

ourtesy of Medusa

 

 

Fresh faced morning
Unpatterned caffeine bird song
From my bedroom window

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Still calming
Sharpening pencils
Maddening world

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Wide eyed
Hiding from the sun
Wanting to be seen

 

 

 

 

Portrait frames
Hug the curves
Of windows

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Crescent moon
Bent to the shape
Of the cold

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Portrait frames
Hug the curve of the window
Their watching eyes

 

 

 

 

Sweet grasses
Starling murmuration
At sunset

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It’s a tea light
Kind of night
Pink layers melting red

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Most of the time
Half finished
Moons lullaby

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Gladdens my heart
Sweet almond tea
Shadows lengthen

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Today’s LittleNip:

One of my secret instructions to myself as a poet is: ‘Whatever you do, don’t be boring.”

—Ann Sexton

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—Medusa, with thanks to Sarah Mahina Calvello for today’s fine poetry!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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