No matter what I do today, I find Dissatisfaction lurking there behind, Convincing me my throat's too sore to sing Or that I'll be too tired for caroling, That writing is a pointless exercise, For my ambitions meager skills outsize, When living feels too tiresome and rough, The reason's that I don't work hard enough. … Continue reading December 15: Endurance
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December 6: Practice Practice Practice
It is a joy to let your body do A task it has been well-conditioned to, For even if it may have been a while Since it was done, your brain is versatile- A memory, once it has been created, With others soon will be assimilated, Though its specific time and place, in code, Is … Continue reading December 6: Practice Practice Practice
November 21: No Problem
No Shakespeare text is wholly problem free, For even Hamlet must be saved at sea By too-convenient pirates at their pleasure- A text is not a play by any measure. A play's comprised of choices beyond number To smooth the moments that the words encumber, Defining character, gestures explaining In ways both truthful and yet … Continue reading November 21: No Problem
November 19: Sportive Tricks
Dog A, once bred to hunt, now pulls and pushes To search for cats- she would have been aghast To know that while she hunted we had passed A cat on leash beyond her well-sniffed bushes. Dog B, a ratter, bred for killing pests, Relentlessly pursued discarded food, And when discovered, pulled from jaws half-chewed, … Continue reading November 19: Sportive Tricks
October 17: Exhausting Week
I knew this week was going to be unpleasant- The only thing unknown was the degree To which the lousiness was clear and present And how long I'd endure ignominy. Between bad news and stress I had my pick, With fraught misunderstandings in between, And each that followed felt like one more kick From fortune's … Continue reading October 17: Exhausting Week
October 6: The Gracious Month
Gentle commencement for a hectic day Is proof variable nature can be kind, With offerings of dew that cool my feet And unexpected blooms in autumn's heat. Deciduous decay and blossoms sweet In temperate October are combined. The the daytime warmth begs summertime to stay As falling darkness pushes it away. Not even California can … Continue reading October 6: The Gracious Month
October 5: Away
A half-read book beneath a ceiling fan, A stoneware mug that's full of IPA But sleepy hounds do not complete the clan, The house feels empty when you are away. The hummingbirds squeak disapprovingly At roaring F/A-18s on display Football announcers only bring ennui- The house seems silent when you are away. My aches and … Continue reading October 5: Away
August 12: *ucking Sonnet
A lexeme nonpareil, though one that's stuck With so much baggage there's a yen to chuck It out with more archaic words. So cluck Your tongue no more: it has been struck, From my vocabulary, I shall buck The trend to use profanity amok, As if in time I had become unstuck- And so it … Continue reading August 12: *ucking Sonnet
Libby Weber 