SPOONS

This all started with Margie at When the Heart Speaks! The rest, well. . . .


They fit together so well —
those spoons
occupying space 
intimately,
side by side,
like two lovers
resting,
sleeping,
embracing one another
sharing dreams, perhaps,
as well as space —
as if
they had always
belonged like 
that,
and were 
meant to.

~ Bear ~

COFFEE AND TOFFEE

Coffee
is not
Toffee.

Toffee is
sticky,  and sweet,
and melts in your
mouth,
without pulling out
any fillings.
(Lost fillings would be
yucky, so you need to be careful!)
Then it rolls
round your tongue
and slides
down your throat.

Yum!

Coffee is
black and bitter.
Adding sugar,
or milk,
or milk and sugar,
really doesn't help,
though some claim it does.
(I find that's yucky!)
And coffee can
upset your tummy.
(Also yucky!)

Ug!

Sadly,
I don't have
any Toffee.

But I do have
some hunny
So I'll have hunny
with a scone.

And tea!

This little ditty originally saw the light of day on Wednesday, April 3, 2013, 
as part of the year's A-Z Blog Hop Challenge.

~ Bear ~

THE NIGHT (2)

(If you're looking for part one, it's here)

I like the night.
Cooler breezes
wend their ways through 
open apartment windows.
They make a cool room
in which I can sleep with
wool blanket or
feather duvet, if
I need it.
The contrast of warm and cool
soothes my soul
comforts my body,
readies me for 
a good night's sleep

I like the night.
In our darkened apartment
the everyday demands
of preparing meals,
and doing dishes,
and keeping things tidy,
and conversation,
and writing and reading,
are set aside.
Instead, night invites
quietness and restfulness — 
or, if not deep restfulness,
at least some relaxation,
and some time for reflection —
not as easily done
in the garish sun.



~ Bear ~

WINTER TYME

When it's winter in the city,

And the roads are dark and gritty,

Then the city isn't pretty,

as it was.

~ Bear ~

THE NIGHT

I like the night
even in the city
where the hum never quite goes away.
The noise is somehow different —
muted, perhaps —
from the daytime'shive of bees.

The lights brighten the places
where they shine,
but their blues and oranges
are not the natural colours
of the moon and sun —
and they add to the lightpollution.

Yet those alsoilluminate the way
helping us findthe places to step.
And, overall, they cast
a gentler mantle
on the
earth.