There are no secrets On Mulberry Street Thanks to the canines That cannot keep Their sensitive noses Out of neighborhood news They’re first to sniff out Visitors and clues A car that passes A knock on the door A rogue raccoon A package from the store It starts with one bark Soon followed by more… Read More Patrol and Protect
I saw a pumpkin On the side of the road Covered with leaves Its face barely showed One triangle eye A small button nose And a pumpkin stem Out of the leaves rose When a gust of wind Moved fall debris Down a steep hill The pumpkin rolled free Over bumps and stumps The… Read More Feasted and Cheered
Fog crept in ‘til the valley was flooded With eerie silence Desolate, cold-blooded Kernels were plucked From decorative corn Swallowed by ravens With feathers worn Perched upon scarecrows Stuffed with straw Silent witnesses As the wolves gnaw On a bone that sticks up From damp, cold dirt Wearing the remnants Of a red plaid shirt… Read More Farmer John
They haunt, they howl In thoughts, in dreams Unspoken words Become whispers or screams Born in the depths From memories of old Unspoken words Are meant to be told To comfort, to heal Our hearts, our heads Unspoken words Are better off said But if they are hurtful Critical, or cruel Better left unsaid… Read More Unspoken Words
The spirits come The spirits go You may just see Their ghostly glow As one of the living Who dare to see Beyond the veil Where the spirits be Laughing and dancing On the spectral stage Time doesn’t exist Nor does age From there to here They’ll visit often Their life before Not to… Read More Spirits
When the day goes dark And the night has won The stars will dance Where the moon is hung In the midnight sky Where wishes are made Answers are given For hopes that are prayed From all the dreamers Asleep in their beds Having adventures As they lay their heads On fluffy pillows They’ll… Read More Dreamers
Breaking through The heavy curtain of night Are calls of the wild That slowly ignite Out of one howl Many more are born Their harmony haunting Their song forlorn But to whom do they sing Their tale of woe? They answer when again The full moon glows Round and bright Through parted clouds With… Read More Mistress Moon
As the thunder roars You can faintly hear Whispers of rainbows That soon will appear These charismatic friends Come to make peace With their blend of colors Warring storms cease In a radiant display Prismatic and bright They’ll paint the sky When basked in sunlight There but a moment Before fading away Whispers of… Read More Whispers of Rainbows
We wait for the sun To dry up the rain We wait for God To heal all our pain We wait to start living ‘til it’s time to die We wait too long To finally ask why We wait forever For stars to align Unable to see Their abstract design We wait and we… Read More We Wait
It poured last night Last night the heavens grieved Grieved the loss The loss of all received Brilliant light Light brilliant from stars Stars and moon Moon and stars from afar Were hidden by clouds Clouds hid the sad sky Sky cried tears Tears fell as sky cried When clouds left night Night became… Read More Heavenly Light
Jessica M. Collette 
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