I saw it today As I drove around A glimpse of autumn Colors I found … Gold and orange Rust and maroon… Signs the season Would be here soon Born of summer’s Carefree days Autumn dies trying To keep winter away And though it faces A losing fight Autumn never fails To bring delight… Read More Glimpse of Autumn
Down the woodland path Wild and free Are new discoveries And wonders to see Centennial trees Growing tall and wise Will tell dreamy tales About life in the sky On tippy-toes listen To their echoing words That shake their leaves And rustle sleepy birds Awake in mossy nests They’ll sing a song A song… Read More Wild and Free
On a back-country road He caught up to me Was it my yellow shirt He flew close to see Maybe he suspected I was one of his own Another bumblebee On my way home Me, on my bike And he on his wings Discovered together What the journey would bring In tandem, we traveled By… Read More Bike and Bumblebee
There was a time Water met sand Wave after wave Slipped through our hands Still, castles were built On innocent dreams And came alive With a salty stream That filled the moat Just a little too fast As waves rushed in We watched it crash But, dreams of a child Aren’t so easily broken A… Read More Castles
The air grew heavy It was hard to breathe The strongest man Was brought to his knees The machinery wailed While doing their jobs The children sweated While the old women sobbed The thermometer rose Threatening to burst Ice cubes melted Before they quenched our thirst We waited all day for The sun to… Read More Heatwave
Rudy and Judy Went to the wishing well To whisper their secrets Only to the well, they’d tell Rudy looked down And whispered his wish Then the well confirmed His wish with a swish Next, Judy leaned in To the wishing well She lost her grip And down the well nearly fell When Rudy… Read More Wishing Well
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
Today there’ll be no rain To wash away the fun It’s time to celebrate And soak up lots of sun While eating all the food They say will make us fat Today we’ll have no worries No worries about that While we’re sailing on the sea And playing games on land Don’t forget the… Read More Celebrate the Summer
Melody remains After a song’s done Sometimes it’s haunting Other times it’s fun That catchy part It makes a song a song No need to know lyrics Just hum along To the melody Of your favorite tune A special sound That makes the soul croon But choose to listen To songs you enjoy ‘cause… Read More Earworm
Days are much sweeter With the simple things A scoop of ice cream From a truck that rings Its iconic chimes Up and down the street Luring neighborhood kids On flip-flopped feet To feast on a mix Of sugar and cream Filling them up With childhood dreams Wouldn’t days be sweeter Though we’re now grown… Read More Sugar and Cream
Jessica M. Collette 
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