TV and Elsewhere - Poem

Antonyms

when everyone talks

and no one is listening

is it silence - noise?

(c)  GMK 12/2013

5 Words/Phrases at Random - Poems in various forms.

The words - drawn from a hat:  canyon, examination, largely due to, private detective, kind

1

Private detective called in

listen to me

listen to you

in a kind way 

 2 (A Haiku)

Examination 

of their hearts reveals

lack of compassion

 3 (A Sedoka)

The canyon widens

between them with each hard word

largely due to their closed minds

private detective's

examination proves

husband and wife are not kind.

 4  (a Septolet)

 Don't Listen to Him

Largely due

to his

stupid suggestions

we acted

and listened 

to the

private detective

who said

she took

the examination at night

in a

kind of

red canyon

 5 (a Tetracytric)

 See

Dick Jane

be kind to

each other when

the private detective jumps the canyon 

(c)GMK 12/2013

What Season - Poem

Gone Viral

germ

not wheat

much smaller

microscopic

tickling the back of my throat -  a few sneezes

over time blossoms into full fledged cold

making me weak

taking days

away

time

(c) Glenda Kotchish

10/2013

Vacation and Back - Poems

Seattle

So let me tell you

the air indescribable 

not crisp nor muggy

I can tell you what it's not

the air indescribable 

Windows Open at in Seattle

Curtains move with morning breeze

quiet noice

the cook somewhere below

shares morning fare aromas

onions and hashbrowns

waif through the room

Riding Orca

Seattle light rail

metal origami art

china town stop

Home

Why is this sad place

heavy, suspect, filled with angst?

why must I wade through?

why can't I go somewhere else?

unbeknownst, unaware -

laid myself down and took root.

should I have been more watchful?

Glenda Kotchish

10/2013

Birthday Wish - A Poem

My birthday cake - make a wish

Wish for perfection?

Is that wise?

9/28/2013

Glenda Kotchish

Poem - A day in November

November in the Blue Ridge

 1.

blue ridge 

called me today.

come. let me refresh you.

tress of gold, brisk air, winding roads

yes! please.

2.

autumn afternoon

city behind

mountains ahead

rolling skyline

blue ridge

ethereal beauty

copious gratitude

3.

i drove

until it

got dark

until the

earth spun

away from

the sun

4.

i drove the byways

ignoring the express ways

extending my time

in rolling hills on slow lanes.

my reward - tree tops of gold.