Open Link Monday

Open Link Monday

Welcome to the Imaginary Garden ...

Springtime
celebration in my garden
the ferns are smiling
rejoicing the change of season.
Fronds are appearing
uncurling in their pre-historic way 
the inhabitants are planning an awakening.
the tree fern folk skip about
the maiden hair people frolic
running randomly among the thickening growth.
The warming of the garden
as life returns
my fairy people invite me
once again into their world
to explore the depths of wonder
their world holds for me
taking me in their tiny hands
I am led through amazing landscapes
minute to our eye
wondrous beyond belief
of beauty unimagined.
And yet
I can embrace
marvel at nature's vista
be humbled
in its presence.
Momentarily the weeds
who grin mischievously
their cheekiness well known
become part of the grandeur I behold.
But as I say,
only for a moment.



Written for: http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/open-link-monday.html

Wordle #24 - Poltergeist the Band

The band I formed in 1976 was called Poltergeist.

Some said we stank as a band but we had a lot of fun.

Mephitic music some called it.

The ivories twinkled

Moments of static, to keep you guessing

Inimical times for audiences just didn’t get us

When our lives were at risk

Our bones in danger of serious fractures

As we stood on the threshold of greatness

Our futures hanging in the balance

But on the fifth day, disaster

Alarm bells, vapours rising

Our lives did literally become static.

Now in my senescent days

I reflect on what might have been.

At times I do have mephitic moments

Nightmares of an inimical nature

But I hold those times close to me.

Poltergeist still screams to me

 As I swim in night vapours.

Written for: http://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2014/09/01/week-24/