A Slow Buzz ___________renga__
Started Feb 19, 1994
Ended Dec 1994
Yvonne hardenbrook
Francine Porad
midwinter thaw
housefly takes a slow buzz
up the windowglass
the computer and I
play Phrase Craze
quiet passage
the music box continues
to unwind
inhaling . . .
the first day of spring
maple buds
breaking into bloom
twilight moon
to find her
he follows the paper trail
deep in the woods
a few drops of rain
and privacy
rooted separately
our canopies join
linked verse
party plans
across an ocean
two eclipses
yours there and mine here
in the darkness
he reaches for her
no spinning bottle
her most secret place
opens to his touch
the pearl
drawn from the oyster
on a charm
it rides at anchor
the tidewater moon
intact at dawn
their Aztec sandcastle
yesterday’s labor
the movie held over
by popular demand
realism
rather than abstraction
red geraniums
turn over a new leaf
before it’s too late
going the wrong way
through three time zones
you can miss breakfast
a week without candy
sweet reading of the scale
countless
geese heavier than air
lift off as one
aboard the AMTRAK
white-haired snowbirds
club car
distances the autumn chill
french roast coffee
in twenty-seven languages
she couldn’t say no
never too late
for affirmative action
he says
prayers round the clock—
Monday morning and gray
photo album
in full color a piece
of her soul
wildflower garden
the hardy cyclamen
Hallowe’en
the pale moon rises early
a little thinner
day and night mix-up
for the new mom
lullaby
one week old babe
finger in her ear
tone so carefully chosen
windchimes jangling all night
blanketed horse
alone in a frozen field
northern wind
spring thaw at last
her letter forgiving him
too many choices
at the florist . . . ah!
Cattleya orchids
in the yard a green sprouts
of something only God knows
