Staycation

Far Away Places With Strange Sounding Names - Photo by Author

 ~ Staycation ~

I’ve been away for a day or two
a staycation you might say
escaped the walls I live in
on the pages of a book

I traveled through it’s chapters

as on a train across the land

- left my world behind me

wandered round the bend

through chapter after chapter

I watched the world pass by

while I, with all the friends I

met unravelled mystery

I napped when I felt tired

I barely stopped to eat

I took no calls or emails

this was a two day treat

and when traveling was over

with me safely back at home

I sighed deep sighs of satisfaction

this great vacation's done!

JoMae

8/19/21

Meeting My Muse

My Small Woods

invites my gaze as I glance up from reading

deep in thought

~ Meeting My Muse ~

A brief reflection on one's muse

  to read, to wonder - then to write

this daily occupation fills long hours with delight  

Some sit under giant oaks

or gaze at gentle waves

to hear their muse

to meditate, find

inspiration

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I'll wander in a quiet book 

or other words to ponder

and settle in to relish all

as new worlds inspire

then interrupt my reading with

wonderings which become

compelling prompts to

capture carefully

I listen for my muse and write

right here in this old chair

meandering the world from

my favorite writing nook

-JoMae

8/7/21

Found also at: jomae.medium.com

Morning Song

Black Eyed Susans in an Overgrown Garden - Photo by author

~ This Morning's Song ~

A brief reflection in solitude

When I wake with a crick in my neck

and a knee reluctant to bend

with no exciting plan to cheer the day

from now until its end

I stumble down, prepare a mug of coffee

to sip in early quiet on the back porch

before our city wakens, before delivery and 

garbage trucks begin to rumble by

Before the birds begin to fly. It is just me

and one small bunny nibbling on the lawn

until she notices and flees into the arms

of John’s garden - her comfort zone

The lawn, more like a leafy meadow

surrounded by tall trees - a forest

tucked into an aging neighborhood

Its shade a blessing on hot August days

This yard, crafted carefully for over forty years

a testimony to one gardener’s love - now

on its own and overgrown, continues to inspire.

And look! A pair of mourning doves appear.

While I give thanks and cheer!

-JoMae

8/10/21

This morning’s reverie… Enjoy!