© 2012 Thomas W. Cummins
Archive for the ‘Poetry’ Category
Daybreak
July 23, 2012
A chorus of birds
Serenades the morning star
Distant train joins in
Outside Our Window
July 22, 2012Outside Our Window
Wee bunny running Back and forth in brisk training Cloaked by flowers’ shade© 2012 Thomas W. Cummins
Relentless Heat
July 19, 2012
Goldfinch sipping from
Saucer in shade – grass so dry
Crunching underfoot
© 2012 Thomas W. Cummins
Analemma
July 18, 2012
Analemma
The other morning The Pieta A small replica On a shelf Found by the sun Bright and full The sun Straddling the culminating point Of its northward journey Peeks through the window Just so Twice each year Just before Shortly after The summer solstice For a couple of days It warms That lower shelf Why the intrusion? That draws my eyes An intrusion Into my time My time for solitude, contemplation An intrusion© 2012 Thomas W. Cummins
Dusty Boxes
July 6, 2012Dusty Boxes
Unopened Under the dust Several van line stickers Boxes packed But unopened Full of text books Just sitting For years In how many basements? Through all the moves Unopened Fanning the pages of each book Preparing for recycle Nothing between the pages But each page filled Filled with bewildering information Equations – endless equations Diagrams and graphs None of it intelligible The name on each book is mine But the contents No longer mine Can that knowledge be retrieved? Of course One book at a time One page at a time Hours of lectures per chapter Many more hours Homework Spread over five years I could once again own What’s in those dusty boxes Now opened But why revisit All that led to now? That which nourished My mind and spirit Prepared me for work Fed and clothed my family Led to now And most importantly The fruits of that labor Many years ago Remain a part of who I am today© 2012 Thomas W. Cummins
A late-night country drive home
July 3, 2012—◊—
Moonlit field of corn Stretching to the river bank A blue-white shimmer© 2012 Thomas W. Cummins
In a dim light... 
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