Creak
Cracks
Broken
Backs
Strung on a rack
Creaking wheel
pulls spine taut
Entreats,
“Sweet mercy!”
Greets pain
Back
broken
cracks
creak.
poem-back April 6, 2017
Back to basics
the spine taps into essentials.
Step on a crack,
break your mother’s back!
Which kid stomped?
I wonder.
Hot pad back
on the back.
Higher
then lower
Remaining upright
to write excites nerves.
I wish I were
back in bed.
A chorus line July 1, 2013
Two horses, white and bay
stand companionably
munching their lunches.
Atop the bay,
upon each vertebrae,
perches a bitty bird,
observing the world:
A small flock aligned
along an equine
telephone line.
The white mare, back bare,
munches, and muses
on popularity’s
winners and losers.
.
.
Coming home from work the other day, I looked into a field and was amused to see this sight. I wish I’d had my camera with me, but since I didn’t, here’s a picture made from words for you. 😉
Shawn L. Bird 