Wallkill Valley Rail Trail Cave

Super Moon

My fur also rises

I shiver under her power

and shake resolute.

Resolute and insatiable.

As shifting tides,

yield to a Super Moon

bathing unabashed

in a hammerhead bay in the Pacific.

Sister Moon placid,

as she slices through blackout curtains.

Until I witness her spirit here in the Northeast.

I am a wild thing
and she is a flirt.

As she straddles

cool peaks and crags

and I find myself drawn

to her again.

As I howl at her blood-red form

gulp down the afterglow above.

Wonderland- A Look Back

Alice remembered

when reason 

wouldn’t stop her

from escaping

into the cold black night.

Far from

should have

and know better

because those pricks

still loved to spoil her fun.

They often trailed behind 

hissing

there would be hell to pay

for this, that and the other.

Prompting her to

run even farther

and resolve

that this time

she’d make it

to someplace better.

© Connie DeDona 11-7-14

Gertrude's Nose, Lake Minnewaska, New York

Sweet Deal

Bread and butter jam

honey into buzzing guest

sweetening the pot.

Spent

 

The road

bulges gray, cynical and dusty.

Spent by sugary

cake eating denizens

spreading the good news.

 

By archaic beliefs

spinning

pious cloth.

(Remember to wash before wearing.)

 

By hell-fire fans

down at the local Dollar store

discounting

derelict pennies

who  roar once more

over the obsolete

Five and Dime.

Rosendale Street Festival 2014

Another Way Out

There is a way out

But you are not even looking

And even he despises you for it

Can’t believe you are that stupid

or that lazy.

Woman, get out of your own way

the door is unlocked.

Prove them wrong

Prove to yourself

that you are not that lazy, beaten

or that occupied.

The fields are green

ripe with golden fruit

Clean your eyeglasses

and look

Remember the full moon.

Prepare for winter’s fall,

But do go.

AND find your passion

Breathe the salt air, taste orange glee

Pick the pink wild flowers

Place them

gently in your hair

and sway to the rhythm

of your purple heart.

Put down the crying towel

it is meant for another

It is meant to be a temporary solace

a place to reflect

pool your options

dream and

finally, to turn away from.

Open the door

child

and find

another room to dress

to plant those flowers

bring your good cheer.

The other BIG GUY upstairs

expects so much more

from you.

Do leave lollygag hill

and find your true self.

She waits

by the old cistern

filled with muddy water.

She knows your smell

and she still waits

and marvels at the time.

Sweaty Rocks

Conglomerate rocks

glisten in the noon day sun

tripping up hikers

lacking traction, challenging

tree roots; slimy curb appeal.

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The Cross of Acumen- star date 4026.6

"The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say." ~Anaïs Nin

The Cross of Acumen- star date 4026.6

To the distinguished orator of the bald sector

Wizened Priest of Proprietary Advancement for the Betterment of Intellect

Second Class Alpha Romeo.

It has been brought to our attention

that Alpha and Omega are in dire need

of follicles. No reds left. And the browns are rapidly dwindling

only the bleached blonds are still abundant 

Whether this is sufficient cause for alarm is debatable

since we still have ample blues, lavender and green

at the Hair Bank in Geneva.

Future transplants have been relegated

to the gamma quadrant chartreuse sector

nine parsecs away in the Gamma-Orion system

For the seasoned helmsman

take a left at Saturn’s third ring

and hang right for about

two hundred years

that should get you there just in time for

a Soylent Green dinner

and the meeting for the better understanding of

learned and bald high priests.

Do remember not to shave

before you beam down to the planet

should you have any hair left on your body

it is a cinch

you will be reassigned

to the nubby nymph seminar

taking place at the same time

different building.

One word of caution

scholarly activity

at the seminar is strictly verboten

lips have been detached

and tongues completely severed

keep your typing fingers

in your pockets

especially the digitus secundus

as we are not responsible

for any loss of extremity incurred

on this top secret mission to the far reaches of the galaxy.

Truth and opinion

can be misconstrued

as a lethal weapon

within nubby gnarly nymph lands.

Remember your primary objective

is to harvest the red and brown hair, which by the way is exceptional

and refrain from any and all philosophy…

Keep your principles and ideas hermetically zipped or experience the consequences.

National Poetry Month Day 21

My poem is featured today!!!

Sweet Persephone

Like Persephone,   I wait

for Spring,     to burst.

Can one exchange   one’s cloth,

or clay heart

rewind to,       once was

get a do over

flower,

or

stop falling.

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Art of the Week Day 4 "Green Room"

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Starting with Right

“Start with what is right, rather than what is acceptable.”~Franz Kafka

Starting with Right

It was the right door

spinning in the wrong direction

right to help

wrong to take advantage

right to give

wrong to take too much

right to love

wrong to give up everything

right to take a risk

wrong to die for a craving

right to live in peace

wrong to take a hostage

it was the right sacrifice

the wrong life.

Easter with Family

Easter with Family

We are gathered here this weekend,  to gorge on the solid chocolate Easter Bunny. 

Let the jelly bellies roll

and not overtake the spiral Ham, a stout fellow who did not receive a pardon from the president.

Let us bow our heads, to the Lady Godiva chocolate raspberry bar at Macys and pray that the weather be sunny and warm but not too warm lest the peanut butter and chocolate eggs melt inside our Spring designer handbags.

Let us run not walk over the Mid-Hudson Bridge to Poughkeepsie to catch the latest sale at TJMax because their Fashionista bathing suits come in eye catching tummy control.

AND because shopping in this family is not a trial, it is a weekly event and available on easy pay from QVC.

So pack your wet naps and save your coupons because the sale isn't over until after the Fit lady sings, Jesus comes back, OR whatever! Get a clue, people!

Ready girls, can I get an Amen and a bunny hop across the floor from the hungry eaters who have already inhaled two bags of chips and salsa and slurped down ALL the Skinny Margarita’s?

It is official New York, the diet is off ….and just two more 30% off shopping days at Kohl’s. 

Happy Easter Everybody! Let the feasting begin!