Rainy Day Poems for Snug Little Homes

By Gregory Stall

I strive to contain as much descriptive power in a small space as possible, which is then released in the reading, and it should never leave the audience's expected conclusion flapping in the breeze or confused.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Jan 10, 2020
• ISBN: 9781646281541

Book preview

January

July in Chicago

hot and oppressing

then thoughts turn to the

cooling breezes of autumn

how refreshing

but January memories

create a freeze frame

of an inescapable chill

what on earth to do

I know

I will buy myself a kitten

I will

Then I will name her January

I will

and call her Jan for short

which plays a sort

of mind game

in a private little sport

Now when I think of

a January storm

I’ll simply have thoughts

of my cat which makes

me feel warm

Leopard in a Cage

A crafty predator caught off guard in the wild

By men gathering creatures for a public zoo

A prized possession going unreconciled

As captors are eager to display the endangered few

The cat, which was known as a majestic beast

Now finds itself in a cruel small new world

Proud hunter goes from great freedom to the least

And must forfeit his masculinity to accept being a show girl

His fate clearly appears to have been thwarted

By a seemingly higher form of earthly life

Having offspring now denied from female felines never courted

How can humans be above others when causing so much strife?

Now that this has been brought to attention

Perhaps mankind feels so bad it chooses not to mention

A Natural Church Beckons

A cathedral of mighty arcing oaks

Invite us to stroll among them

As our Lord entered into Bethlehem

And they shelter us as only do woolen cloaks

Humming songs while walking in wildflower fields

Of black-eyed Susans and pure-white daisies

Take notice before fall prepares sad eulogies

Then do penance for your summer’s sinful yields

Gather the waning sun’s last rays that warm

As trees change color to not forget

That they will return and not to fret

Take their lead and plan for a spring to reform

Now take flowered sprig for wife

Time to settle