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Weekend That Was

by Kristina Woodhill


Fruit flies
That in my juice
Choose to dunk
Will get drunk

Thirty days
September
Given
Believin
Dived-in
Striven
Lived-in
Slept the other thirty half
Oblivion
No more

Crimson Sweet
30 pound water melon
Sharp chef's knife
Splits
Summer wide open
Mouths follow

Two unicyclers
East of Gold Creek
Eastern Oregon
Huge green tires
Flashing lights
On green helmets
Too zany to be real
Sagebrush and junipers
Do not know what to do
With you

Camouflage
Pants
Shirts
Coats
Hats
Line of campers on a long uphill
Deer claim this advantage

Family farm
Timber cut complete
Doug fir
Branches wave bye-bye
Great piles of straight lengths
Heavy sappy air
Puny people
Stand for photo ops
Smile like counted half rings
As if they had a hand
In what made mighty trees grow

09/30/2013

Posted on 09/30/2013
Copyright © 2024 Kristina Woodhill

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by George Hoerner on 10/01/13 at 12:28 AM

Do we always feel as though we can control every thing including the growth of trees. I suspect this is your family gathering.?. Very nice write lady. Sorry to see the trees go but nothing is forever.

Posted by Joe Cramer on 10/01/13 at 05:16 PM

... excellent!

Posted by Linda Fuller on 10/02/13 at 02:34 AM

I had a very similar thought to George's upon reaching the end of this poem. We really think we're some hot stuff. I really like "...Sharp chef's knife / Splits / Summer wide open..."

Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 10/02/13 at 12:20 PM

Maybe only 30 days in September but a whole year's worth of images here. A veritable smorgasbord to feast on!

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