This week it’s mostly been #PoemsofPresence again. I think I missed some days and wrote two on others (who can keep track of the days anymore!?!), but here are a few of this week’s entries:
May 23
Bird song spills
into golden afternoon.
A slim candle
of cardinal
illuminates the shade.
©Molly Hogan, 2020
May 25th
Busy with chores,
our orbits crossed
in the living room
where the music played
loud and bouncy.
We met,
danced a few steps
together,
then twirled off,
accelerating back
onto our individual
trajectories.
©Molly Hogan, 2020
May 26
Illicit Goods
Somehow
a persistent yen
for a sticky roll
with pecans
transformed into
a surreptitious
curbside pick-up
with money exchanged
for a suspiciously bulky
brown paper bag.
©Molly Hogan, 2020
May 27
ajuga’s bugle blossoms
rouse the drowsy bees
morning reveille
©Molly Hogan, 2020
This week’s Poetry Friday Roundup is hosted by Mary Lee Hahn at her blog, “A Year of Reading.” Mary Lee is sharing poems by Marilyn Chin along with a nudge to stretch oneself and read “without walls”. Thanks, Mary Lee, I needed that!
Nix the comfort zone 
Molly, I did miss a few of your #PoemsofPresence this week so I am glad that you are allowing us to play catch-up. The colors in the purple floral nature photo are brilliant and your poems have great word choice. I love the sticky buns the best because I adore this pastry and my mouth is watering now.
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Thanks, Carol! I have to admit the sticky buns were not alone in that pastry bag!
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As always Molly, you poems are delightful – and now I want a pecan scroll. Yummo!
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Thanks, Sally! I think I should make it a personal quest to find the best pecan roll available. I mean, someone has to make the sacrifice, right? lol
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Thanks for sharing where your presence was felt this week. I especially like the lines:
:A slim candle
of cardinal
illuminates the shade.”
Lovely image with a great pic to accompany it. 🙂
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Thanks, Bridget. That was a line that was in my head when I woke up in the morning after listening to that cardinal the day before.
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These are lovely, Molly….that candle of cardinal. I love it the most. Keep writing, keep clicking that camera, kiddo. You make so many happy with your art.
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Somehow I missed the pecan roll poem on Twitter. I feel you. There are many things that are just as good homemade, but our local bakery, Fox in the Snow, makes The. Best. pecan rolls. There might be a suspicious brown bag in our future!
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I usually prefer to bake myself, but right now doing anything outside the home, even buying baked goods, has an illicit “thrill” to it.
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I’ve enjoyed every one of your poems, Molly, and those photos, too. The ‘slim candle of cardinal’ is fabulous, a favorite.
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Thanks so much, Linda! I was so happy to have that line pop in my mind overnight.
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I love that your cardinal is in shadow but a “slim candle” illuminating with song. With well chosen words, each poem captures a moment.
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These made me smile — love that spontaneous little dance, that slim candle, and of course the illicit goods!
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Thanks, Jama. The dance one is one of my favorites because it was such a silly little spontaneous moment–and our 31st anniversary was this week, so I celebrate that we still have moments like that 🙂
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I love the sticky roll poem! I have a yen for them, too, and am trying to convince at least one person in my house to say they want them so that I can buy/bake some…
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I’m literally trying to resist going out to buy more right now. The problem is that I didn’t go to the “best” place last time, so even though the pecan sticky rolls were good, I still feel like I missed out. lol (PS You can do this as a solo event! And your family will realize how much they do want them once they see them and then you’ll get major gold stars!)
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Like so many other commenters, I love this week’s poems of presence. And I want a sticky bun.
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Unfortunately, I still want more pecan sticky buns! lol Sheltering in place has woken my sweet tooth!
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These are lovely, Molly. My favorite is A slim candle/of cardinal. What a great image!
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Thanks!
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I have enjoyed reading all of the poems of presence – what a gift to us readers! Oh what yummy illicit goods!
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Writing these poems has been a great way to accentuate the positive.
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These are all wonderful, Molly. I love the “cardinal [illuminating] the shade” and “rouse the drowsy bees” is such fun to say. I hope you savored every bite of that sticky roll!
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Thanks, Catherine! I enjoyed that sticky roll so much that I might just go out and find another one 🙂
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I, too, am swooning over that “slim candle of cardinal,” Molly. But I also love the “everydayness” of “Busy with chores.” It’s been a pleasure writing with you this month!
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Focusing on small moments and finding respite within them has been so important in recent weeks. Thanks, Michelle!
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Oh, that candle of cardinal! And the funny sticky buns deal. Love these!
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I was going to choose a poem I liked best, and a line, but I truly liked them all…but the illicit goods made me laugh!
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Thanks, Donna! It was especially fun to write the sticky bun poem!
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I can just hear the bugle sound coming from your ajuga haiku, and picture your “drowsy bees,” lovely–And I love the few steps of dance in your “Busy with chores” poem, thanks for all Molly!
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Thanks, Michelle. I have a patch of ajuga that is abuzz with bees. I’ve been avoiding mowing it for as long as I can!
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