Thursday, January 1

Anti-climax


New Year's Day falls flat
celebrating in blue satin
bubbleless champagne

on rimed ivy
pheasant clucks indignantly
cold feet

amaryllis
finally unfolds petals
owns up to scarlet









Written for a prompt at CarpeDiem

4 comments:

Chèvrefeuille said...

Awesome ... your third is a gem ...

Janice said...

So often inflated expectations lead to a deflated reality.

Adas Alcove said...

I really enjoyed these!

blogitorloseit.com said...

That naughty amaryllis!