Poetry For Now

Truthful, humorous and insightful poetry to uplift and brighten your day. Hosted and written by Martin Strasmore. The resounding gongs, played by Kassandra Strasmore, offer an experience of peace and tranquility. Good poetry can open up the mind and heart to new ways of seeing the world, accepting difficulties and embracing opportunities for transformation. Each episode is intended to support and uplift the world and to renew our respect for each other and nature.

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Poetry For Now

JUNE MUSINGS

June 28, 2022 • Martin Strasmore • Season 2 • Episode 24

June is going by so fast. We spent 2 weeks away from home as wars, school shootings and inflation flashed across the media. Thankfully being in Nature always refreshes me and gives one hope.
The poems are about my experiences in Florida & Shenandoah National Park... and a couple of almost private family jokes!

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June is going by so fast. We spent 2 weeks away from home as wars, school shootings and inflation flashed across the media. Thankfully being in Nature always refreshes me and gives one hope.

ANOTHER DAY

Sun rises behind trees

Pale orange sky gives way to baby blue

Time to get to work

Empty the dishwasher

Jump on the bike to Publix

Relieve her milk anxiety

Before she wakes up

so another day can start

with a cuppa before yoga

FATHERS’ DAY - BIRTHDAY

Everything changed

when I held her tiny body

against my beating heart.

The princess had arrived!

And the servant in me

was awakened!

Burrowing Owls and Ospreys

Have raised their chicks

and they have flown the nest.

Still this is the season of new births

black skimmers and least terns Chicks

hatch along protected beaches

Striped alligator babes

hang out along the waterways

Sea turtles are digging nests

baby rabbits run around

nibbling everything green.

So many new and unseen births

Insects, reptiles and other animals.

So many new fathers and mothers

now serving their animal children.

Catching and delivering fish food

digging up worms and crabs.

Lets celebrate all parents day

for all the creatures around us

and all parents across the earth.

Lets pray for protection

for all the children everywhere.

FLORIDA SUMMER DAWN

Sun breaks through dark storm clouds

Forewarning of the thunderstorm to come

Water droplets sparkle on leafs and buds

of the common Clusia bushes.

Shades of greens, reds and pinks

small delicate flowers

bunches of grape like fruit

insects buzzing busily around.

Still no spiders webs in sight
instead I watch a delicate dragonfly

transparent wings and six legs

silhouetted by the bright sun.

what are these insects searching for?

what are they seeing, feeling and hearing?

I feel the gentle breeze, hear nothing

The sound of silence removes thoughts.

I am with a rabbit on the path

we both stand motionless

staring at the clusia bush

waiting for nothing.

Being together on a Florida morning.

SHENANDOAH MEADOW

Standing still

among flowering raspberry bushes

in the presence of a silent world

colorful Butterflies

busy bees

hairy moths

Armored beetles

scurrying ants

A world alive

invisible until I am still

waiting and watching

for those movements

fluttering wings

shaking leaves

drifting shadows.

The timelessness

Of natures present moment

Peace quietness and silence

Leave contentment and completeness

Nothing more is needed

here on earth.

ANOTHER NIGHT TOGETHER

There’s no sheet on my feet

What the heck.

Its pulled over her neck

I’ll lie the other way now

to avoid a row

now its cold and dark

I’ll become a question mark.

We sleep comfortably together

with sheep skins and feathers.

I won’t sleep in another bed

not until one of us is . . . gone forever.