Otical Illusion

It’s the truth! Your ears

Really do appear larger

As you grow older.

Skat@2022

Can It Be Spring?

Birdsong throngs the air;

Chipmunk has arisen—plump

From his warm storehouse—

All willing to forget such

a cold and nasty winter.

Skat@2022

Silver Threads

Every day, my hair

gets a little more gray, and

I’m okay with that.

Skat@2022

,

Shadorma #66 “Teddy”

My old bear

Of long ago years,

Stares at me

From his chair,

Where he and his friends, try to

Comfort each other.

Skat@2022

Shadorma #65

Even a

grackle cackle can

fill me up

with pure joy—

this spring sign—finally in

my safe-bubble world.

Skat@2022