Writing in Snow

Saturday Poems and Gratitude List

Jalál (Glory), 4 Núr (Light) 176 B.E. - Saturday, June 8, 2019

Facebook Status Update
For Friday, June 7

You know you're getting old when
you walk into the kitchen and ask:
"What did I come after?"
And decide that the best
solution to the problem
is another cup of coffee.

Facebook Status Update
For Saturday, June 8

Saturday morning
The smoke alarm is sounding
Breakfast is ready

Gratitude List For 4 Núr

Today I am thankful ...
          ...that my Bank of America account is not overdrawn today.
          ...for chocolate doughnut to go with my coffee.
          ...that I have 55,200 points in my YouGov account.
          ...for the Arizona sweet ice tea I had this afternoon.
          ...that I have 32 points in my Survey Junkie account.
          ...for the cream soda I had with my evening meal.
          ...that I have $16.27 in my Vindale research account.

" At The Beach" 
In Honor of World Ocean Day1

Like battalion marching to war,
Transporting victims of slaughter,
Waves are marching into the shore.

Pushing lathered whitecaps before,
swells transport debris and water,
Like battalions marching to war.

As birds echoing the breakers roar,
Scavenge the sea edge for fodder,
Waves are marching into the shore.

Suffers paddle away from the shore,
Advancing past the breakwater.
Like battalions marching to war.

Billows recite ancient sea lore,
As tourist ramp in the water,
Wave are marching into the shore.

Disgorging refuse on the shore,
The sea returns our waste water:
Like battalions marching to war,
Waves are marching into the shore.

Footnotes
1  I posted this in Poet 999 - A Butterfly Emerges From Her Cocoon https://poet999.blogspot.com/2019/06/at-beach-in-honor-of-world-ocean-day.html.