New York City
Often an impromptu visit–
Just one blink and you might miss it.
Heed the spectacle in your eye,
Or that great love may pass you by.
When it happens, confront the doubt–
For perhaps, fate has planned this out.
And once you know that it is right,
Choose to hold it with all your might.
Be warned, that if you fail to seize,
Such chance that’s sent on fated breeze,
The image of what might have been
Will haunt you time and time again.
Baltimore, Maryland
I’ve slept through a very long night,
But now I’ve sensed the growing light.
I’d like to stretch and run about.
“I am awake now; let me out!”
I hear them in the other room,
Smell the usual brewed perfume.
Have they forgotten? Shall I pout?
“I am awake now; let me out!”
There! Someone just walked past my door.
Oh, I can’t take this anymore!
Perhaps a yell—in case there’s doubt?
“I am awake now; let me out!”
At last my door is open wide,
And Mommy reaches my crib’s side.
And so I stand and start to shout–
“I am awake now; let me out!”
Note to Josie: Mommy and Pappa thank you very much for being a terrific sleeper! You have slept soundly through the nights since you were only a couple of months old. You happily go to bed at 8:00 P.M. and wake up between 7:00 A.M. and 8:00 A.M. We usually hear you chatting with your toys for half an hour, before you decide to make it known that you want out. It works for us!
Fells Point, Baltimore
Against a tall black fence, I lean,
Standing under a gull’s cry,
Peering through a space between.
The Harbor offers much to glean,
And that’s precisely why
Against a tall black fence, I lean.
Under foot are tufts of green.
They battled brick just to try
Peering through a space between.
It is lovely and serene,
Water within reach, but sigh,
Against a tall black fence, I lean.
I press against the metal screen,
Hoping for more to spy,
Peering through a space between.
And I am part of this Harbor scene,
Viewed by all those passing by—
Against a tall black fence, I lean,
Peering through a space between.
Mary Lundstedt 