Poems from Annette M Velasquez
An anonymous Katya or Magda
with a simple peasant face, yet with eyes of intensity-
you look at the camera with candor...
There's nothing...
Loosen up and lighten the load
set down your briefcase
and lose the smartphone
try barefoot awhile
and give the heels, Stacy Adams a rest....
Quenching
liquid
font of life
vibrant
and vital
luscious...
Though at times
wild,
unchecked
and destructive
a deluge
of drowning
ravaging...
Light and heat
yes,
a life-giving sun
yes,
but what of a
sudden
rude rousing
an interuption
of the
sweetness
of sleep
an Emergency?
And...
Soil-
beneath
our feet,
the ground on which
we stand
pulverized rock and
organic matter-
a rich humus
fertile catalyst
womb for seed-
for...