Clayton Medeiros's Shared Poems

Early spring walk on
A rare blue northwest day
Rivulets on green slopes
Magnolia’s pristine white
Memories of childhood adventures
Following the stream the other side of
Shade grown tobacco’s fallow fields
Far into the woods
I felt like Natty Bumpo
A frontiersman who understood
The ways of the forest
And all the lives it held
Carried everything he needed
In the constant quest for new land
Without farmers and rules
Seasons’ rhythmic cycles
Spring time exuberance
Shelter in the forest’s quiet
Then I returned home for cookies
I could smell coming up the walk
Chocolate chips and walnuts

An old round faced man
Ambled along the curb
In shoes from better days
Serviceable unzipped jacket
Plaid shirt with shiny chino pants
He spit carefully
As he walked by each car
He stopped to say hello
I asked about the spit
Blessing them he said
Blessing them

Hear Ye Hear Ye Hear Ye
Come One Come All
To The Cloud Carnival
On Bellingham Bay
Shades Of Gray Tumblers
Blue Sky High Wire Act
Famous Flying Eagles
Seagull Throat Singers
Orcas Marching Band
Boat Parade Before The Show

Kauai crystal skies
Bright star nights
Lush garden island
Flower filled
Shirts and skirts

Bellingham drizzle
Cloudy gray bay
Birkenstocks and sox
Rain coats with hoods
Paradise

Curvaceous gymnasts
Waves slow tumble to the shore
Infinite progression