Poets Salon: “I Know I’m in Love”

POETS SALON

Drawing by Kath Abela Wilson

– 02/24/21

Hosted by Kath Abela Wilson

a red star
underfoot
and night
so soon to fall
a little longer love

he wove a ring
of white clover to begin
to save the time
and in deep space
a deep sweetness

~ Kath Abela

England Cafe (Photo – Alice Pero)

Michael H. Lester

first date…
I know I’m in love
when I discover
I’ve never even touched
my jelly donut

That Magic Moment

Last night, I picked up a pencil and a sheet of paper, thought for a minute, about the donut, the coffee shop counter where I sat swiveled to my right staring, lovestruck, into the eyes of this young woman. My heart so full of butterflies I cannot even think of eating. I put the pencil and paper back down without drawing a line, knowing I could never capture the thrill of that moment in black and white.

she was married
but she leaves her husband
to marry me…
seven years later
she leaves me too

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England lane (Photo – Alice Pero)

Pamela Shea

Valentine’s Day 2021

The sky is layered
Like a delicate parfait
Colors blend subtly
The palette is perfect
All senses are satisfied
I gratefully accept
Nature’s Valentine’s gift

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Blue door in England (Photo – Alice Pero)

Alice Pero

door opening slowly
to bright red shirt
celebration

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the taste of cheesecake
blossoms in my mouth
your so face near

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wind howling around corners
exploding into
my thought of you

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sound of our boots
crunching desert sand
prickly pear blooms

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old scraggly tree
waiting patiently
your beloved shadow

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earth and sky
sudden colors
my love alive

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I Know I’m in Love: Quotes and Credits

Michael H. Lester is sequestered in his home in Los Angeles during the pandemic where he has made his backyard a paradise for the local birds. You can usually find him peeking out the kitchen window in hopes of seeing the Black Phoebe, the dark-eyed junco, the Cooper’s hawk, or the yellow-rumped warbler.

Pamela Shea is an L.A. native who was the Poet Laureate of Sunland-Tujunga from 2017-2020. She finds inspiration in nature and can be found scaling local mountains or traipsing through washes.

Alice Pero is a poet, flutist and former dancer who became Sunland/Tujunga’s 10th Poet Laureate in 2020. Her book of poetry,“Thawed Stars,” was praised by Kenneth Koch as having “clarity and surprises.” Pero created the reading series Moonday in Los Angeles, in 2002. A classically trained flutist, she formed Windsong Players Chamber Ensemble in 2015. which performs regularly around the Los Angeles area.

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Send short poems, haiku, senryu, tanka, cherita haibun, tanka prose, short prose poems, etc., or your own unique approach, to Kath Abela by Facebook message or click here to email her directly. We can feature your work again after five months. Multiple Submissions can be saved to appear later:

1. Send a short bio, comments on the theme.
2. Send photos or artwork by you, if possible.
3. No attachments except photos.

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