Seasonal Delights by Joni Caggiano

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whispering limbs sense a tender heart

releasing a chorale of euphonious notes

drifting, my soul floats, eyeing an array

of foliage in various stages of life’s hopes

saluting the old sweet gum tree, I linger

spring webworms laying their eggs under

fresh green leaves talking of such fatigue

laying a thousand eggs, it is no wonder

two wrens fly to their old nest, exploring

in happiness with friable legs, a fawn leaps

spring peepers play their high pitch song

black racers slither looking for juicy treats

ladybugs dress in red, balancing on a blade

of grass where fairy circles put teeth to save

angel voices from heaven I can softly hear

tulip gossip disappears as sleep I, too, crave

-JONI CAGGIANO

Joni’s blog is Rum and Robots, where she has published poetry, photography, and short stories. Take a look at Joni’s work in Spillwords Press NYC, Vita Brevis Press, The Finest Example, The Tiny Seed Literary Journal, I Write Her – The Short of it, and MasticadoresUSA. Joni’s work was included in the following anthologies: The Sound of Brilliance (The Short of It Publishing, Volume 1 2020), Inner Eye (Poets Choice, 2021), and It’s Not Easy (Poets Choice 2021). Her blog is an effort to give back – she is a surviving Adult Child of Alcoholics. Joni is a retired nurse and paralegal.

You can also read her writing on Instagram @jonicaggiano and Twitter @theinnerchild1.

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