Thank you to Mark Antony Rossi of Ariel Chart for publishing my poem today.

https://www.arielchart.com/2020/08/turtle-creek-ii.html

Turtle Creek II

The sky painted swirling blue and white,

green grass, newly mown.

We’re on our knees, our backs, our stomachs,

lying on towels and blankets.

Men with chests bare, women baring

legs and feet.  Our eyes closed

behind green-lensed glasses.  We inhale and listen

to the strains of radio waves rocking across Turtle Creek Park.

We laze beneath the vase shaped leaves

of elms.  Dreams we share,

as one mind. Later, I run to follow the

spinning trajectory of a frisbee thrown.

It’s a day made for us.