That turtle – is he

any clearer about his

destination than are we?

~

He’s clear he’s lucky.

Wherever he is going

he can go and still stay home!

How can one distill

a lifetime’s experience

down to one meaningful page?

~

One sentence might do:

“I learned not to waste my time

frequenting distilleries.”

Writing poetry

can open the closed window

of my fearful mind.

~

Perhaps the closed mind

was to keep something hidden

from the blinding light of day?

Starting seeds indoors

lacks the smell of the soil

heated by the mid-day sun.

~

Soon the seeds will sprout

and in no time you’ll both be

sweating in the sun.

On April Fool’s Day

we honor the huge genius

whose initials are D.T.

~

Some fools are too huge,

at least within their own mind,

to be praised for just one day.

Why could this virus

not make some people turn mute?

That is one I’d gladly spread!

~

Would that those spreading

the virus of blame, shame and

misinformation went mute. 

“If you can’t be kind,

be quiet” If we took this

to heart, you’d hear a pin drop.

~

If a pin is dropped,

but no one’s there to hear it,

does it make a sound?

Must we all endure

some great terrible crisis

to learn what is important?

~

To focus on the

shortage of toilet paper

or not becomes the question.

In line, on line or

out of line, we are all still

strangely connected.

~

 People will connect

any way they can work out

being social animals.

What if the proposed

 hush money had been put to

a different use earlier?

~

What possible use

could that money have been spent;

paying pandemic planners?

While the whole house sleeps

the only soul that’s stirring

finds his moment of quiet.

~

If you have pets, it’s

 just a moment; then nonstop

  pleas for attention begin.

Doing the right thing

often goes unrewarded

and sometimes gets ridiculed.

~

Yet there are always

those who find the strength to do

what’s right anyway.

Right now we’re focused

on hand sanitizers when

mouth sanitizers would help.

~

No antiseptic

can hope to contain the spread

of some fool’s noxious wind.

The new March Madness?

A basketball tournament

held in empty stadiums?

~

A long shot it was,

but sanity did return

and March Madness was dispelled.

When you finally

can catch a breath, remember

to savour the chance.

~

And in breathing deep,

remember that the labour

was, too, a thing to savour.

You’ll know burn-out when

a sudden separation

yields no feeling but relief.

~

Sometimes it’s just time

to book it and write a more

fulfilling chapter.

Where do we turn when

the tried and true go untried

or might not be true.

~

Use the tried and true,

but also go with your gut;

a layered defense is best.