Goodbye

Goodbye

Stop

Look

Go

Screech

Crunch

Bang

Our little red Juke

Is no more

© Phil Renaud 2017

A Distant Rumble

A Distant Rumble

A distant rumble

Forebodes the advancing storm

Rain dampens the ground

© Phil Renaud 2017

Morning Tea

Morning Tea

Dew wets the grass

Birds chirp merrily

Welcoming the dawn

Mist swirls about

Obscuring trees and flowers

Giving the world an eerie luminescence

The rising sun

Cracks the horizon

Beginning another glorious day

Steam rises from my cup

Wafting the pleasant aroma

Of green tea past my proboscis

Welcoming a new day

Enjoying morning tea

In the backyard

© Phil Renaud 2017

September

September

Summer is

Ending

Preparing

The way for an

Early fall

Migration

Begins

Exploding colors

Rejuvenate the forest

© Phil Renaud 2017

Music Is In My Soul

Music Is In My Soul

The music is pounding

Reverberating, echoing, booming

Coursing through my veins

Like a wildfire

The music is soft

Gentle and sweet

Like drizzling rain

Falling delicately

Onto the ground

The music is wild

Crazy, enthusiastic, demented

Akin to a ping pong ball

Bouncing and ricocheting

Around my brain

Music is in my soul

It permeates my entire being

Bringing floods of emotion

In waves, buffeting my spirit

Until I succumb to the beat

In my head

Floating on a river

Of eternal bliss

Lost in the euphony

“Life without music would be bland and plain.”

© Phil Renaud 2017

Artwork “Music Was My First Love” by Nikki Smith