1 post tagged “ester hauser prudlo”
Tomatoes
I looked for love like a gardener
watching tomatoes every day
....................still green........
prodding a bit, watering
adding compost
pullling out a weed
...................still green.......
staking, pruning
killing bugs.
Each morning eye straining
no miracle overnight
....................still green......
Tired of hard green fruit
I looked away, got busy.
Red and plump they drop
into my hands, my basket, my jars.
Enough to keep.
Enough to give.
Enough
to throw against the walls
and into sour faces.
Ester Hauser Laurence
For Bill & Michelle
It's made
Love is.
It's chosen
It's allowed.
It's fallen into
on purpose.
And best approached
Like a puddle
By a child.
Ester Hauser Laurence
To Save My Life
I would crawl under smoke
across scorched floors,
tumble down stairs,
break through windows
and jump into a fireman's net
to save my life.
To save my life
I would throw myself
out of a speeding kidnapper's car,
pound my way out of a locked trunk,
push through waistdeep snow,
pull myself out of the suction
of goopy marsh.
To save my life
I would swim away from stiff currents
or hungry sharks.
I would cling to cliffsides
or pull the parachute ripcord
with my teeth.
I would battle bulls or alligators,
lions or polar bears.
Nothing is too hard
to save my life.
Yet, to save my life
I can't get going out to walk.
I keep enjoying second helpings,
More food! Chocolate, cheese, ice cream!
Easy. Nice. Good living. Can I never spare it
to save my life?
Ester Hauser Prudlo
