Beneath the Wraps

  I had gone to Hawaii with my paternal grandmother after I had graduated high school in 1980.  These two poems were written sometime afterward - I'm guessing that same year. Banya   Twisted hands move slowly outstretched and wrapped around each other tied and embraced forming a trunk   My Hat   Everyone admired the pile of grass I bought   Originality and personality is what I ’ ve got I put it        on my head so everyone would know It says a lot about me everywhere I go

                  As I have been reading the scriptures I wondered where I had misplaced my personal scripture blessing.  I used to look at it often but realized I probably haven ’ t looked at it since we have lived in Oregon.  It isn ’ t where I thought it was.         I found some “ artifacts ” and a letter addressed to my posterity about the contents of my pink ammo can.   What possessed me to paint it pink?   I don ’ t even like pink.   But at the time I didn ’ t appreciate the drab green although I think I prefer it to the pink that appears to be older than it is.           The note was written September 6, 1988.   I claimed that I had left a camera cassette which isn ’ t there but there is a VHS and the contents are the same as what is descrbed for the Minolta.   I suppose I could include another camera cassette but with di...

I hear the clouds crashing I think it's going to rain I look outside above me The skies are blue and There is sunshine Later I go outside to see Raindrops on my driveway and The sun is shining still. I am lightly kissed by a few drops The breeze feels nice but the sun melts away all the drops as well as myself Where are the rainbows?                                                                          kfralc                                   ...

--> Normally she doesn’t like poetry – or at least hasn’t seemed to enjoy it in the past, but as we were coming home from school yesterday she read me one of her poems and made up some more on the way home.   I made her write them down so that I could post them to my blog. (I am correcting spelling and adding punctuation) Owls Owls Owls fly around Owls Owls say “Hooo” – that’s how they sound Owls Owls have big eyes Owls Owls these aren’t lies Cars Cars drive          Up and down All around town Homework Homework is such a bore We always have more We’d rather relax on the shore Or eat an apple core. Jenna created and wore this costume to school today for a program

Acrostic:                                       F ather goes to work                                       A nd                                       M other drives to school                                       I n the car    ...