{"id":6632,"date":"2012-10-03T09:36:18","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T15:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/?p=6632"},"modified":"2012-10-03T09:36:18","modified_gmt":"2012-10-03T15:36:18","slug":"through-my-kitchen-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/through-my-kitchen-window\/","title":{"rendered":"Through My Kitchen Window"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today you can find me over on the D&B blog singing the Bountiful Harvest Blues<\/strong><\/a> from inside my kitchen window with deep feeling. \u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

My kitchen window is now superbly decorated<\/strong> with a beautiful, one-of-a-kind, custom made mosaic<\/a> that it didn’t have when I wrote the poem below. \u00a0(No, the counter isn’t that clean right now.)<\/span> \u00a0In fact, I hadn’t looked at the poem for years when I drew the crayon drawing for the design. \u00a0Funny that the mosaic should end up illustrating so much about the poem! \u00a0Come on a quick poetic tour of the seasons as I see them through my window:<\/p>\n

\"bees<\/a>
bees and dragonflies on the tile mosaic cut and put up by my husband<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Through My Kitchen Window<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Through my kitchen window<\/p>\n

I see the tulips rise,<\/p>\n

Alpine poppies bounce and blow,<\/p>\n

Robins winging by.<\/p>\n

Bees careen through the air<\/p>\n

Spiders weaving art,<\/p>\n

Stealth mosquitoes everywhere,<\/p>\n

Children playing parts.<\/p>\n

Horses strain over fences<\/p>\n

To nibble greener fare.<\/p>\n

Squirrels poised in branches,<\/p>\n

Ignorant of my stare.<\/p>\n

Pheasant with emerald necktie<\/p>\n

Crossing unaware.<\/p>\n

Dragonflies wildly fly.<\/p>\n

Sprinklers need repair.<\/p>\n

The hummingbird that tempts me<\/p>\n

To motionless observe<\/p>\n

It’s flower dancing glory<\/p>\n

And secretive return.<\/p>\n

Electric clouds colliding<\/p>\n

Sudden moisture poured<\/p>\n

Nonchalant seeds riding<\/p>\n

Winds on casual tour.<\/p>\n

Leaves willingly abandon,<\/p>\n

To gravity give way.<\/p>\n

Rivers crisply run,<\/p>\n

Gather some and play.<\/p>\n

Through my kitchen window<\/p>\n

While life in forced retreat,<\/p>\n

I long for gracious, covering snow<\/p>\n

The bareness delete.<\/p>\n

\"birdhouse<\/a>
birdhouse and butterfly part of tile mosaic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today you can find me over on the D&B blog singing the Bountiful Harvest Blues from inside my kitchen window with deep feeling. \u00a0\ud83d\ude42 My kitchen window is now superbly decorated with a beautiful, one-of-a-kind, custom made mosaic that it didn’t have when I wrote the poem below. \u00a0(No, the counter isn’t that clean right […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,19,17],"tags":[46,49],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6632"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6632\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}