And The Winner Is...

coffee dark as pitch blends
with cream so heavy
it can’t be poured

planted
in favorite wicker rocker
gently creaking

today’s show begins

in the east
cloudless
orange sky

long shadows
transforming
gray to yellows and reds

father sun
peeks
over the horizon

single pyrrhuloxia
takes a dip
in concrete birdbath

pair of quail
scratch searching
for seed in gravel

cottontail nibbles
orange mallow
and tender grass

roadrunner
hunts yellow striped
lizards hunting bugs

pink and yellow
gazanias
begin to unfurl

snapdragons
and marigolds
displaying true colors

flashes of red
in emerald crown
accented by cardinal song

buzz of honeybees
punctuated by hummingbirds’
aerial acrobatics

this morning
should be nominated
for a few oscars

best picture...
best actors...
best costumes...
best screenplay...
best soundtrack...

award competition
is fierce
with each new dawn

© 2021 Raibeart Bruis