The Fear Ferris Wheel
Keri Horon2020-07-09T11:43:28-07:00When your world is a spinning pinwheel A moment of peace you just cannot steal The madness around you is totally real There’s tears in your eyes you cannot conceal […]
August Departing
Keri Horon2019-09-14T13:52:31-07:00by Keri Horon Moonless night Midnight Misty-eyed mums bow their heads in heaviness And sorrow As August prepares its exit Stillness fills the chilling air Sap sticks to melancholy bark While lilies wilt woefully There’s [...]
The Beacon
Keri Horon2018-05-11T22:57:48-07:00(A poem for Mother’s Day) Flutters of life which flit in the womb The buying of onesies & preparing the room Dreams of the moment the infant is born Announcements & photos you’ll surely adorn [...]
Ode to the Man on the Corner
Keri Horon2017-09-02T04:12:53-07:00While bluejays fly high, wispy clouds dot the sky and rubber rolls by at dizzying speed. On the corner there stands a man who demands they follow his hands as he whispers a ‘please.’ On [...]
Where are the Cats and Dogs?
Keri Horon2017-09-02T21:01:26-07:00(This was written in 2016 at the height of the five year California drought) Twas the first of September and all through the sky, the clouds, they were swirling, and the land, it was dry. [...]