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Deborah Guenther Beachboard
The Colonists & As the Family Tells It
The Colonists
The breath of the universe
leaves the warmth of its light
with me as I enter the cool shadow
of the long sleep;
I and the others, together yet alone,
in the metallic cocoon that carries us
deeper into the galaxy,
toward the spark of a distant sun
around which an unknown world revolves
in endless cycles of bright day
and dark night...waiting.
As the Family Tells It
Great Aunt Rosa knits and crochets,
but lately it's gotten carried away.
bigger and better she'll delightfully say,
while the rest of the family is left in dismay.
It's more than just a color display,
her nimble fingers have gone quite astray,
the biggest project is now underway,
a riotous monster whose name is Sir Ray.
It fills up the house, we moan and we pray,
what else can we do; we must move away,
then Rosa and Ray forever in play
will welcome the pixies, the gnomes, and the fae.
Deborah Guenther Beachboard
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Deborah Guenther Beachboard began writing in 1993 and has had poetry published in Modern Haiku, Sijo West, Amaze: The Cinquain Journal, Short Stuff, Twilight Ending and other online and in-print journals. She currently posts her poems to the uncurated online forum Poetry Soup under the pen name Chetta Achara.