FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: SHOOTING STARS Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Shooting Stars are invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, December 21st between 3 and 5 pm PST.

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Mary Mayer Shapiro

SHOOTING STAR STONES 


Sling shot 

A toy 

A weapon 

Shooting stones  

At targets 

Stones of different 

Sizes, shapes 

Mostly pebbles 

One shaped as a star 

Spread the word 

Wrote peace on one side 

Hope on the other 

Shot it in the air 

Strong wind appeared 

Carried the shooting star stone 

Around the world 

Spreading good will 

Didn't work 

Both sides need 

To want peace on Earth 




SHOOTING STARS 


Fighting in the sky 

Falling stars 

Illusion, just dust and rock 

Meteorites 

Armed, take aim, fire 

Sun in the path 

Rays disintegrate bullets 

Old stars dying 

New stars reborn 

Never ending  

Not ever a dull moment 

Stars flying all about 

Avoiding shooting stars 

North Star points the way 

Big Dipper comforts Little Dipper 

Northern lights try to intervene 

Orien the hunter tries to keep peace 

Cupid shoots arrows for love 

Ursa Major, Great Bear 

With Ursa Minor, Little Bear 

Stands guard 

Shooting stars keep falling 

Indiscriminately  

No rhyme, no reason 

Just because 

A circus in the sky 




FIRE WORKS


Contamination in the sky

Stars shoot out

Signaling to each other

Shield themselves

From sparks

New stars are startle

Old stars

Do not hear

Or see that well

Least affected

No place to hide

Send morse code

To each other

To warn

Advance burst

People sit on grass

Wait for display

To begin

Do not realize the

Danger of fire works

To themselves and

To the sky


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