fifty hit me
a ton of bricks
insult to injury
for some body
still on the floor
under the anvil
of forty-nine
—Terri Guillemets
Personal Journal
Nearly 90º
November fourteenth
high: eighty-eight F degrees
that’s not Fahrenheit
—Terri Guillemets
Movie review
good luck to you, leo grande
emma thompson — you
are my new hero
—Terri Guillemets
Withered
dear gods of weather —
will it ever rain again
in bone-dry phoenix?
—Terri Guillemets
Nov. 6th
ninety-three degrees
november the sixth
summer-autumn in phoenix
—Terri Guillemets
Forecast
october nineteenth
one hundred and three degrees
climate change is hoax
—Terri Guillemets
Re-learning at 49
watching over the shoulder of patience
studying how he does his work
—Terri Guillemets
Dark thoughts
how the nighttime looks
during a power outage
is how night should look
—Terri Guillemets
Westerly
sunset casts shadows
yet we see only colors
and glorious light
—Terri Guillemets
Rippling
in nature i am
water in the breeze
going with the flow
in society i thrash
every cell halting
resistance grows
i become boulder
thrown off cliffs
accelerating through
no choice of my own
landing hard
splitting open
shattering into
everything wrong
—Terri Guillemets
City night
oh my gosh is that a star
in bright city sky?
nope! police helicopter
—Terri Guillemets
Finally a bath!
watching birds splash in
morning-after rain puddles
cleanses my spirit
—Terri Guillemets
Inflame
the world we abuse
roasting us like marshmallows
in a fire we lit
—Terri Guillemets