Happy Mardi Gras

Masks, moonpies, and beads,

revelry in Mobile streets,

Mardi Gras parades.

Unlike yesterday's pretty weather,

today is cold, drizzly, gray

(30 degrees colder than normal).

Didn't matter.

The revelry continued anyway.

Orange Beach

Orange Beach,

blue sky,

breeze blowing leaves.

Warm sunny day

seen through the office window.

Black night sky,

street lights,

head lights,

stop lights,

billboard lights,

lighted business signs.

I don't know if it is cloudy or clear.

It's too light to see the stars

through the window of my car

driving home from

Orange Beach.

by: Paula Dean Nevison

Pisces

Subway Art Sign available on Etsy

Confessions of a Compulsive Tatter

A poem from the book, A Glimpse into the Life of an Ordinary Mom throughPoetry [KindleEdition]

I AM NOT GOING TO BLEND IN

Except, unlike Tyler Knott Gregson, 

I do not feel like spilled ink.

I am the ink 

poured purposefully

on top of the faded watercolors,

spreading out in many directions,

becoming the intended artwork.

Cross By the Side of the Road

Cross by the side of the road,

He was on a motorcycle ride.

Don't know who died just how.

Still breaks me up inside.

My neighbor's grown daughter died.

I never met the girl, barely know the mother.

She has a cross in her front yard.

She lives on the corner.

Didn't really affect me when I heard the news,

Until I saw the cross in their front yard

Driving out of the subdivision today.

Made me think of my grown daughter.

She has a daughter of her own,

Just like my neighbor's girl.

I'd be raising my granddaughter,

Just like this neighbor mother.

I love this little princess dearly,

But there would be great loss

If something happened to my girl,

And that was my wood cross.

By: Paula Dean Nevison

February Flower, Violet and Primrose

February'sbirth flower is the violet, which signifies watchfulness, loyalty, and faithfulness.

Give a violet to someone to let them know you'll always be there for them. 

The other February flower is the primrose,

which lets someone know you can't live without them.

 Tulips,       pansies,      poppies,

daffodils,   camellias,   primrose,

flowering cabbage and kale,

paper white narcissus,

and snapdragons

are currently

blooming

in

my 

city.