Poems
by Diane
Webster
Footprints
A pedestrian presses his shoe print
into the wet cement while voices
inside cheer his achievement.
A pedestrian stands too long
and metamorphoses
into a street statue
frozen in a step forward
forever pondering
his destination.
Up Or Down
The flight of stairs
zigzags up the wall
to end at a door
built for entrance.
The flight of stairs
bumbles down the wall
to abandon the traveler
to his own prospects.
Entrance
The actress makes her entrance
to the stage through the entrance
that allows her access to the audience
where she acts so intently
the crowd sits entranced
as if the stage twinkles in fireflies
until the curtain falls
to cricket applause.
Fall Illusions
Four tattered leaves
cling to a central stem
securing the siblings
as they decay
on the forest floor finally
releasing four freed
stems to intimidate
smaller spiders
into scurrying away
from the mutant
daddy longlegs.
Generations
The little pine tree wraps
its limb around the big
tree’s trunk, a boy and father
hand in hand face the lake,
watch the sunset hypnotize
the sky and water all the way
to hidden-treasure nightfall.
