In the Dense Fog

🍷🍂 A wine tasting

Has become a wine spilling

In the dense fog🍂🍷

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Wide Awake

 🍂🌙Wide awake

Thoughtful reflection under

Silken skies🌙🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Insignificance

 🍂It's scary,

The twists and turns in the road

Insignificance 🍂

Sarah Mahina Calvello

Intimate Minutes

🍂Making morning coffee,

A finch nestles in the windowsill

Intimate minutes🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

A Lonely Moment

🍂A lonely moment,

waiting for Indian food in the rain

Embracing the dreary🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Honey Tea

🫖🍂Time to take a break

A breather in the beautiful mess

Honey 🫖🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Sunday

 🫖🍂Sunday

A good night's rest was had

Dishwasher murmurs 🍂🫖

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

The Garden Window

 🍂Open

The garden window

Let the sweet air in🍂

Before the Day Wakes Up

☀️🍂Enjoying sunrise

before the day wakes up

Light, rosy air🍂☀️

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Daisies on the Table

🍂 Daisies on the table

The time of rocking chairs

Ignoring the noise🍂

Honeyed Toast

🍂 ☀️Honeyed toast

made in the middle of madness

Slipper footfalls☀️🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Chasing

🍂 Chasing a dream

Let's not go down that road

It leads to a cliff🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Crestfallen

 🍂☀️Crestfallen,

the ice cream truck was missed

Maybe for the best☀️🍂

In the Filtered Air

🍂🌙Loving the twilight

before the day goes back to sleep

in the filtered air🍂🌙

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 

Don’t Talk Before Coffee

☕️☀️Bite of something sweet

Don't talk before coffee

Alive for the day☀️☕️

~Sarah Mahina 

Lines

 🍂Lines are blurred

Holding you a little longer

Red velvet cake stains🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Porch Iced Tea

🍂🫖 Misspent time with you

Could be spent on adventures 

Porch iced tea sipping  🫖🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Days Masked

🍂🌧️ hot cocoa cup

warming sleepy laps

Day masked by rain🌧️🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Sangre of Summer

 🍂🍷the smell

of flowers in blushing 

sangre of summer🍂🍷

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Different Directions

 🍂We still got it, babe

It's just going in different directions

wondering aimlessly🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Disarray

🍂 Riding

This broken marry-go-round

Among the disarray 🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Days

 🍂Days go on

Beyond commonality 

and skies secrets🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Hot Sauce

 🍂What made you think

Leaving hot sauce on the bed

Was a good idea?🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Still

🌧️🍂 Still,

Seeing the sun reflecting

Through pouring rain 🌧️🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Afternoon rain

 🍂🌧️Lost in thought

Your eyes looking gentle

in afternoon rain🌧️🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Sacred

🍂 It's true

There's something sacred in the silence

Of falling leaves🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Buttered Noodles

🍂 The buttered Noodles

Reminiscent of childhood

Pulling on heart strings🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Marble Stone Benches

🍂 Marble stone benches

Worn lazy with raindrops

Something sacred🍂

~Sarah Mahina Cakvello

Layers

 🍂Layers of Petaled clouds

Are haunting against

Velvet trees🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvells

Orange Marmalade

🍂 There's something

About Orange marmalade

Comfortable🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Kyle

~For Kyle

🍂His castle

Of cans toppling over

The gamer life🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Brighter

🍂 Lemon curd

Morning of whipped light growing

Brighter🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Something

☀️🍂 There's something

About orange marmalade

In the morning🍂☀️

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Night Comfort

 🍂🌙Slowly sipping

Candy cane green tea

Night comfort🍂🌙

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

The Coffee’s Gone

🍂☕️The coffee's gone

A stained sweatshirt

Marks monotony🍂☕️

~Satah Mahina Calvello

Lemon Drop

🍂 Petaled clouds

Peaceful, hazy passing

Lemon drop skies🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Warm Sunsets

🍂 Always searching

for that fine balance

Warm sunsets🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Red Wine

 🍷🍂Red wine

Clouds harsh reality

Shaded afternoons🍂🍷

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Hat

🍂 Strange emotions clash

But I like your hat

Strained picnic laughter🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Yellow Cake

 🍂🍰It would be nice

Respecting twists and turns

Eating yellow cake 🍰🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Smiles

 ☀️🍂Day's upon us

Smiles linger over tea

Sunday morning🍂☀️

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Drifting Perfume

🍂🌱 Drifting perfume

The time has gone

To the summer 🌱 🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Memories

🌙🍂 It's the

Memories that linger in

The night that matter🍂🌙

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Tipsy

🍷🌹 The feeling of the wind

Maybe it will all be ok

Tipsy with red wine 🌹🍷

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Today

🍂Today,

Having coffee together

Fleeting, happy moments🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Slow, Heavy Hours

 🍂Feeling like a shut in

Not much that can be done

Slow, heavy hours🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Beautiful Mess

🍂 Beautiful mess

Of an illusioned mind 

summer daisies🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Despite

☀️🍂 I'd rather 

Bundled up with you,

Despite the heat🍂☀️

~Sarah Mahina Calvello 

New Hope

 ☀️🍂New hope

Unwavering violets

In a blushing dawn☀️🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Seeking Sanctuary

🍂 Another

Weary traveler

Seeking sanctuary🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Cracks

☀️🍂 Cracks

Of new light

On a old path🍂☀️

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Wild

 ☀️🍂Wild and new

Just of reach

Cornflower blue sky☀️🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Hope Unscathed

🍂 Too sweet

Just to be a vagabond

Hope unscathed 🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Melting

🍂 Today is melting

All bird's songs on this new day,

So clear🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Tentatively

 🍂☀️Tentatively,

I asked if I could take your pie

Morning gestures☀️🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Perfection

🍂☕️ Doughnut mornings

Cup of strong coffee and light

Perfection🍂☕️

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Flowers and Wine

 🌹🍷Too many

Late night talks

Flowers and wine🍷🌹

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Scribbling

🍂☕️ A bit gloomy 

Scribbling morning thoughts

Washed down by coffee☕️🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

The Rice

 🍂The rice

That was for lunch fell

Almost bringing tears🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Flower Clogs

🍂 Funeral

For favorite flower clogs

Barefoot in the grass🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Days

🍂 Too many day's together

But who's counting?

Only the dirty clothes🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Secret popcorn

🍷🍂 Eating

Secret popcorn in a tree house 

Love drunk🍂🍷

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Safe Memories

🍂 An old typewriter 

brown brown bomber jacket

Safe memories🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Bear Creek Haiku 

Not Enough

🍂Feeling not enough 

Flowers are night blooming  bright 

Fill lonely moments🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Spontaneous

🍂Is anything 

Spontaneous anymore?

Trap door of memory🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

The Passing days

 All that marks

The passing day's

Bright leaves turning brown

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Morning Approaches

 ☀️🍂Morning approaches

Beautiful intertwining mess

of raindrops🍂☀️

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Sad

 🍂Only having

A family reunion

For sad events 🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Hotel Pool

🍂 Heading to the

Hotel pool to calm down

Jasmine climbing🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Accepting

 🌙🍂Accepting the soreness

Of musical bones with a sigh

Cuerulean sky 🍂🌙

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

The Clock

🍂The clock ticks

Around we go again

New day approaching🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

The Coffee

🍂☕️The coffee

Growing cold on the table

The long, warming nights🍂🌙

Moon glow

🍂🌙 Talking less

Moments words can't reach

Moon glow basking🌙🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Reticent

🍂 Feeling reticent

So many layers to pull away

Hope it's worth it🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Forgiving

 🌙🍂Forgiving

Trying to in the garden

It's quiet here🍂🌙

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Blue Tea Roses

 🍂🌹Blue Tea Roses

Hiding in the garden

Feeling safe🍂🌹

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Picture Day

 ☀️🍂This is so lovely

In a lace flower shirt

School picture day🍂☀️

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Pillow

🌙🍂 Not quite a new pillow

But the old pillow is well-loved

The moon is constant🍂🌙

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Chocolate and Wine

🍂🍷 Chocolate and wine

Inward, whirling commotion

To be missed🍂🍷

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Consistency

 🌙🍂consistency 

is harmony

buying you coffee🍂🌙

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Meeting

🍂☕️ Meeting

to have coffee at the beach

Baring souls🍂☕️

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Overshades

🌙🍂 Restless night

But dreams are breathless delight

Overshades reality🍂🌙

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Hushed Tones

 Talking in hushed tones

The best stories overheard

In a quiet park

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Mèmories

🍂 Memories

Are comfortable

Never fleeting🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Feeling Good

Feeling good

Dressed in purple moving forward

Even the sky is tired

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Chasing Goosebumps

 🍂Chasing goosebumps

Something exciting

Among shy violets🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Quiet Sunday

☀️🍂 Dishes in the sink

Comfortable, clear sky

Quiet Sunday🍂☀️

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Aftermath

🌙🍂 The aftermath

Of an overly busy mind

Trying to sleep🍂🌙

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Severed

🍂I can’t see this now 

Where did you go?

A bond severed 🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Today

☀️🍂 Today,

All birds sound so clear

But the air is melting 🍂☀️

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Orange Tea

🍂☀️ Orange tea sipping

A blue chair and a gray shawl

Morning chill warming☀️🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Peach Pie

🍂 Peach pie

Tastes like pudding in the heat

Pale light grows stronger🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Summer Flies

☀️🍂What I've learned

Summer flies are assholes

Fighting in the air🍂☀️

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Five Fleas Itchy Poetry

Lasting Sunlight

🍂☀️Dim shadows tremble

But there's no fear leftover 

The lasting sunlight☀️🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Silky Grass

 ☀️🍂Things aren't the same

Not quite sure what to miss

Silky grass caress 🍂☀️

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Pie Nights

 🌙🍂The only way

To Fail is not to try

Pie nights in the moonlight 🍂🌙

Hopefully

🍂☀️See you soon 

Hopefully tomorrow afternoon

Only the trees move🍂☀️

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Small Moments

 Small moments

Make the day more bearable

Midday coffee

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Odd Bird

☀️🍂 Such sweet sounds

From such an odd bird

Suspended summer🍂☀️

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Silver Lining

☀️🍂There's a silver lining  

And it looks good on you

Lavender afternoons🍂☀️

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Wind

🍂 Wind bends branches

Wide awake and over thinking again

Stars vibrate the night🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvelllo

Can’t Remain

 🍂Can't remain

Walking in the rain

Needing to see past🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Not Enough Time

 🍂Not enough time to worry

Savoring hot chocolate

white dogwoods bloom🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Folk Sayings

 🍂Men age like wine

Women age like milk

Folk sayings🍂

Apples

 🍂Apples fall to the

Ground and their sweetness fades

Beauty discarded🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Infinity

 Infinity goes inward

As well as outward,

Who really knew?

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Time

 Time being stirred

Along with the coffee cup

A dream sequence

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Laughing

 Laughing

Making coffee together

Afternoon sun shifts

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Glass Jug

🍂☀️ The sapphire jug

Pouring milk at breakfast time 

White silk unfolding ☀️🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Day Old Tea

 Day old tea

Poured down the sink

But memories remain

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Soft Steps

🌙🍂 Soft steps

Down to the corridors end

Then no sound🌙

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Lovely Disarray

 Lovely disarray 

Of a fractured mosaic

In a honey fog

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Tilted Smiles

🌙🍂 Tilted smiles

The blessed relief

of a moon flower🍂🌙

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Stumbling

 Stumbling through the days

Looking for something to celebrate

A litany to the stars

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Long Socks

 🍂Long socks

With woven art in fibers

Ttime to be noticed🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Sunlit

 The new favorite

A Columbian Latte 

In sunlit air

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Slip

 🍂It's only 

A Freudian slip

As the sunset fades🍂

~Sarah Mahina C alvello

Insense

🍂 Incense smoke

From a broken home

The wind shift's🍂

Italian Truffles

🍂 Italian truffles

Sent from New York

Precious green tin🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Haunted

🌙🍂 Haunted rooms

Moon's mysterious Illusions

Shines from the windows🍂🌙

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Yawny

🍂 Yawny London fog

Red flowers climbing in curves

At tea time🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Reprieve

 Beautiful Reprieve 

Dalgona whipped cup

Summer coffee

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

White Shadows

🍂☀️ White Shadows

Of the long afternoon

Splendid phantoms 🍂☀️

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Wonder

 🍂🌙Lovely sky tonight

Peach blending into purple fog

Salute the wonder🍂🌙

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Message

 The phone 

Connection is gone

Message was too long

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Early Brunches

🍂💐 Early brunches

Turn into late lunches

Flower scented air💐🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Rain Kissed

 🍂Rain kissed flowers

Brings on the longing feelings

blurring the lines🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Red Wine

 Red wine

Trying to fix mistakes

Mending the front porch

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Complacency

 The softest

Blue butterfly pj pants

Complacency 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Rain

🍂 Don't cry

From a lackluster childhood

Rain patters down softly🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Spumonte

🌹🍂Rest from the routine 

Spumonte and roses

Will it be simple?🍂🌹

Mindsets

 Hopefully,

With spring and summer coming on,

mindsets improve

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Hotel Tea

 Hotel tea time

Warmup of apple cider 

Quiet calm of night

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Hiding

 Hiding 

With Italian chocolates

Too crazy out there

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Fake

Not the right moment,

a sad illusion 

Fake sympathy

~Sarah Mahina Calvello