The Kaleidoscope of leaves

🍂 One week into June,

The kaleidoscope of leaves

Layer the ground🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

5-7-5 Haiku  Journal

Syrupy Slow Motion

🍂 Day's pass by

Syrupy slow motion

Summer air🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Honeyed Coffee

☕️🍂 Having one more cup

Of honeyed coffee, longing for

Cooler days☕️🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

5-7-5 Haiku Journal 

Misty

 🍂Misty morning

Rain clouds move aside

For  newer days🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

The only Pink Box of Doughnuts

☕️🍂 Looking forward to

The pink box of doughnuts

Motivation🍂☕️

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Waiting for Seashells

 🍂An old bucket

Resting in the corner,

Waiting for seashells 🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Trying to Find

 🍂Trying to find

A moment of Zen

in lonesome days🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Moments

🍂 Moments

Of feeling clever 

In the golden hour🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

First and Last Bustop

🍂 Were all

A little weird

First and last bus stop🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Refills

 🍂Good ideas

Come with free refills

Of coffee today🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Dark Nights

🍂🌙Dark nights,

But the constant light

Of a lamp post 🍂🌙

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

There’s Something

🌙🍂 There's something

Between the interchangeable 

And the changeable 🍂🌙

A Bond

☕️🍂 A bond of old friends,

Clarified and redefined

Yet again🍂☕️

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Feeling Special

 🍂Feeling special, 

In lace and sunlight,

Euphoric moments🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

From Apples

 💐🍂From a apples

Dying corpse,

White flowers emerge🍂💐

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Shortchanged

 🍂Feeling entitled

Is not a good transaction

You'll get shortchanged🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Tears

🍂 Tears of light

Fall in graceful patterns

Onto the window🍂

~Sarah Mahina  Calvello

Lukewarm

🍂 Lukewarm tea

Chased down by iced biscuits

Comfortable banishment🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Doughnut Roulette

 ☕️🍂Pink grocery box

Doughnut roulette 

for breakfast 🍂☕️

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Underestimated

 🍷🍂Underestimated 

In the rolling mooning

Notebooks and wine🍂🍷

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Soul Lock Down Blues

🍷🍂 Wearing on the nerves

Soul lock down blues

Fallen leaves blow by🍂🍷

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Half Awake

 🌙🍂Half awake

Driving with reckless abandon

Tired whispering🍂🌙

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Exposing

🍂Exposing

The mystery of

A cup of tea🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Beat creek Haiku 

Stolen Roses

🍂💐Roses from

An unknown neighbor's garden

Relationship doomed🍂💐

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Unmasking

🍷🍂 It was a lie

The cards are on the table

Unmasking🍂🍷

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Laughter

 🍂Can't remember

What laughter sounds like

Time persists🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Tequila Sipping

🍂🥂 Tequilla sipping

Dreaming of the moment

When thing's seem right🍂🥂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Bracing

☕️🍂 Bracing the bed

With coffee cans to not

Flap in the wind

~Sarah Mahina Calvello🍂☕️

Peonies Emerging

 🍂Peonies emerging

Honey on the wind

Summer approaching 🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

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

Night Walk

 🌙🍂Night walk

Among the dew-kissed lilacs 

Clasping hands🍂🌙

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Restless

 Restless tonight,

Moon circles dreams

Icy breath hangs

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Sunbeam

 Caught in a sunbeam

Smiling before cold comes back

Lovely extremes

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Italian Woman

🌹🍂Italian woman

Lost in dementia

Dinners and laughter past🍂🌹

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Irish Soda Bread

🍂 Irish soda bread

Smothered in butter

Beautiful rarity🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Stealing

 Stealing

A moment under the full moon

Just makes sense

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Bluebird

 🍂Bluebird

In the morning window

Sunlit fresh air🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Passing Time

 Passing time

Measured by cups of coffee

And awaited boxes

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Inner Armor

 🍂☀️To spice up the days,

Wearing mismatched socks

As inner armor☀️🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Variations

🍂🌙Just variations 

Of the same day searching for

a new lullaby 🌙🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Rainy

 Another

Rainy day drinking alcohol

In secret

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

These Days

 These days,

Seems to be a meandering

Fool too often

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Raspberry Jam

 🍂☀️ Waiting for the mailman 

The raspberry jam

Sweeten the mornings ☀️🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Cinnamon Roll

 🍂☀️This morning,

An old fashioned cinnamon roll

Causes smiles☀️🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Candlelight

 🍂Lit by candlelight,

Everything seems to

Be in slow motion🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Raining Echoes

 Raining echoes 

Little preludes

It will stop soon

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Sanity

 Orange poundcake

Savoring honeyed coffee

Is sanity

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Dark Cocoa

🍂 Dark cocoa

Relaxes in the cup

During the rainstorm🍂

Hummingbird

 Through the window, 

The humming bird came close

Forgiving mistakes

~Sarah Mahing Calvello~

Jasmine

🍂 Pouring rain

Jasmine climbs to the moon

Worth the memory🍂

Night Beauty

🍂🌙The garden 

White and stone cold 

Night beauty 🌙🍂

Planting

 Planting

Mint and rosemary

Dirt-stained in the sun

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Pizza

🌙🍂Contentment

Parking lot pizza

On date night🍂🌙

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

A Long Sunset

 A solitary respite

A glass of lemonade

A long sunset

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Not so Bad

Looking out the

Window the world is a blur

Not so bad

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Bus

 On the bus,

Passing time emptying 

Coffee cups

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Fleeting

🍂 A gift

of a saved cake doughnut

Fleeting intimacy🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Oxymoron

🍂 Virtual reality

Is really just an oxymoron 

Meandering🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Empty Glass

🍂 Empty glass

Tea the color of honey

Refreshing to see🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Misplaced

Misplaced dreams

Mismatched secrets

Whispered in hushed tones

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Quiet Moments

 Quiet moments

Lonely but alive

Watercolor skies

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Flowers

 Fresh flowers just picked 

There used to be strawberries

 On the breakfast table

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Heartbeats

 🍂🌙All night long,

Heartbeats reverberating

Down lonely streets🌙🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

A Smile

🍂 A smile

Hiding fear

In this empty room🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Ways Back

🍂The squeaky wheels 

Of passing unfolding day's

Thinking of ways back 🍂

Highway

 Highway daisies stretching 

The murmuring echo of cars

Twilight glimmering 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Rainy

 Buying a new, shiny 

Umbrella to prepare for 

Rainy days ahead

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Intimate

🌧️🍂Just too intimate

Kissing in the echoing rain 

Don’t go wasting time 🍂🌧️

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Lilac Umbrella

🍂 🌧️Offering

A lilac umbrella

Sudden, day rainstorm 🍂🌧️

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Affection

 🍂🌹Affection

Is something approaching

In whispered shadows🌹🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Newfound

 Memory lingering

Newfound meaning

Reaching shadows

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Laughing

 Laughing

A photo taken at a cafe

Proof of life

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Chair

 🍂Nothing special happened

Just was walking and this rude

Chair bumped into me🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Devotion

 🍂You are so pretty

And so nice to me

Devotion🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Walk Tonight

 A good idea

Of taking a walk tonight

Flower viewing

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Good Lemon Zestor

 🍂Making 

A get well cake with the old

Good lemon zester🍂

Early Morning Hours

After much tossing,

Getting lulled to sleep sweetly

Early morning hours

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Viewpoint

🍂 Viewpoint standing on

Optimistic realism

Blurry fog gathers 🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Fleeting

 Troubled, weary heart

Sun shinning through the raindrops 

Is just so fleeting 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Hopeful Bleak

 It's bleak out there

But hopeful bleak

Hold what you can

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Sunflower’s

 🍂Sunflowers

Make a happy table

First day of Spring🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Magnolias

 Magnolias bloom

Shinning in the shadows

The emergence

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Cryptic

 Growing big

Like the flower you are

Cryptic compliments

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

New Plant

 Growing a new plant

In the garden, either 

Potato or apple

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Stuck

 Stuck inside

Missing coffee outings

Morning shadows grow

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Headaches

 The only thing

You're missing out on

Are outside headaches

Sarah Mahina Calvello~

New Scarf

 Making

A new scarf

Turning bad into good

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Days go by

 Days go by

Slow like honey, what

A relaxing thought

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Flower Viewing

 Flower viewing 

Best part of an lazy afternoon

Calm reflection

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Blooming Camellias

 Blooming camellias 

Red and velvet lit by

Afternoon sun

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Easter

 The camellia's 

blooming and beautiful

in time for Easter

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Deciding

🍂 Deciding

To bring the Bomber jacket back

Warm Nostalgia🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvwllo~

Evening

 Spent the evening

P'j's with mac and cheese

No shame here

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Finally

 Finally,

At peace with a boring life

Hushing leaves outside

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Vintage

 Once 

This vintage body get's some rest

It will be fine

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Tasted

 Made for an old man

a cup of Yorshire tea

tasted so lovely~

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Place

 A place to go

To watch sunsets together

Ice tea sipping

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Beautiful

 A huge

Old fashioned cinnamon roll

Beautiful!

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Escaped

 An escaped fart

reverberated from the

Hallway, great

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Dog

 Never lonely with a dog

Protection from dangerous

Lonliness

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Long Day

 It's been a day

Eggrolls in sweet and sour sauce

Sinking into cushions 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Company

 The start 

Of a lovely evening

Just add company

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Ramen

 🍂🍷Adding a glass of wine

To a steaming bowl of ramen

The nights set🍷🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Yellow Flowers

 Half a moon

Peaking downward

On yellow flowers

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Never too Early

 Chocolate mouse 

For breakfast

Never too early

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Sometimes

Sometimes the falls

Are the best moments'

To slow the chaos

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Tired

 First time meeting

She was passive agressive

So tired!

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Eucalyptus

 Gnarled cane 

Eucalyptus hangs overhead

Raspberry sunsets

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Ticking

 Life

A series of ticking clocks

And mismatched socks

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Silver

 Silver ling

time for thoughtless thoughts

Sleepy friends

~Sarah Mahina Calvvello

Weightless

 Weightless hours

Sleepless lullaby 

vase of crimson flowers

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Broken

 Broken meanings

Time is fleeting

starry nights

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Sun

As the sun goes day,

so many curiousities  

to discover

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Coke Can Symphony , to Kyle

Foot tapping a beat

To a coke can symphony

It's just turbulence

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Coffee Thermos

☕️🍂 Coffee thermos

Getting too small for the days

Sign of the times🍂☕️

So Much Time

 So much time

Passing between friends

Why?

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Coffee Drops

 ☕️🍂Coffee drops

Prettily escaping to 

the purple blanket🍂☕️

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Restless

Restless nights

Too much on the mind

At twilight

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Pouring

 🍂Pouring coffee grounds

into the garden before

Tiredness kicks in🍂

Wildflower Honey

🍂🫖Making sure to buy

Wildflower tea honey 

To cut weathers chill🍂🫖

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Retro

Coffee

Mixed cloudy with milk

Even hope feels retro

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Aging

 Aging

Taking a softer approach

Sweet apple growing

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Driving

 Just driving

Turn off your mind

Unfolding highways

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Endless

 Endless nights

With blinding lights 

Wake up when it's better

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Sketch

Taking a

daily concoction of pills

sketch of life for real

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Stars

 Singing 

Billy Joel under the stars

until dawn comes

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Bourbon Nights

🍂 Bright eyes

With tousled hair

Happy bourbon nights🍂

Chocolate

🌙🍂Rain pattering down 

A chocolate coffee milkshake

rocks me back sleep🍂🌙

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Grief

 No matter what,

Grief is just a soul retrieval 

Hang on

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Untold

 Too many things

Are just unknowable

just untold stories

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Shadowed Sunsets

 Shadowed sunsets

Desolate beauty

For footstep's to follow

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Footsteps

 Tired footsteps crossing

No boots thick enough for this cold

Not comfortable clothes 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Storm

 Taking

Another deep breath

A storm soon

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Two Blankets

 🌙🍂Two Blankets

The ultimate lullaby

While you sleep🍂🌙

Favorite

 Favorite jam

And blooms or orchids coming soon

Thank you

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Taking Chances

 Taking chances

A common thread

Always pulled

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Coats

 Wrapped in coats

Trying to promote

Life

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Tres Leches

Settling into the 

Comfy armchair of old age

A Tres leches cake

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Safety

 Never had

a new mattress until you

A safety net to fall into

~Sarah Mahina Calvello 

From a dusk to Dawn

From dusk to dawn,

Everybody has dues to pay

A stirring kiss

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Bending

 Bending slightly

With the howling wind

Buildings scrape sky

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Picking

 Picking

Fresh strawberries for bread

Tending burdens

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Sweet Silence

 The sweet silence

Jasmine moon climbing 

bringing tears

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Canopy

 Under 

The canopy of shaded oaks

Each leaf opening eyes

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Storm

 The wind is changing

A storm is approaching

So quiet

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Decoding

 Taking the time

to reassess along the way

Decoding signs

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Count

Time for bed

But the moon will always be back

Count on it

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Blushing

 At least cut your bangs

shouldn't hide your pretty face

blushing peonies

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Compliment

 A compliment

Of nice pajama's

A rare smile comes 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Molasses

 Today,

Is a microwave cornbread

Molasses morning

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Pajamas

 These days,

A wardrobe of pajama's

Accumulating

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Alstroemeria

 There can't be 

A love song song without

Alstroemeria 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Spring

 Preferring spring

without tornado's

mind the moon

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Sunday

Waking up slowly,

Sunday mornings in bed, but still 

The coffee needs to be made

Sarah Mahina Calvello

Missing Fall

 Missing fall already

chunky soup and colorful sweaters

fragrant foliage

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Edge

 The edge

of night and morning, buying

earrings on a whim

Sarah Mahina Calvello

Slowing

 Slowing down,

Twilight before the day wakes up

Coffee sipping

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Dreamland

It’s time to rest,

Hitting the road to dreamland

Turn Sarah Vaughan up

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Eclipse

 There seemed to be 

An eclipse moon hanging low

But maybe not

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Mismatched

It’s preferable 

Mismatched colored pjs

Sane, perhaps, but still…

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Winter Rose

 Finally, 

winter rose camillia

Blooms in Spring

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Wild Yellow

 🍂This life

Seems to be quite a jigsaw puzzle

wild yellow fields 🍂

December

That dress

Worn in December

Magic moment

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Bear Creek Haiku 

Sunflower

 ☀️🍂Now, 

the dress pattern is sunflowers

Welcoming spring☀️🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Bear Creek Haiku 

Bauble

You are indeed

A beautiful bauble

Holding truth

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Bear Creek Haiku

Nostalgia

 Cheese and crackers

Peaches with nostalgia

Letting days go by

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Bear Creek Haiku 

Sweet Dream

 Awake from a sweet dream,

Moonshine becomes bright days

Winter undisguised

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Remember

 Remember passing

The sweetness of over blooming

Magnolias

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Rain

 The rain

Sound amazing today

Deceiving chimes

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Time

 Night river

Beautifully insecure feeling

When time slips

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Scorn

 Too many frierndships

Getting repaid with scorn

I get you, Bob Dylan

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Solitude Caress

 Solitude caress

Brioche with lemon curd

how very peaceful

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Morning

Morning wake up call 

Ordered pajamas and coffee

No shame or regret 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

New Years

 Cleaning out

The coffee pot for New Year's

It's a clean slate

~Sarah Mahina Calvello, written on New Year's Eve