The Reading Railroad

Completed:

- "The Enchantress of Florence" by Salman Rushdie

- "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe" by Douglas Adams

In Progress:

- "Kim" by Rudyard Kipling

- "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe" by Douglas Adams

Now another poem written about another dear friend:

Summertime

The sailboat clouds waft across the blueberry sky,

And I see the jacarandas sighing,

Giving away their children to the soft brown earth.

I stare at the heavens, watching Zephyrus

Coax the marshmallow puffs to and fro,

Sitting with my darling, sharing a lolly,

Hoping summer never ends,

Like this shaggy-dog yarn, lazing about the lawn,

Or the single cherry blossom lingering on the big old tree,

Not yet ready to let go.

Ah! Those popsicle summers, with my lollipop lover,

And the dreams of a childhood, past and gone.