Sleigh Ride

picture via wikimedia commons: Sleigh Ride by Winslow Homer

SLEIGH RIDE

shhh
say the runners
sliding through the snow

smack
say the reigns
asking horse to go

ching ching
say the bells
on the harness and the sleigh

flap flap
say the wings
of the crows that show the way

peekaboo
say moon and clouds
thanks for coming out to play


© Mary Lee Hahn, 2021

Lurch

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15 ½ Year-Old Learning to Drive 

a 1960 Ford Falcon 

With "Three-on-the-Tree:" 

A Play in Five Acts

ACT 1 -- First Lessons

Vroom!

Rev, rev, rev...

Lurch-cough-die.

Vroom!

Rev, rev, rev...

Lurch-cough-die.

 ACT 2 -- After Weeks of Practice

Vroom!

Rev, rev, rev,

Creep, creep, lurch-cough-die.

Vroom!

Rev, creep, 

Rev, glide,

DRIVE!

ACT 3 -- Newton's First Law

Vroom!

Rev, creep, 

Rev, glide,

Drive.

Stop!

Brake-lurch-die.

Vroom! 

Rev, glide, drive.

Slow, clutch, stop.

ACT 4 -- Finishing Touches

Vroom! 

Rev, glide, drive.

Slow, clutch, stop...hillside.

Vroom!

Rev, REV, REV...

Lurch-squeal-drive.

ACT 5 -- Gray Hair and Sleeplessness

Vroom!

Rev, glide, drive.

Bye!

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2015