Mary Bone

Walking on a tight rope,my nerves are frayed.The world around me is chaotic.These ballerina shoeshave me walking on tip toeto the finish line. … [Read more...] about Tight Rope, By: Mary Bone

Her feet were little clackers,duck shaped wanting crackers.She waded in the puddlesstomping up and down. … [Read more...] about Duckfeet, By: Mary Bone

Shrimp, unpeeled and steaming-counterparts screaming,fish were teeming upstream.A salmon run was gleaming-food galore. … [Read more...] about Food Galore, By: Mary Bone

Cheese on crackerssprinkled in soup-crumbled on casseroles,give me a dollop, please!Cheese in noodlestacos too.nachos deluxe-with all the ooze. [This is a Featured Poem from our Spring 2024 Poetry Contest.] … [Read more...] about Cheese, By: Mary Bone

Slicing through the airwith a scissor-like tail,prominent and regal-master of all he surveys.He watches while we gather sugar plumsthat is made into the finest jams in southern Oklahoma.Children gather pecans below,under his watchful eye.I can still see the scissortail gliding.wild and free, as we look on in wonderment. … [Read more...] about Scissortail Oklahoma State Bird, By: Mary Bone