old teacher legs

Its time for another poetry duet!! This one is also written by @runaway_tweets and myself!! You can read our first poetry duet here. She suggested the line this time, and it was a tricky one!!!

Here is the poem she wrote.

Sally


i still see her
my old teacher, legs bare
gauze skirt and clogs
a braid down her back

at the blackboard, tan arm raised
diagramming sentences
in her loopy script

i know the parts of speech
i make a fancy e
i write

when she arrived on my street
on the neighbor's motorcycle
tan arms
around his teenage chest

i closed my eyes
and turned away

and here is mine.

Rainbow

The babbling brook joins the trickling river

and the clouds float by with harmony

while wind rustles through the trees

Golden yellow dandelions

invade the lush greenery of your favorite field

while their musky scent swirls around you

The long branches of the Kentucky Coffee Tree

create dancing shadows under the hot sun

Reminding you of old teacher legs

Floating about you are thick billowy clouds

and as they release their refreshing moisture,

your favorite field is brightened with rainbows