"Be Home Before the Streetlights Come On"

"Be Home Before the Streetlights Come On"

I'd head out to play

after dinner with

that mandate running

through my mind.

I'd join in the game

of the night--hide

and seek or tag,

catch or kickball.

My friends and I

could see time slip

away as the sun

crept down and

the natural light

grew dimmer.

As all around us

turned gray, we

would stop play

then begin to

make our way

home before the

streetlights came on.

The prompt for Day 20 of the PAD Challenge--Dark. It's hard to believe we are in the homestretch of the challenge.

Links

April 27  South Branch Library Poetry Reading and Open Mic

Sandra Moran Radio Book Club

Natural Companions Video

Art of Improvisation Video Aug. 31, 2018

Jazz Improv and Poetry Video April 5, 2018 

Kansas Time + Place

Poetic Asides

Academy of American Poets Poem-A-Day