Morning Song

Good morning
how are u honey
hot weather today
just how I like it
not too humid tho
today is my day off
going to do some
chores write poems
lay and read in the
apple orchard take
Darby for his daily
long walk maybe I'll
go to town but not
sure I like to take a
day off from driving
and there's plenty
of food here to eat
so guess what last
night a bumblebee
came into my room
I was able to save her
I think there's a nest
inside the wood trim
by the front door she
was brought to light
from my desk lamp
considering if I shld
only use candles at
night would they be
less confused? Light
Is still light regardless
of its source and their
lifespan is only 4 wks
but I'm feeling grateful
spring is spectacular
have a gorgeous day
call me tonight kisses
kisses hugs hugs xoxo

Nikki Wallschlaeger’s work has been featured in The Nation, American Poetry Review, New York Times Magazine, POETRY, and others. She is the author of the full-length collections Houses (Horseless Press 2015) and Crawlspace (Bloof 2017) as well as the graphic book I Hate Telling You How I Really Feel (2019) from Bloof Books. Her third collection, Waterbaby, is out from Copper Canyon Press. Her next book, Hold Your Own is also coming out from Copper Canyon Press in 2024. also She was a Visiting Associate Professor of Poetry at the Iowa Writer’s Workshop from Spring 2021/ to Spring 2022.