Dorothea Barth Musician and WriterElegant Violin Music for your Wedding or Special EventCeltic Sheet Music Arrangements
Original CompositionsPoetry and Prose

by Dorothea Barth ©2008

Grumpy walk down Congress
Austin afternoon
The Capitol dome looms and bakes
We wave with deference
Acknowledge its taupe grandness
August history
Too hot to walk the distance.

Five flavors of gelato
Echo Lone Star's points
In lakeside pool afloat last night
I saw it wink at me
Momentary flirtation
Our summer secrets
Intercepted by an owl.

Waiting with a thousand
Sunset second near
When one million bats emerge
Arise from Congress Bridge
Crevices their Capitol
Mexican freetails
A sight worth simmering for.