When the pendulum does not swing, when the second hand does not sweep, when the hourglass loses no sand – there are no words for those fragments of time. But we know. We remember when time stood still. The sun will not set today, Nor will it rise, Above ancient Read more…
Dreaming trees aching to open in Spring, Grey whales, white dogs, race in the sky, Glinting streams sprout and run quick down the lane, Coyote pouncing, snout in the prairie, Golden orbs drifting, pulsing in ink, Squirrels drunk soaring from fences to trees, Rabbits a-plenty turn Winter to dun, I Read more…
Sun-dappled ocean, horizon soon wild, Lunacy push now then pull, Golden hued wheat field, rippling breath, Quivers in Earth’s embrace, Chasm of cascading, roiling flow, Forest of wonder, roots all a-tangle, Mysteries infinite, ever sublime, Could they be deeper than that? Deeper, much deeper than that. Mobius flora, creatures now Read more…
You are worth at least as much as a magnificent sunset, A daisy, a young child’s laugh. You are worth at least as much as A wave in the wild, crashing splendidly on the shore, A cascade of sand from a wee one’s castle. You are worth at least as Read more…
Duck tracks in snow, improbable things, Regal dyed shroud, Stars beckoning, Gentle soled footsteps, Nightingale smiles, Secrets unfolding… Snow soft on cedars, veins growing cold, Winter nights calling, Memories old, Chisel and granite, ice-fever dreams, Lifetimes undoing… Cardboard in concrete now, unfinished plans, Ice chips, apple juice, Straw, quaking hands, Read more…
Go! Her spirit is not here. We few walls could never contain such a marvellous thing. Taste the wide sky. Drink from the quick, beating heart of the still iron stream. Sing in the night with a chorus of trees. Dance. Allow Earth’s breath now wild from the west to Read more…
Sunsets and sea stars, sailboats and sand, Wheat fields and corn rows, thick forest lands, Raindrops and snowflakes, thundering clouds, Silence and thanks being given out loud. Caterpillars, steam trains, comets in flight, Sea lions, antelope, bats in the night, Strength grown in weeping, steel forged in loss, Passions retreating… Read more…
All we need is one good thing, A lilting, catapulting fraction of stars, A memory rising, A hope just born, Leading from the mire. All we need, one fragrant spark, An errant, spiralling shimmer, A chrysalis new, A promise, Propping broken bones. All we need, a raging stream, A cauldron, Read more…
Iridescent blue, hints of teal, Raging splendor and ash, In braided tangles of light, They rise, In braided tangles of light. Supple limbs, now grown warm, Passionate, feasting in air, In river-wild dances of joy, They run, In river-wild dances of joy. Wasted wood and brittle bark, Branches, veins laid Read more…
We cross it together. Once over, we part, They to the ether, they to the mist, Shadows departing, lifetimes undone, And we to a hardscrabble road. When going or gone we are never alone, The child – abandoned – the last lover’s tears. If many or few there are those Read more…