Poems

How dare I even scribe words on paper My deficient attempt to paint the canvas The scene in detail when snow falls A lover’s caress on parched red dust On dried carcasses of last year’s produce Each seed a gangster … Continued

If you were the aster with Fringe-like purple pedals Standing among the brown ferns Golden grasses and fallen leaves You would make no apologies For yourself or Your purpose or place In the order of things You would claim your … Continued

Save the world she said And I silently said no I can only speak my truth. There are obstacles and storms And a battery of words Arrows being slung Fortresses being built People are out or they are in And … Continued

Soundlessly the eagle landed and deftly Balanced on the naked tree top Now bare of needles and spiny branches A clearing in the canopy of trees Silently she braked, setting her wings Like my paddle in the water Firmly held … Continued

How hard it is to write a poem about such brilliance and light Darkness seems easier to describe with its brooding film This fiery season burns the words as quickly as I imagine them Waiting for no one, the sun … Continued

Oh, the beauty That time, when night sky lingers Just before the day’s arrival Star sequins arranged just so That we might not forget But find our way   (Image by Marc Wanvig)   Dipper by dipper Warrior, sisters Cassiopeia’s … Continued

The faithful path meandered on Leading us through ancient Holy ruins Stone walls chanting, singing low Revealing, soft, what came before   Broken windows, doorways arched Invited us to awake to now Unfolding storied gauze Draped now on careful footsteps … Continued

Before most of the world awakes There is life Stirring Against the backdrop of quiet rain The sounds of early light Vibrate boldly   I awake to this invitation to pause A silver shroud of clouds and fog Obscure the … Continued