Sunday, March 24, 2013

A Tranquility of Eternity


No need to worry.
When clover sparkles with rain,
Tranquility reigns.




No need to hurry.
When flowers reach for the sun,
Eternity waits.

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Of Doves and Buzzards

                                                     Of doves and buzzards
                                                      There are pairs
But the lone coyote
Does not have the cares
That paired ones share
And keeps more distance
Not having wings to fly away
To begin with.
But of doves and buzzards
With voice of night
The lone coyote sings
                                                     Broadcasting plaintive plight
                                                       Unanswered.

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Salty Eternity














From the winged elm efflorescence
A cardinal's song is born
And flies to heart grown numb with noise
And makes it feel again.
And much of trouble, more of pain
Pulses through its core
Like bitter water sweetened
Through deep artesian well.
And one tear overflowing
Is all the elm will need
To remember a timeworn taste
Of a salty eternity.

Monday, March 11, 2013

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Out On a Limb

We don't mind when you go out on a limb
To make us laugh.
We don't mind when you go out on a limb
To help us.
We don't even mind when you go way out
To annoy us,
Because you are the Annoyasaurus.

But no more going out on a limb!



Angst Revisited


Teen angst penciled
by my son . . .
I am impressed,
but wonder where it comes from . . .
Then I remember
those dangerous formative days . . .
And know not all my angst
has left me.

Eyes of March

The eye of Spica
Star of Virgo


The eye of Josiah
Hiding, his bath to forgo


The eye of Acorn
Soprano of burro concerto


The eye of my daughter
Hears souls crescendo


The eye of her camera
Finds mementos. 



Rain AND Roof



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Posted at Poets United Poetry Pantry #141

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Hades' Flower

Like meat cured
Packaged and preserved
Labeled 100%
Of what it is not
You are cured
Only there is no cure
Only preservation
Postponing the ultimate
Reservation made by worms
As recorded in Job
One wholly at ease and quiet
And one in the bitterness of his soul
Alike in the dust these lie
And the worms taste both
These states of mind.














 

This forgotten ground
The shape of this mound
Where Hades' flower blooms
A feast for the eyes
A cure for winter's gloom and doom
Despite knowing another banquet
Here was held
Sweet dirt the crumbs
That nourish life
And cynicism.


Prompted by Verse First ~ The Cure at Poets United.

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Releasing Daffodils

Photo by Falls From Tree

Geometry in the moment
In my child's mind grasped
Enlightens both of us

She finds meaning
In the measure of the earth
And I behold knowledge bloom

Upon her face 
Made even more beautiful
Like a winter landscape
Releasing daffodils and catching suns

Upon my face
Dried grasses that could start a fire
Enough to keep us warm
Through any winter.


Posted at Poets United Poetry Pantry #140