water sparkling through my fingers
wooden warmth against my cheek
on the docks I wish to linger
with the koi, in turbid peace
when did I get up and leave them?
why did I not stay to sleep
my lullaby the motors’ hums
my dreams of waters still and deep
Nov 24, 2020
Nov 24, 2020 at 3:54 AM UTC
on some summer days there’s a zephyr effervescent
a sweet summer wind that carries honey in its heart
with the sun’s loving gaze making all incandescent
78 degree days are a study in art
Nov 23, 2020
Nov 23, 2020 at 1:39 PM UTC
muggy summer dreams are born like ripples
on nights when water seems, like, really deep
sunsets never earned the title simple
and I never learned the trick of easy sleep
changing seasons find a many altered
I’ve lately been more needle than a leaf
but needles stay when broad leaves falter
cold in snow and blanketed in grief
twilight could have taught me to be strong
disappointment’s indistinct when weather’s warm
I know that summer dreams will freeze ere long
though that keeps them not from being born
Nov 15, 2020
Nov 15, 2020 at 3:34 PM UTC
The surging ocean ripped me from my feet
And from my face erased stupidity
For I was smashed into the ocean floor
And learned a lesson with rapidity
So whenst you step into the turbid sea
I beg attend the state of wind and swell
The ocean educates all people free
But some did not return their tales to tell
The ocean hides no secrets in her waves
To all who care to ask she tells the truth
To know her is to know how to be brave
And how to love a happy tumult, too
But waves are varied, never constant things
The winds that drive them often calm to sing
Oct 27, 2020
Oct 27, 2020 at 6:18 AM UTC
sharks are worms!
they are invertebrates
they don’t have bones
they just have cartilage
Sep 23, 2020
Sep 23, 2020 at 11:54 PM UTC
coyote calls make canyons quiver
stars sleep in ponderosa trees
dry your tears in the fire’s glow
wild is a pretty place to be
Aug 1, 2020
Aug 1, 2020 at 4:46 PM UTC
Capricious clouds we know and cherish
Unfurling like a fisher’s netting
They come to birth and then they perish
We are adoring, then forgetting
I can’t forget the yellow flowers
That sprouted in the sunkissed field
Where I spent countless cheerful hours
The memories are pressed and sealed
The field is gone but I still breathe
The world around me falls and rises
Like the water in the salted seas
A ticking clock with no surprises
The ocean’s days are all the same
But water lives in constant change
Jul 31, 2020
Jul 31, 2020 at 6:36 AM UTC
wild violets in the forest
colored like a friendship’s dream
could not be like the morning glories
yearning for sun’s golden beams
they live softly, close to earth
they are fragile, in confession
but no less vivid in their shade
or indeed in their expression
Jul 31, 2020
Jul 31, 2020 at 6:35 AM UTC
a sky that brims with thunderclouds
and air that’s thick with promised things
a front that’s coming from the south
the color of a pigeon’s wings
the creek is swelled, with rushing sounds
with foam and dirt and strength of will
and speedy driftwood drifting down
as lowlands quickly start to fill
at length the pounding water slows
and winds that howled are tamed to ease
the air is honeyed as with cloves
from petrichor and linen leaves
the clouds relinquish briny hues
and let themselves be taken white
the sky demands its tenant’s dues
and overcomes with shining light
Jul 9, 2020
Jul 9, 2020 at 5:32 AM UTC
honeysuckle by the trees
white and gold and goldenrod
little leaves and buzzy bees
warmth and winds are tall and broad
summer very soon to be
rustling winds and racing clouds
air festooned with blossoms free
how I wish for summer now
May 18, 2020
May 18, 2020 at 10:17 PM UTC