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Jun 2019 · 253
Desert Rain
Bhill Jun 2019
The morning rain was only a colorful mist
Misty red, shimmering, with the morning sunrise in the background
Sunrise showing sure telltale signs of the coming storm
Winds were beginning to push the clouds along the tops of the mountains
Pushing them faster and faster towards us
You could see the mist changing
Turning into distant sky waterfalls that were more beautiful then scary
Winds were becoming more and more harsh
Strong winds, that now had a definite feel swooshing along for the ride
Bringing the rain with a swiftness that only desert winds can bring
The rain began with a most unworldly force
Dropping water from those once beautiful colored clouds
Dropping so much water...
Then it was done
The winds kept the clouds moving along to threaten others in its path....
God I love the desert!

Brian Hill - 2019 # 159
Desert storms bring beauty and violence at the same time...
Jun 2019 · 185
How Many - Haiku
Bhill Jun 2019
How many chances
How many opportunities
How many failures...

Brian Hill - 2019 # 158
Sometimes you just want to know.
Jun 2019 · 232
Dog Love...
Bhill Jun 2019
Does your dog bark, ours sure do
They bark and bark then go find a shoe

They sleep all day in the cutest position
It’s hard to explain their crazy exhibition

What is it about them that steals your devotion
It’s the way they love, without thought or commotion

Time spent with dogs is certainly sublime
They make for a full life with love that is blind...

Brian Hill - 2019 # 157
Gotta love dogs
Jun 2019 · 63
Pick / Start
Bhill Jun 2019
Look at your wants
Look at your needs
Pick which way to go

You can't be wrong
Unless you don't start
That is how we grow...

Brian Hill - 2019 # 155
Jun 2019 · 1.2k
Desert Reflection...
Bhill Jun 2019
As we roam about the desert we learn to see what's there
The rocks, the dirt, the cactus, and the wildly blue sky glare

The creatures of this land can take on the heat that's here in stride
Turtles, snakes, and all the lizards take it on, with desert pride

Checking out the rock formations, that took many, many years
Shapes and colors, of these rocks, reflect their beginning, it appears

Reflecting for a minute, while gazing upon this land
Will open up your mind and give you much more than you planned

The desert, as we know it, can be a hostile place for sure
Wonderfully, beautiful and hostile, makes it mystical and so pure...

Brian Hill - 2019 # 154
Picture credit goes to Kevin Monson, our friend
Living in the desert has its visual advantage for sure.  
It seems to inspire some words as well.
Jun 2019 · 454
Personality of Art...
Bhill Jun 2019
Art is personal and has many forms
Paintings, pottery, and people who perform

Music, Photography, the making of bling
Finding new ways to dance on a string

Poetry, screen writes, and novels are there
Finding new expressions that you'll want to share

What is your flavor, how far do you go
To find your own art form, that shows off your glow?

Brian Hill - 2019 # 153
Just wondering
Jun 2019 · 345
Still Standing - Haiku +1
Bhill Jun 2019
Life, throws life at you
After you've been down life's path
If your still standing
You win

Brian Hill - 2019 # 152
Are you winning?
Jun 2019 · 65
Sleeping Brain...!
Bhill Jun 2019
My brain told me it didn't want to write
It was tired and bored and stayed out last night

I told him I thought, he had to write something
He just laughed and said, all he had was just nothing

I sat down and thought, what will I do
Nothing came out that would make sense to you

I'll leave you with this and hope you'll tolerate
Writing poems is tough if your brain won't operate....

Brian Hill - 2019 # 151
Sometimes it's tough...
Jun 2019 · 124
Be You...!
Bhill Jun 2019
Time after time these questions are asked
Can you do this
Can you do that
Did you try hard enough
What's going to be your end game

Why does it matter

Will it change anything

Is it true that everything happens the way it's supposed to

I say, create your own path
Make your own future
Do it you way...
Be YOU!

Brian Hill - 2019 # 150
Jun 2019 · 128
Morning Shadow - Haiku
Bhill Jun 2019
Shadows start your day
The sun shines through your window
Leaving shadows there

Brian Hill - 2019 # 149
Nothing like a morning shadow to start your day...!
Jun 2019 · 70
Flying What?
Bhill Jun 2019
I didn’t know that typewriters could fly
I don’t know how it came from the sky
I wanted to catch it but it was too fast
It was gone in an instant and into the past
Not sure where it came from and don’t want to know
The fact it was here and was quite the show
It was going so speedy, it left a smoky trail
That’s all I’ve got, there’s no more detail....

Brian Hill - 2019 # 148
The words made me do it not the flying Typer...!
Jun 2019 · 100
Life Storms
Bhill Jun 2019
Every day starts out with a brand new rising sun
Sometimes the glow is there and sometimes there is none

Planning on the glow is a pretty safe way to go
But life has storms, disrupting plans, and changing what we know

You never know exactly, when the storms of life will show
I can only suggest you plan two paths so you don't slow up your flow...

Brian Hill - 2019 # 147
Jun 2019 · 60
What If
Bhill Jun 2019
Is there time in life to really understand
How the buttons are pushed and who make the plans

Is it too far outside of your personal box
To think that what if, can really not shock

To have things just happen and the results make some sense
Seems like what ifs are real, and are really intense

What if you were there, to see something strange
And it created a force that directed a change

That change made a difference to everything you know
Can you accept it as, what if, or is it life's flow??

Brian Hill - 2019 # 146
Does it happen for a reason or is it a what if?
Jun 2019 · 92
Is this true...?
Bhill Jun 2019
Did you ever hear the tale about the 2 dead boys
They got up to play one dark night in the middle of the day
It must have been dark because they were not seen
Except by some blind dude on the corner
They got up to go back to back and face each other
I heard they drew swords and then we're shot
Deaf people heard all the commotion and then,
And then killed those 2 dead boys....

What is happening today?

I'm just not sure this is true...

Brian Hill - 2019 # 145
Inspired by an old tale and today's crazy news...
Jun 2019 · 311
Beauty...!
Bhill Jun 2019
How deep is real beauty
Skin deep
Mind deep
Social deep
Financial deep
Family deep
Job deep
Health deep
Stuff deep
Visually deep
Just how deep

Brian Hill # 144
Haven't you ever wondered this...?
Jun 2019 · 337
Meetings
Bhill Jun 2019
When boy meets girl he wants to whirl
When girl meets boy it could be a joy
When day meets night look out for some fright
When night meets day it’s time to go play
When up meets down it could turn things around
When down meets up could it be abrupt
When a horse meets a cow all I got is wow
When a cow meets a horse is sweet of course
When good meets bad will we be sort of mad
When bad meets good will it be understood
When thunder meets lightning it’s loud and it’s frighting
When lightning meets thunder it’s really a wonder
When dirt meets water you got yourself mud
When water meets dirt it could clean off the crud

Meetings like these happen every single day
Be ready or not as they are always underway....!

Brian Hill - 2019#143
Meeting of all sorts make up your day.
Pay attention and play with them today
Jun 2019 · 146
?-Expectations-?
Bhill Jun 2019
From birth to death, life is filled, with many expectations
The world will not provide them, without personal aspirations

Did you expect to just receive the things that you desired
It takes some thought and planning, that is what’s required

Think about your limits and what should be your goal
Expectations, are really just that, and need to have control...

Brian Hill - 2019#141
Limitations on expectations...?
Not sure!
Jun 2019 · 352
Lucky
Bhill Jun 2019
Sitting here in total amazement
I am stunned by the beauty of her soul
What is it about her
How could she have stolen my heart

I’m lucky

Brian Hill - 2019#140
Are you lucky?
Jun 2019 · 151
Intentions
Bhill Jun 2019
The intentions were there all along
I intended to secure my position
I intended to be at that meeting
I intended to be honest with it
I intended to see it through
I intended do that chore
I intended to write that
I intended to buy it
I intended to
I intended
I didn’t

Brian Hill - 2019#139
Intentions are only intentions without completions.
Jun 2019 · 492
Them
Bhill Jun 2019
The bellowing and rustling of the wind
Screaming in from the mountains
Coming in with new found power
Power from changes in the weather
Bringing cooler temperatures and dust
Dust from earth that has been disturbed
Disturbed by the sprawl of people
People trying to relocate
Relocating in places with new and fascinating beauty
Beauty that was previously unknown to them
Them, the people coming.....

Brian Hill - 2019#138
Jun 2019 · 351
Music Man - Haiku
Bhill Jun 2019
Who led the parade
76 trombones did
Along with cornets...

Brian Hill - 2019#137
That song in your head helps with word creation....
Jun 2019 · 525
Morning colors
Bhill Jun 2019
A morning rainbow was on the horizon today
The desert was misting not too far away

The sun, as it does, was just coming up
Caught the mist with its beams with light un-corrupt

The colors were welcoming and oddly quite right
It's not often you see, such a sight in dawns light

It’s wonderful to see such vision with fresh eyes
It’s a reminder that life has ways to be wise

Take the sights and the sounds that make up your day
Be grateful, for the beauty, that's been put on display...

Brian Hill - 2019#137
Some mornings nature has ways of being inspiring right away...
This is todays vision!
Jun 2019 · 388
Are you Mad..?
Bhill Jun 2019
There is a monster in the house waking up, the rising sun
It’s terrorizing everyone by shouting get your gun

What caused this crazy commotion and why is it today
The guns not real the monster is me, and I’m shouting to get my way

Sometimes you have to be, a monster like this, of sorts
You bang around, make lots of noise, resulting in some snorts

Most of the time, it doesn't last long, and you go about your day
You've spouted, pouted and shouted, oh what a pretty display...  NOT

Brian Hill - 2019#136
I'm not mad, I just wrote it that way...
Sometimes you just want to write in the mad format...  :)
Jun 2019 · 409
Full Throttle
Bhill Jun 2019
Times have changed, and that's a fact, and it's not always real kind
When you look back and compare what was, you see patterns ... are we blind

Look at what exists today, pay attention to the real
The real is now, it's not before, and sometimes not ideal

We should look back and learn from it, so we can change the model
Let's not repeat the stupid things, and go forward on full throttle....

Brian Hill - 2010#135
Watching what is happening today and reading what happened yesterday sparked these words...
Jun 2019 · 314
Slow Down - Haiku
Bhill Jun 2019
How busy are you
Are you too busy to see
Slow down and become...!

Brown Hill - 2019#134
Life goes by fast...
So fast that seeing is becoming
Slow down and see
Slow down and be in it
Slow down  and become...!
Jun 2019 · 73
...Handle with Care...
Bhill Jun 2019
Life is precious and filled with the challenges of
...love and pain...
How will they present themselves to you
Will they be
Complicated or Simple
Physical or Mental
Financial or Emotional
They will all be there
You can't pick and choose
  ...but...
You can decide how to handle it.
Handle with care!

Brian Hill - 2019#134
Life is filled with choices of large proportions
Handle with care...!
Jun 2019 · 119
Clouds of life
Bhill Jun 2019
The clouds of life are many, they come to change your day
They float around as if invited, creating chaos, and that's not okay
The storms, they bring, can be cleansing, if that's the way you feel
Allowing the storm, to run its course, will often help you heal

Clouds of life, are really not different, as clouds creating weather all around
From clear sky to cloudy, they're here and then gone, leaving marks that are often profound...

Brian Hill - 2019#133
Sometimes the words fall on the page and all we have to do is arrange them...
May 2019 · 145
Did it
Bhill May 2019
Rewrite of earlier words
Did it...

Wait, what, -- what was that
Did you say no...
Did I hear you right
How can you say that
I don't understand
I believe I'm shaking with fright

I need your help
Can't do it alone, what am I to do
I'm not afraid, Maybe I can
I need a different view

I'll look at this with different eyes and go at it with care
Do it myself, never look back, and finish with my flair...

Brian Hill - 2019#132
Inspired by Albert Einstien’s words
May 2019 · 783
Sunrise is like....
Bhill May 2019
Watching the sunrise as it inches up the horizon is like...
Waiting for the popcorn to pop
Watching your favorite movie with that special ending
Remembering your last great kiss and wanting it again
Gazing into your fire pit with nothing else on your mind
Seeing a close friend for the first time in years
Having the greatest news delivered to you
Opening your eyes on a hike to see the most amazing, new sights
Hitting a hole in one
Driving down a long boulevard and not hit one red light
The smoothest, glassest water, to water ski on
The freshest, dryest, deep, untracked powder to float in
***....  The sunrise is all this and more!
Start you day with a
SUNRISE
What is a sunrise like for you?
May 2019 · 307
Imagine - Haiku
Bhill May 2019
I can't imagine
The world without you in it
I can't imagine....

Brian Hill - 2010#131
Inspired by John Lennons song
Watched the John Lennon story last night...
*** he and Yoko were so in tune with each other
The song Imagine is a true classic...
May 2019 · 474
Writers Cramp...
Bhill May 2019
What, oh what, do I write about today
Do I write about the weather or of something gone astray

Let's think about this for a minute and see what subject comes up
Sometimes you sit here just staring and refilling your special, coffee cup

Sometimes your dreams have a great subject, that disappear as soon as you wake
You try like mad to remember,  but you can't, cause your brain is now on a break

The mind plays jokes on the poet, it leads you in so many ways
If we all could just control it, then writing, would be more like play...

Brian Hill - 2019#130
Inspired by sitting here staring at my coffee cup...
Ever happen you any of you out there?
Haahaa
May 2019 · 192
The Color of Rain
Bhill May 2019
Raindrops in the desert, gives colorful life to the earth
Taking breath away, as colors, are in a constant rebirth

Showing you how water, can create a hidden spirit
Bringing out these vibrant treasures, that have been waiting, just to visit

Take it in when it happens, as it's not, the every day
Mother Earth likes to show off, when she really gets out to play...

Brian Hill - 2019#129
Inspired, again, by the desert bloom
Seeing the deserts colors explode has been life altering..
The colors on such crazy plants has been a blast to watch.
May 2019 · 149
Silence - Haiku
Bhill May 2019
Shuuuush, Can you hear it
Can you feel the silence here
The desert silence......

Brian Hill - 2010#128
Living in the desert inspires all ...!
May 2019 · 76
I wonder - Haiku
Bhill May 2019
I wonder just what
It means to you and others
To myself as well.....

Brian Hill - 2019#127
Inspired by just wondering..!
Often gazing out the window leads to wonder...
It became words...
May 2019 · 403
Poetry blows my Mind
Bhill May 2019
What goes through the mind of a poet
It would frighten most people and I know it

The things you think of to write about
Take you to places that most folks would have doubt

The words that find their way to paper
We wish sometimes, would turn to vapor

We see things in dimensions, that are dimensional
Is that a word, if it is, it's just plain criminal

See what I mean, about the mind of a poet
I think my brain just exploded, I want a doughnut

Brian Hill - 2019#126
Wonder what could have been the inspiration for these words.....?
Sometimes it just takes over....
May 2019 · 457
Toxic Attitude
Bhill May 2019
Why do you haunt me so
Leave me alone in my happiness
You never wanted me to be happy
You never ever thought happiness could exist
How could it be surrounded by your constant frown
Your constant whining
Your constant complaining about everything
You never thought I could do it
You never gave me encouragement
Why
Why were you always afraid
Always thinking the worst
Always believing that failure was going to happen

Well the hell with you
I need a new attitude
I need to smile and succeed

Toxic Attitude BE GONE!
Let my new life begin....

Brian Hill - 2019#126
Inspired by remembering past attitudes...
Who out there has memories of past attitudes that creep up and surface...?
May 2019 · 3.6k
Riding my Bike
Bhill May 2019
Riding...

Riding bikes in the mountains is fun
Riding bikes in the desert with sun

Riding the trails up and down
Riding the trails around and around

Riding the trails north and south
Riding the trails with dirt in your mouth

Riding the trails east and west
Riding the trails with no time to rest

Riding the trails with pumps and drops
Riding the trails with sand and rocks

Can't get enough of this crazy, crazy romp
The more that you learn, the more you can stomp

Brian Hill - 2019#126
Inspired by my craze over MT Biking
May 2019 · 202
Have a Good Day
Bhill May 2019
Yesterday is yesterday, do you understand what that means
Take today, start out fresh, and create a whole new scene

Sometimes it's hard, to do just that, as yesterday made you so mad
Yesterday is in the past and today is a chance to be glad

Take some time and plan your days so they all turn out just right
If you do this once and then do it again, your days might not be uptight...

See the beauty, that life can bring, enjoy the days ahead
You'll have more fun, you'll get more done and want to get out of bed.....

Brian Hill -2019#125
Inspired by wanting to share a great way to see life...
Love sharing how to have a great day...
Please, have a great day everyone!
May 2019 · 59
What to do...
Bhill May 2019
It's the little things that, makeup, a full and really great day
When do I get up, What's for breakfast, Do I work or do I play

Is my coffee black, do I want some cream, would I like it a little sweet
What's the weather, do I have to dress warm or do I dress for the heat

*** it's tough to make up your mind, it takes practice I can see
It's snowing again, what do I do, I think I better go ski...!

Brian Hill - 2019#124
Inspired by a comment a friend made today...
Sometimes we don't value the little things...
We need to !
May 2019 · 1.1k
Free as a Bird...
Bhill May 2019
How and why is it birds can fly
What do they see, when they're up in the sky

So high, up above, and playing amongst clouds
Floating and soaring without any crowds

Finding the wind, to be their best friend
Having no fear of falling, never finding the end

Being free in the sky is a wonderful sensation
I can only see and feel it, in my mind's imagination

I imagine myself with a beautiful pair of wings
Finding solitude and beauty as only flying can bring...

Brian Hill - 2019#124
Inspired by watching the birds doing their thing...
Watching birds fly has been a wonderment my whole life.
Enjoy them as they take flight and freely float above us...
May 2019 · 368
Did you see that Moon!
Bhill May 2019
Oh, the moon is at it again
What, you ask
It’s hanging around in its lofty space
Its place in the sky above us
Above us gleaming in whiteness, with the desert sky being its playground
The whiteness is disrupting the dark desert sky with uncanny brilliance
Brilliance so vibrant, and, well, bright and full
Its fullness outshines all other objects near its path
All other heavenly partners take second place when the moon is in this phase

Ahhhhh, I love this place called the desert...

Brian Hill - 2019#123
Inspired by the moon....  Of course!
The desert sky never disappoints...
May 2019 · 1.0k
Mothers Natures Arrival
Bhill May 2019
Mother Nature decided to visit us last evening
She was dressed in her coolest summer coat
She came in walking her pet wind storm
Accompanied by her loudest, thunderous, dark clouds
What was she thinking, disturbing our tranquil, spring afternoon
With her banging around the evening skies
Allowing her pet wind to bet carried away
Leaving behind the largest drops of rain she could muster
I'm glad she decided not to hang around very long
She did, however, leave us her cool coat
And, and her colorful shawl
It's cold this morning....

I love living in the desert....!

Brian Hil - 2019#122
Inspired by lasts night visit from Mother Nature
She can to visit last night.
What a wonderful time.
May 2019 · 92
Deserts Gig...
Bhill May 2019
Cactus plants are amazing, in oh, so many ways
They live on little water, in fact, they can go for days

The protection they have is ruthless, with thorns as large as life
Those thorns can stick and tear you, as of they were a knife

When given time and proper rain, the bloom they share is gorgeous
Colors coming, from such a plant, is like an optical chorus

The Joshua and the Prickly, even the Barbary fig
All have blooms that will blow your mind, but it's just the deserts gig...

Brian Hill - 2019#121
Inspired by the cactus bloom
Living in the desert is so much more beautiful than I would have thought...
May 2019 · 65
Today's words...
Bhill May 2019
Some mornings do not have enough inspiration
Not enough to put words down
Words that inspire
Words that sometimes rhyme
Words that tell a story
Words that take you to other places
Words that just play with your very soul

Today started out that way
Today’s sunrise was as beautiful as any
Today’s weather was clear with a dash of high clouds
Today’s inspiration is just that, and that alone
Today, is today, so please be aware

Be aware
Today is the first day of the rest of your life
Be ready for anything....!
Be inspired by TODAY....

Brian Hill - 2019#120
Inspired by Today
This really does tell how this morning was...
May 2019 · 365
Wounds of Life
Bhill May 2019
There will be wounds

Wounds are the way we learn
Wounds make us realize reality
Wounds can be physical, mental and spiritual
Take the wounds from you life daily
Take them and put them all in a bottle
Take that bottle and store it away
Store it away with all of your wounds
All of them in their own little bottle
Their own little space
Their own little place
Sealed up and safe
Can these wounds ever be healed?
One at a time....!

I think they can....!

Brian Hill - 2019#119
Inspired by looking back to see the wounds of life.
Have I healed any of them...?  (Yes)
May 2019 · 152
Decision - Haiku
Bhill May 2019
What went wrong today
What made you make up your mind
What are the results.??

Brian Hill - 2019#118
Inspired by decisions that mold your day...
Life has ways of taking decisions and twisting them.
Made the best decisions you can.
Mold your days into works of art!
May 2019 · 129
Explore...!
Bhill May 2019
Waking up to the sound of your soft breathing
What a joy to know you are by my side
The years have flown by with flair
They have flown by and shared
They have been shared for the good and the scary
We have enjoyed every single one of our many moments
All the moments that make up our life with each other
Moments shared and moments spent in the ever present explore....!

Brian Hill - 2019#117
Inspired by my wife, partner, friend and exploring nut...
I have been very lucky to have this person in my life...
Sure we have disagreements
But
But they never last long
I usually get on her side....   :)
May 2019 · 76
Fresh Start...Haiku
Bhill May 2019
The sun is rising
Waking up todays fresh start
What’s in store today?

Brian Hill - 2019#116
May 2019 · 1.1k
Try Kindness
Bhill May 2019
Act with Kindness...

Kindness is something, not everyone has
It is an act, it’s a feeling, and gives you pizzazz

Without it your grumpy and maybe a little mean
Is it too much to ask, can we fix, the mean machine

I've known many people, whose kindness, is through and through
They act out without warning and give out smiles to renew

Be kind to one another, let's all try, to help out, please
Without meanness, you have kindness, in that, I hope you agree....

Brian Hill - 2019#115
Inspired by a friends story of a total stranger reaching out with kindness...
Kindness spreads....
Spread some!
May 2019 · 89
Early Thoughts
Bhill May 2019
The day started out with a distant sleep induced thought
I was sure that my memory would kick in
That my memory would kick in and let me in on that thought
I was certain that the thought would remain long enough
Long enough to be real
To be real and turn that sleep induced thought into an action
What was I thinking
Was I thinking
Was I
Oh ****,
I’m still asleep....!

Brian Hill - 2019#114
Inspired by those early morning brain rants that you swear you would remember....
Great thoughts sometimes are forgotten...
Hate when you know for sure you had the idea that would change the world...
Alas, you can’t remember it...!
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