sometimes life and even time catch you
leaving trails in a quagmire of your past dues
tread in regret’s ***** stew no future new
muddied rear view becoming your only view

The lioness frantically searches the high grass
The boy scans for running late dad in the stands
The alone wife stairs at the moon folded hands
Praying for their safe return again

never stopping time
slipping through grasping fingers
wrinkled through ages

a poet writes alone
alone with you, reading his tone
inside, moved, alone

something magical
witnessing another sun
setting so slowly

alone, wolfs been tracking me
around every corner I see him
big, gray, beastly, black fangs
tempting me to veer off to fear
to lose my place, panic, scream
I've seen him before, he's as cold
as his hot metalic tinged breath
Life comes to him but never goes
time to stand my ground, I need
a new wolf skin pelt to lay on

destiny determined
onward to eternity
pacific kings spawn

Look! Out my window
Metal beacons show the rising sun
Thanks for the reminder

old hickory stump
provided great grand dad shade
chanterelles new home
termite trails, complete decay
rocking in his front porch swing

one half percent chance
my youngest's long odds for birth
miracles happen
now fifteen short years later
high school freshman teenager

Leaves talking to the wind
Low tide water lapping in
Hints of someone near

Head in the clouds, aloof! they cry
but there it is again, in the bright early Alaskan sky
pinkish peachy hues catch my eye
how can I not stop and sigh
and quietly scream, Oh my!
that's a souls warm hug kind of high
the only high I will not deny

snake oil selling man
*** H Dee, carney barker
pushing empty dreams
rock bottom close out pricing
beware the foolish buyer

among such chaos
slithering snakes flick forked tongues
while people slumber
having covered eyes opened
into a living nightmare

Your my little free wheeling child
I knew the moment I saw
Your crystal clear blue eyes, wide
Most vibrant golden orange hair
porcelain dove toned skin, live!
your mother gave you that famous glow
thank me for the side they call wild
Twenty first century Aquarius girl, mystic
Summer of Love child born too late
for the rush, me too, but you caught the wave
peace, love, hope, man, your a little Janice
There’s a warning there too if you so choose
share the light with all you see, that’s who you are, just save some for yourself, for reserve
Prayers and hugs, love Dad

been ripped open, stripped bare before
freshly laid wounds traversing old scars
left wondering, why life lessons are so hard

youthful dreams fullfilled
springtimes eternal promise
looking back fondly

many moons ago
summer heat would never fade
wishing for the cold

leaves restless rustle
cooling winds fading to brown
frozen ground below

evil eye
no one ever sees
it spies you

smoldering embers
outside lighter shades aglow
cool september day

Salt water rising up
Sweet oysters on silver ships
And I with no coffee

Sent it on a breeze
Carried all my hopes and dreams
In a box tail kite

Birches still slumber
gentle breezes brush spring leaves
bears begin stretching
strolling quiet dawn marshes
birds chirp their lumbered approach

cloudy head morning
ethanol fueled brain banging
to much tequila

to then fro
which way to go
the squirrels choice

copper river ****
lithium battery swag
hydrocarbon bad

Bundled up on the Aluetian coast
On some brisk breezy Bering Sea roost
I turn my glass to a young feathered crew
A King Eider mother counting her brood
She counted once then twice
Found her missing wobbler
Fighting under floating ice
Picked pecked and prodded
The little prince finally herded
and nested warm and nice

I pray for them all
The good,the bad, the ugly too
Friends and enemies
Lenient  hearts demand it so
Forgiveness will set you free

Black, white poetry
No bright colors no light cues
worlds lost without hues
Every rainbow brush
Knows the colors to paint you

why say goodbye
ask yourself
they rarely are

summer rivers surge
onward push, life's final quest
banks silver linings
spawning generations new
natures wonders on display

morning breaks on through
legs rub, blood fills beating hearts
eyes still closed, we embrace

Back and forth, turn around
Teeter for two, one open swing
Times of my early days
Going by, alone
Children race
For an open
Swing

my heart is aching
marathon running, breaking
hammer falls, staking
embracing pain, mind shaking
tears stinging, awakening

The mountains hold it back
As earths natural barracade
Grey stubborn and dark
Always at the gates


But their enemy has started
it's slow inevitable advance
Like a million times before
The slow shift in earthly balance

The mountains front flank
braces flexes and holds
But the enemy is at the gates
Hues of silver and gold

Light!! And a new day!
So. Take a moment,,,,,,,,,
for Ancestors lost or who have
Gone away,,,,,,,,,,

For the light says they see you
And wanted it made clear
That they love you
And they are always near

hearts of gold
once in evergreen
fade to brown

summers longest day
sun barely decides to set
alpenglow wonders
when dawn slowly slides past dusk
in lands of the midnight sun