cool glacial breezes
carry hints winters comIng
Camp Portage Glacier
mother natures great AC
escaping oppressive heat

pulling riptide
calm above deceiving
turbulence below

No dew this morning
Cold air blowing in, halting
Waters escaping
the ices winter clutches
fisherman put rods away

time blasted pine sides
sand filled yards, abundant burrs
ghost crab paradise
found among sun kissed noses
lost among high rise dollars

Late night wind dancer
On glass, slow shuffle juke jive
Wind gust changing time

Gentle rain falling,
mist made droplets sliding down
trails carved by old tears

I'm so blessed, truly
Blind squirrels find nuts, luckily
God led me to you

stare into yourself
beyond those familiar lines
into the hidden

I love chili, meat, onion, tomatoe, and beans
My wife makes it, could take it,
Sometimes chooses to leave
When she forgets to *****
the air out of the chili beans

Today is not the day to see what I've seen
Not with the sun shining and everything
From the horrors of paschendale
To that cross on a faraway hill
Humanity has left quite the legacy
From blood stained Hamburger Hill to
Mastering the art of wholesale butchery
I Never wanted to claim my ancestors yokes
The things I've seen are the devils jokes
Pitting man against man and brother against brother
Our sisters and mothers weep to each other
Oh, the things humanity makes me see
Wish I could swipe right and wipe clean
These wicked scenes of humanity

Ancient steps worm smooth
Thousands of feet stepping softly
Lives passed on these ancient stones
Love lost and the stories told, walking
Stumbling on the always uneven ledge
timeless whispers in the rocky crags
Notes slipped inside secret cracks
Wishes, dreams, hopes, dashed on
Eroding facade if human history
Lost on hard rocks showing no emotion
At the stories told, lost and never heard again
Rock is hard memories of ghostly laborers
Who placed the stones that sealed our words inside

frantic summer pace
fireweed bloom, but slowly!
snow quickly follows

silence
amidst clatter
a gift

thunder heard in striking eyes

before this is gone
loving that one final time
in a warm embrace
a simple goodbye won 't do
whisper, caio babe, in a kiss

Young hunger yearning
New growth burns it's winter suit
With a bang, I awake

yikes venezuela
double yikes for red china
lost their human's rights

corrupt governments
pillaging their own people
with just signs to fight

they let it happen
trusting in greedy humans
no one else to blame

lessons never learned
our founding fathers teachings
history repeats

highest prices paid
fully acknowledged defeat
out from the ashes
shaking off past ***** soot
rising, collecting just dues

caged birds
never knowing flight
swing instead

Flat top mountain hike
High above blue sky slowly rolls by
Beauty splayed before my eyes

The flower bursts forth
Displaying gold lined petals
Aromas invite

early dawn writing
peace by the fire, thoughts free, one
Canadian ace
winding approach, dodging limbs
nervously descends, eyes wide

Ever witnessed true elegance
true grace, lying sleeping in human form
A  moment before she sees first rays of light

In the midst of drought
Nothings right, no one but us
Your touch primes my soul

pondering the past
all those little troubles had
smiling at my kids

hard knocker
ocean floor bully
mantis shrimp

Going further now
Snow thawed, moose bones, not white, raw
Fresh feasting for some

My muse has learned to change her frights
not in a material shift
                  but in her dreams
inside
I think it amazing
                                she shrugs it off
no big deal


but if she can change a dream?



                                                   could she change her mind?

eyes just overflowed
caught an unsuspecting moment
of beauty unobserved

taking shortcuts home
forgetting long day troubles
your smile driving hard
mindless ideas of me, you
letting your hair down tonight

Dee Cee big spenders
Silver cars and golden wives,
copper pennies clang

Honeysuckle sprinkles
White dots in a deep nights sky
As above so below

misunderstanding
stinging words twisted around
baby, i'm sorry

I exhale your name
Under my arms trembling
You breathing mine back