Moon Touched

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A poet,
dismissed from Heaven,
trees truth Continue reading

Cirque de Printemps

Purple Crocuses

Crocuses raise cheery salutes,
opening orange invitations to
invite us to Come One, Come All,
to spring’s circus in the meadow. Continue reading

Goodbye, Winter

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Goodbye, Winter.
Ciao, deep snow.
Time to dig out
my pink maillot. Continue reading

Blessing Rain

Columbine and ivy in the rain

I step out of my writing cave
into a day of misty rain, blinking.
A squirrel is digging
a hole in the dark soil. Continue reading

Old Hat

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Snow is old hat.
We’re ready for a new topper,
a cold stopper: Continue reading

Evade Capture

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As night flees down dark paths
from the early light,
dreams scatter into
deadening fog.
The breathing air carries stories
of foreign pain
and domestic infighting
that will scream from our
headlines by noon. Bar the door. Continue reading

Mint-Lemon Spring

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Trees in bud burst
open, unrehearsed,
wild mint-lemon taste. Continue reading

Snow Fish

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Snow fish,
flow fish,
flying toward spring.  Continue reading

Sister Blue

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Brother new, sister blue, I miss you.
Both lost at age four. Pain is evermore. Continue reading

Star Swords

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Gathering in the sky
are low, heavy mists:
snow clouds shaped
by Zeus and Thor. Continue reading

Long Laughs

Bark ruffled into a grin

Smiling trees, hiking, campsite, bonfire.
Night falls with a cold shower of tasks,
cooking, place setting, finding, cleaning,
while fireflies flicker in darkening trees. Continue reading

Panda Moon

Shalak Attack's Toronto Panda

Shalak Attack (Artist) Toronto, Canada, Resa McConaghy (Photographer)

Panda dreams in movement, lapping ocean waves,
cartwheeling stars and clouds blooming roses. Continue reading