Audacity, reverence;
focus, dreaminess;
stone, flowers;
focus, dreaminess;
stone, flowers;
frozen fire, burning ice;
reticence, expletive;
truth, proof, belief;
reticence, expletive;
truth, proof, belief;
The Art of Opposites
Happy Memorial Day
But now they lie low,
While over them the swallows skim,
And all is hushed at Shiloh.
And all is hushed at Shiloh.
— Herman Melville, from his moving civil war poem, Shiloh: A Requiem (April, 1862)
Orange News Stings
politics divide
but can’t be set aside
when the powerful
tell us we are powerless
then we must stand together
raise our voices
clamor to be heard
truth is more than a word
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Cat and the Dandelion Moon
Cat went here. The moon was there.
Cat crept toward the Dandelion moon.
Cat’s paw was an asteroid, flying fast. Continue reading
Ladybug and New Sage
Polkadot Princess Ladybug hides
her wings beneath
crimson shields. Continue reading
Happy Mother’s Day
Our oldest love, our first love,
unfolding from our own birth,
grows as we take our first steps,
flows in our veins,
lodges in our fiber.
The love that makes us children again. Continue reading
Happy Mothering Day
Even Mother’s Day
is a mothering day.
A day of hair braiding,
breakfast sharing, Continue reading
Fragrance Fandango
cherry-petal pink
lilacs tease green hearts,
kissing and telling Continue reading
Gratitude for Messy
Gratitude for messy moments,
with their lively, unstudied drama.
Gratitude for the fragrant earth with
its briars, weeds and teeming life. Continue reading
Self-Portrait as Wildflower
Late snow or early heat,
a green shoot persists.
Rising from fragrant soil,
toe-deep in reverie,
surviving drought,
negligence and starving deer. Continue reading
Do It Like Bees
Technology
and industry
create murky
byproducts.
Dragonpuffs of Continue reading
Riverwalk
early leaves furled —
brightest riverwalk blooms
dot sculling shells Continue reading
Friendly Fairy Tales 