Sunday, April 14, 2024

Drama Queen Stomp-Out

Mirabelle emits a guttural screech,

blasts her left boot

into a rusted can of paint,
this mundane doorstop toppling 

like Sadam Hussein 

spreads an oily sheen
fluid flooding

green as April hillsides
now jitterbugging 
across the dance class 

floor while Miss Merkle
retrieves her wire-rimmed glasses

waving brisk farewell 
from her miffed middle finger
to her beloved but

kooky student,
this shooting star-pupil

Of chaotic 
Post-modern dance.  

 Reception 


All night long
A spy’s moon

Gazed

In secret
From afar 

Onto my home

Stranded

On this ragged 
Corner.  

And when I awoke
She whispered 

Her gift

That bathed 
Me in silver

Warmed me
In silence

So precious

Where everything 
That happens-

Desired and not-

Is woven together 

And somehow 
Makes sense. 

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

scent of snow on stone

smell of mist on grass


taste of sleet on dust


drum of rain on rock


heat of light on face


breath of God on neck


ghost of her in heart..

Monday, September 11, 2023

 Orienting


Smell of rain

On stone…


Sound of wren

On leaf…


Feel of floor

On bone…


Sight of him

In grief…


Taste of yeast

In bread…


Touch of her

On face…


Warmth of hand

On head…


Here and now

In place…


Stable, grounded

Safe…


Monday, August 28, 2023

PRAYER

  


To be fully

At home

In one’s animal


Body where comfort

And peace wash

All unease away


Rainfall’s caress

Descends smiling


From this all-knowing 

Mountain


Nourished by bobcat

Boulder starlight 

And tree. 

Sunday, August 13, 2023

Sunday, November 20, 2022

EVIDENTLY

 And on the 8th day

god looked a tad bewildered,

even forlorn after that amazing week
of 24-7 creation,

feeling they might have forgotten
something crucial to the mix,

an item so small it’s almost
inconsequential,

when you could see their palpable relief
as great shoulders relaxed and then

you overhear this low almost
imperceptible mumbling

to their behind-the-scenes long-term
partner, that sexy creative collaborator,

“Evidently, it’s the freckles.”