Flies with the Spirit
The stars we follow have written our names, the ones we’re given on journeys with the sun. The one your mother knew when she regarded your face outside and breathing, that your father held and surrounded with light. The name of your soul – flies with the spirit, the gypsy through time, an explorer of […]
Given this Beauty
Tune your instrument to the key of praise while morning light shines on the sea. Trees lift their branches in the rising breeze and the sound of life buzzes in the forest. How important must you be when all around you glows a miracle? You might seem drunk but given this beauty the stones would […]
As She Passes
I return to the sea, her face and tide the peace of my heart, the words of our story. From far north to the straits of de Fuca, the inland passage speaks in ancient voice, braided with fog and the cry of gulls. Younger than we were yet so much older, I carve this message […]
Give Way to the Moon
Scratch a few notes in pencil, erase and feed them to the fire. With your soul at risk what the fire burns is not your worry – that is the closed room, the barred door, the lock without a key. The tide shifts and water rushes south. Scribble your last pleas for freedom, then give […]
Trembling in Spring Glory
Comfortable in the dark waste of twisted roots, life broke the hardpan forcing me to surface. The morning light blinded, a deafening sound of birds. What to do in this madhouse of awakening? No return to the labyrinth, no way down through the asphalt. Nothing left but plum tree blossoms, and the sounds of children. […]
Sing All Praise
Suffer the windswept ocean, the cold air and crested waves on this patch of green. An aquifer of imagination lies underground in pools, rising through the roots of trees and the sound of orcas breathing. Down in the dark water, up into evergreen towers, I mingle with the gods of earth and sea and sing […]
Devour the Meat
When injuries of deception corrupt the well, orchards shrivel, and predators roam the streets. Warm a cup of silence on the fires of sacrifice; empty the warehouse of useless thought. Stalking inner peace, let fly the arrow of solitude and devour the meat of holy intention. […]
Beyond All Belief
Rain falls, layer upon layer, soaking the spring earth with wet desire. She lies waiting in her dark encampment, for roots to sing, her womb to open to the passionate sun. Let lightning strike our hearts, the groaning of the land be heard. The gathering of night meets one bright star, and beyond all belief […]
Join the Posse
Why go on sleeping when the sun breaks out of night jail? Light thunders, planets and stars disappear; the Earth wrapped in blue. Prophets of old trembled for this sight, monarchs stole fortunes yet wasted them in bed. Get up, comrades, join the posse! The morning’s here, and mighty horses await. The one who desires […]
Remembered Green Glory
Great beasts devour the nourishment where thought is born on rivers of darkness. Warriors of the slender arrow thrive there in beauty, and refuse the poison flower. They map the Dog Star in the night sky above and the journey of Earth through dark and light. From above and below wisdom guides them, beyond broken […]
Then We Will Not Speak
After the storms pass and the hungry ones are driven from their feed, the humble will wait in the calm sloughs of spring beauty. There you will find me sore boned and broken, returned from the battlefields of poetry. Then we will not speak nor write a single word for on that surging tide silence […]
Rebuilding the Ancient City
Don’t mistake the rain soaked valley with hard paved streets, people entranced by things. Below the cracked sidewalks roadside trees push out their roots, thickening, lengthening until with the strength of water they shatter their carapace. Beneath the concrete skin arteries pump with life, microbes teem and swirl rebuilding the ancient city with unseen magic. […]
Superhero Gone Dark
It won’t take long to remove the broken, clean the streets and fill the sidewalks with carefree shoppers. We can go about our business dressed for joy, overlooking the monsters in Italian suits, shoes perfect for brushing the unwanted to the curb. Down in the sewers a masked man toils, superhero gone dark. He drinks […]
Beneath the Forest Dark
The other world signals with blankets of snow, quieting the noise in moments of peace. Not to be outdone cars roar back to life and the search for joy resumes at full throttle. While contemplating the last threads of night the other world continues long after our meander and the broken pieces of our perfect […]
First to Feast
Iron morning, steel gray skies, crows on the rooftops. I’m not seeking, only waiting, pressed under winter’s hand. I eat and drink with silent armies, tent fires burning shards of dream. The care to remember creaks open and shut like a rusty gate as ghosts pass to receive forgiveness from the popes of deception. On […]