12/17/10



tapping the old wood of desire --
under darkness river folds to ice

11/24/10

setting sun melts
into woodsmoke --
regrets rising with the moon

11/18/10


I call for you --
the return of echoes

11/10/10


silver light --
the gentleness of November

10/29/10






a lumbering sweep of wing
heron rises --
I turn one more page before sleep

10/21/10




slightly frayed
silken petals
at the point of stillness . . .

9/27/10

woodsmoke
twilight thoughts --
roots dreaming of what might be

9/17/10

I swim in the
shadow of a cloud
the shoreline recedes --
eternity and other passing moments

9/15/10





shell pink leans
on dried gold of leaf --
September roses



8/25/10

flickering beneath twilight shadows
laughter of a goldfinch --
weightless

8/18/10

wisps of cloud
across a high blue sky
at the bottom of the closet
wedding veil in a box

8/13/10

"Roiling"

visitors crowd the house
birthday candles blown --
storm clouds muscle out the sun

7/29/10



elemental
surface
light and shadow
quiet . . .

7/22/10





a whisper of north wind
lifts the curtain --
your finger tracing my spine

7/5/10

slow steady stitches
on fine linen --
starlight embroiders the night sky

altered photograph by poet

6/23/10





holding up the night sky
raspy love song
lone cicada




6/17/10




your cotton shirt
pressed against my face --
above us pine needles tap stars



6/15/10





through open windows
honeysuckle and sea spray --
lovers' first embrace



6/10/10




blush of petals
darkening shadows --
the arc of night


5/20/10





washed linens
ruffled by a breeze --
snowdrifts a distant memory



5/7/10





tilting the balance of light
earth swivels --
summer awaits



4/30/10






river of clouds above
light as passing memories ~




4/9/10













slender white light --
magnolia greets the morning




3/30/10





rains pummel the earth
incessant birdsong --
winter's silence breaking apart



3/26/10




spring light on pine needles --
your laughter lingering in the air




3/24/10





this spring morning
battalion of lawnmowers --
just a little off the top, please




3/12/10





vapor trails
scribe the evening sky --
hating long goodbyes








thin ice slab
drifts with the swans --
defying the odds




3/10/10





shadows stretch across the lawn
like laundry airing in the morning sun
why this sense of dread . . .








amber threads --
tracing the path home by river light




2/25/10





slender blades
the surface breaks --
eruptions of spring



2/23/10





kick the can
once a child's game --
now bits of frozen detritus




2/21/10





howling --
me or the wind?




2/17/10





winter drips -
puddles in my brain



2/15/10

Ode to Summer



gently last rays stroke
late in the day --
white blossoms like fireflies





2/5/10


ruffling the still whiteness
birdsong --
spring cannot be far?

1/29/10





thick skin of ice
full wolf moon --
I feel a howl rising




1/25/10





a thin gray light --
the weight of winter




1/18/10




winter's frozen landscape
bleak and gray --
I draw you to me in the darkness



* * *

reminiscence -
antidote for despair




1/8/10





new snow --
a lovely silk layer over black ice