06 Saturday Sep 2014
sea and sky hold to nothing
across and within them
Majesty has her way,,
the dashing and clashing
fold into rising color and lapping blue…
if water or ether
knew fear,
grasping would begin.
and no state of storm or still
could again be as free
as the liberated elements
giving endlessly
spirited breath
and enlivenment to all
who wish
to know beauty.
02 Tuesday Sep 2014
As we watch
the magician’s sleight of hand,
awaiting error
to show us his ways and fallibility,
the real show goes on.
Slow, slow,
sit and look from where the Paeonia scent
rises out of sleep..
the ants gathering in the folds of petals
tremble in her grace,
walking their tiny regimented paths.
The swoop of sky above holds its breath,
wondering if today
the full bud will open.
08 Friday Aug 2014
Meeting rabbit at dawn,
her form nearly a shadow in gold grass,
voices of three owls cross overhead.
Bat descends swiftly from behind,
grazes ground,
flies sharply up past my cheek.
Rabbit hops closer, stands high on hind feet,
bringing a clear river of scent to her twitching nose and,
with offset ears, sits, scratches, and
washes herself.
Dark full-bodied mosquitoes harvest breakfast
from my backside.
Red-shouldered hawk cries dominantly
from the west,
lands on cypress crown.
Young coyote trots past.
04 Monday Aug 2014
Ducks in the shallow end
of calm intertidal,
Suspended garlands of kelp
in watery scoop of sand,
High bumps of cloud~
Morning’s yawn unravels.
A man wrapped in navy terry cloth and slippers
walks the slope of driveway for the paper,
A woman lounging in robe reads on her deck,
Another, in nightgown and raincoat, head bowed, smokes her first cigarette,
A third, barefoot, hops back homeward from the car,
whatever needed gathered in hand.
A feather drops from the sky
on the way home.
20 Sunday Jul 2014
Before deer’s ground nest
of dry needle and sap-fragrant soil,
I sit
in refuge rung by nibbled foliar spires
and thick backbone of pine.
Come peace.
Come stillness.
Come balance.
Come strength.
Gentle ways of the antlered one ask for givers of presence.
In study,
you are honored.
06 Sunday Jul 2014
Coyote approaches
and, upon sensing me,
sits
gracefully,
slowly
stepping out his front paws
to lay down face to face.
Honor,
a swell, rolls through
in response to such a gift
from the wild.
I’d sweep the skies with bare hands
to bring stars down
to light your way,
weave the needles at my feet
to bring canyon waters to your lips..
but you have all that.
The best I can give is my presence,
gratitude,
a full heart,
and respect for big ears, bushy-furred tail,
and your taste for the unexpected.
23 Monday Jun 2014
Hair across face,
sheets spun,
sweat,
satisfaction.
Longing for other
traps more than passion,
destroy that and be
your best lover.
Hold Beloved’s hand
by taking your own-
Ecstasy requires only One.
16 Monday Jun 2014
At dawn, in the field
where bustle and bombardment
arrest-
erased by the pace intended-
What penetrates fleets not
as creation arises,
replenishing, even through death,
in constant celebration,,
A music, in full possession
of the notes of silence,
always plays
06 Friday Jun 2014
In the moment you stopped
and saw me,
I knew Spirit was there
galloping between blissful hearts and keen eyes.
Explanations, unnecessary,
the impact of presence and recognition
loud.
We’ve both learned to ride
the untameable mustang-
no cloth. no leather. no fear. between.
With fur and flesh and speed and wind,
muscle gripping muscle, fingers braided in mane,
bodies leaping..
the greatest lone expanse breaks open,
a beauty possessing and unfolding into One…
Few comprehend where we have been.
In honor of sharing this ravishing journey,
thank you.
26 Monday May 2014
Lift your palm,
kiss the center,
She waits there to kiss you back.
In your heart, She drums-
your pulse, Her rhythm.
The vision through your blinking eyes
of widest sky and massive cloud play,
that is She
gazing upon Herself..
Originating in you, or from the heavens- which?
Remember, One can not be outside itself.
She sustains, effortlessly
within reach-
You awaken
and Her breath is yours.
Salt, Smoke, Water and Stone 