Spider

10 Thursday Jul 2014

Posted by in nature, poems, poetry, the road, transition, vision

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Layers of tree bark,
braided pale paper wood,
and
A hole,
dark, deep, easily unseen..
Web strands whisper her presence,
then spiral thickly in
towards silence and no light.
Blowing gently through the open door,
she tucks her black shiny body away
from uninvited wind.
Disturbance not intended,
clarification made.
Spider~
graceful, delicate,
quiet, hidden, fast and capable weaver,
Why greeted with such fear?
Welcoming your power, fascinated,
held in awe,
Fear crawls, courage flies-
Let’s alter that and dangle from silken threads
of our own making.

Family

09 Wednesday Jul 2014

Posted by in family, joy, listen, nature, poems, poetry

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Without hummingbird’s gravelly persistence,
behind and to the left,
red-shouldered hawk’s cries
atop bending cypress
would have spread sound
into shared broad-winged flight.
But I miss that
to turn
and find coyote beside me.
Announcing myself, he looks.
Iridescent ones flit through shadow.
Adjusting his snout,
and partially lowering his haunches, he negotiates
whether to have a seat or trot away.
Hummingbirds scatter as he heads southward.

Coyote approaches

06 Sunday Jul 2014

Posted by in beauty, gratitude, nature, poems, poetry, receiving, wonder

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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.

sculpted

01 Tuesday Jul 2014

Posted by in death, freedom, joy, poems, poetry, the road

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For those who left,
I now know,
I asked you to go;
And the rivers of tears,
the endless ocean of grief and sorrow,
my hand-written invitation
welcoming the fire.
Cleaved in two-
rock, split-
through those openings
water washed and sculpted
hollowed out and
slowly
re-formed this being
whose heart burned
and broke
over and over and over,
tumbling and grating in wave
after wave,
until
breath narrowly returned
from a final shattering
freeing a Self
whose unalterable joy
demanded release.

hiccup

27 Friday Jun 2014

Posted by in joy, poems, poetry

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Had I fallen through
I’d be dead
which is fine- that day will come
when it comes
but!
As spirit leapt from body
and reinserted itself
that hiccup of time and motion
I giggled
because here I was
back with existence
and dancing could continue…

in unison

23 Monday Jun 2014

Posted by in devotion, freedom, joy, lovers, poems, poetry

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I can not tie my heart to yours.
Ties bind us both.
You will pass,
like seasons
or visions
or the magic of a night dream,
but know I’m here,
this moment,
giving without reservation
while
I belong to one
who never leaves
and
it is in that heart where you and I join.
Rest your eyes from searching-
I need no back door for exit
because,
in this,
walls delude
and presence
locks our free steps
in unison.

Walk slowly

22 Sunday Jun 2014

Posted by in courage, joy, poems, poetry, release, wonder

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Walk slowly into day-
rabbit is shy.
When the holding of mind releases,
held muscle follows..
With heart carried forward
the jig in each step synchs
in rising rhythm,,
This number may be for two
or twenty,
but always for one and
the grin on a single visage
captivates wonder.
And she deserves to be charmed.