How Dare I?
How dare I even scribe words on paper My deficient attempt to paint the canvas The scene in detail when snow falls A lover’s caress on parched red dust On dried carcasses of last year’s produce Each seed a gangster … Continued
If you were the aster
If you were the aster with Fringe-like purple pedals Standing among the brown ferns Golden grasses and fallen leaves You would make no apologies For yourself or Your purpose or place In the order of things You would claim your … Continued
Save the World
Save the world she said And I silently said no I can only speak my truth. There are obstacles and storms And a battery of words Arrows being slung Fortresses being built People are out or they are in And … Continued
Saganaga Serenity
When I am willing to be very still I hear my heart beat in my ears The wind gently pushes against my eardrums And the chickadee, audacious and clear, Sings a silk thread of whistle in the low breeze hum … Continued
My Breath – with addendum
MY BREATH I’m getting older. At 70 years old, my knees are somewhat stiff and my hips are sore, even as I roll over in my bed, slide my legs over the edge of the bed and hang them briefly … Continued
Peru’s lessons
Continuous and varied, These daughters of the sun and moon, Clouds play with the mountain sides Slipping up and down the craggy ridges This is an invitation for all, If a pause is created For the space between The Divine … Continued
Life in Transition
Every day, moment by moment, we are in transition and renewal. Rarely do we pause long enough to put a framework around these moments in our lives so that we notice the subtle offerings of these transitions. Some transitions are … Continued
A Year with Hafiz
“A Year with Hafiz” lay on the arm of the soft leather couch. The binding edge of the book seemed more narrow than the side of the book that revealed the edges of the pages. As I picked up the … Continued
Never Forget
Have you ever been invited by the water to know where you belong? To strip away all the otherness between you and the great white pine, left standing on this shore, ignored by the loggers so many years ago? That … Continued