Category: Poetry
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The Dyslexic Writing Life
Unconscious upwellingsDisparate fragments of ideasSearching for cohesionSuddenly, a coalescenceWords flow into sentences,Sentences into paragraphsA story is bornLuminous, numinous wordsGifts from the psycheDeep, spiritual contentmentBut then … The transcriptionFrom brain to pageSwimming letters, wordsSmall bits, slow speedThe tough egg to crackFatigue, frustrationSome help from dictationOne halting, awkward step at a timeUntil I reach my destinationThen ……
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Early Blooms
Wildflowers in January?!So contraryTo my northeast rootsSometimes I still amA stranger in a strange landIn California (Cardamine Californica, “milkmaid”. The first wildflowers of the years.)
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Ruby Crowns
Such a furtive, nervous creature, like meSo tiny, not an easy bird to seeIt felt like such a happy coupThe day I could identify youNow I know you easilyBy glance and soundI know I cause anxietyWhen you flash your ruby crown.If only humans communicatedSo effectivelyIf only we could see and listenReflectively, with sympathyEven when we…
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Haiku Rain
Rain, rain, rain.What a glorious changeFrom desiccating drought Hunkered insideListening to the many soundsOf raindrops The birds outsideSplashing, bathing in puddlesThey, too, are reveling
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Rainy New Year
Steady, windless rainDripping, tricklingFlowing rivuletsPeaceful cadencesPulsing heartbeatsReplenishing fontsOf wisdom, lessons learnedNature’s recitationOf hopes and prayersGentle dissolutionOf another yearHappy New Year to all
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Winter Solstice
Born on the equinox Earth’s time of greatest flux Hastening, racing One solstice to the next Back and forth, back and forth Swinging, swaying, flailing We are trapped within this tensionOf infinite oppositesTimes passage, year upon yearThe one true constantDo the opposites coalesce and dissolve in death?Do we take the best parts of ourselves forwardAnd leave the ugliness behind?Or are we…
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Late Blooms, a Haiku Poem
Across a vast crowdYou wave, smile. Rushing, franticI couldn’t reach youThe dream came for yearsI couldn’t find you, or myselfIn my own soulNow I can, MommaTangled complexitiesUnraveled by TimeSurviving seedsFlowers unfolding, smilingBeckoning with voice Wild forget-me-nots
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Albatross Wisdom, Nature Psyche #20
It may seem odd, but I love seabirds, especially albatrosses. They live their entire lives (which can last as long as our own) over the ocean, coming ashore only to the remote islands where they were born to raise their chicks. How amazing is that? Some beautiful photos, and words:
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Another meditation on Good and Evil. Nature Psyche #19.
Does one of humanity’s darkest evilsGrant perpetual license to the state of IsraelTo treat innocent others as though they are disposable?Can we fairly draw gradations of collective evil?This we can accept, that is intolerableThis is defensible, that is despicableOr is it all simply evil?And what of our assaults upon the Earth,Our crimes environmental?Mother Nature will…
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Good and Evil, Nature Psyche #18
Who woulda thunk America coulda sunk To idiocy and hatred Divorce from facts An echo chamber of lies Corrosion of truth Unconscious darkness Projected onto others Unconfronted ignorance Will this evil fade softly As an awakening From a bad dream? Wood block painting by Kawase Hasui, 1933 Nascent flowers Tendrils of democracy Seeds that cannot…
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