Saturday, January 24, 2026

Reaching without touching

Reaching without touching
Brokenhearted retreat
Offers of me, of us
My accepting defeat

But what is the winning
It’s not a tapestry
It’s seeing I to eye
Praising your majesty 

Thursday, January 22, 2026

Grow far from the forest

Grow far from the forest
It is never too late
Too find the spherical 
Saucer or charger plate

The uncaged bird still sings
How sweeter is the song
Do not let limbs enter
Give yourself space and strong

The individual

The individual 
And yet we cluster stars
The moon a reminder
And the North Star and Mars

And the wishes we make
Depending on their size
Are scooped up by dippers
Safeguarded in the skies

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Sunlight in cold weather

Sunlight in cold weather
Painting with paler hands
Shadows in twilight blue
Slow gravity of sands

Visiting when it can
Each time staying longer
The Rite of Spring music
Only growing stronger

Reams of paper tigers

Reams of paper tigers
More and more will persist 
The machine being built
To combat the resist

This is target practice 
Freedom fighters absurd 
Attacking the actions
The essence of the word

Monday, January 19, 2026

A tsunami warning

A tsunami warning
Children are on the beach
The heart swells with the World
That the arms cannot reach

Escalating power
It is right to be wrong
Is our identity 
Hardness to get along

Sunday, January 18, 2026

Inside the twirling skirt

Inside the twirling skirt
The centrifugal force 
The poor and the huddled
Pushed hard to the hem course

Seven deadly sins and
Earthly Garden Delights 
Metropolis again
The top office incites