Tuesday, October 15, 2024

No in between exists

No in between exists
Prepared for readiness
The stark reality
Of this vast emptiness 

No history to comb
Bank swallows cannot nest
Future had its ending
Present put it to rest

Monday, October 14, 2024

Errors hanging like clouds

Errors hanging like clouds
On occasion wringing
Learning to make changes
Corrections are bringing

The time a quarter till 
A thumb on the stopwatch 
The ribbon waiting is
Just an end, not a notch

Friday, October 11, 2024

Speak to me through the grass

Speak to me through the grass
Or fallen leaves or snow
Can you hear passing birds
Staccato traffic flow

Let’s talk about beauty
Whether you saw it first
When weather calls for rain
I think about your thirst

Thursday, October 10, 2024

A Life away from life

A Life away from life
In a land still living
In a cove of kindness
Speaking after sieving 

Where branches have the sky
And roots have room to grow
My soil is not your soil
We share the bees and snow

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Happiness does not ask

Happiness does not ask
The cup overfloweth
It is in our mortar
Unaware, no knoweth 

As easy as walking
Happiness is concrete
It cannot be broken
With stomping of their feet

Monday, October 7, 2024

Working dream crescendo

Working dream crescendo 
Dancing on cirrus clouds
With a worn dull chisel 
And ambivalent crowds 

A sense of completion 
From flower to the fruit
A dream in the pocket
Of my overall suit

Sunday, October 6, 2024

Come along for the sky

Come along for the sky
Is whole and touching land
Parcel after parcel
Cornrows strand after strand

Wishes are finding words
My hopes for you are grand
Saturday afternoon 
Slow moving hourglass sand