Monday, October 12, 2026

Transparent statues our

Transparent statues our
Silver in golden light
Choc’lit, berries and cream
Our gelato delight

Laurie Anderson thoughts
Climb down on shiny webs
The pace of our walking
Into the day that ebbs

Choosing a happy life

Choosing a happy life
Flowers on the table
Standing in waterfalls
Pool where it’s more stable

It’s better to barrel
Rainbows are in the mist
Holding feels its power
Let go without a fist

Friday, October 9, 2026

We’re tassel to tassel

We’re tassel to tassel
But not in search of silk
No kernels are forming
To make sua bap or milk

Still striving for the sky
To signal a harvest
But shake out our anthers
To see who goes farthest 

Hearing with rubato

Hearing with rubato
A conversation lag
Processing the meaning
And feeling of the wag

Silently reciting 
Words and phrases with space
Then a hurried effort
To pick up the right pace

Thursday, October 8, 2026

Purple like royalty

Purple like royalty
Harsh kingdom called cancer
Strange patches on the skin
No cure and no answer

A Gorbachev forehead
A Picasso drawn shape
The strangulation of
Life by a mutant rape

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

In these old-fashioned lines

In these old-fashioned lines
Is modern and abstract
The minimalist brush
The landscape of subtract

To see the dark night and
Know stars are hiding there
Or the depths of water
Behind the surface glare

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Trees are surrendering

Trees are surrendering 
How easy they give in
In autumn still counting
And holding hopes within

Another season here
Steps becoming shuffle
Accepting the could haves
Behind in the ruffle