fragments

 
Yesterday one dog got fat,
she's old and cold is outside reaching.
The other got his fat and lean,
he's young and has to keep his muscle.
But this was written before the facts were in,
the cat got lean, not dog.

 
shuck the flower
scent fills every fold
of clothing

 
to you it's all one big rat's ass
tumbling blocks each day that
someone puts up at night

 
having fought to recover
the open wonder lost as a child
I have regained kindness
in empathy tempered age

 
grind

hair bent from sleep in layers
days typing at the snow, the window,
nights watching tv. indoors
around the clock, participate
in small ways, work is never done.
a winter hat covers the mess
for a trip to the store, to buy wine
to celebrate the last test today.

 
day's wait couldn't be blander
missing juice vodka rocks blender
half glass beer lime blinder
dreams big far away blonder
stumble near over edge blunder

 
neighbors

planting, dancing
air, shelter, water, fire, food
earth gathers us for harvest

 
look at all the cairns built
from right and wrong

 
no better time for gift
breathe in
no other place for thanks
breathe out

 
earth's fall.
dying of the trees,
loss of diversity,
climate shift:
hibernate and return.

house in disarray:
trees dying,
plants invading,
ticks biting.
better open native space,
moss erasing rocks.

 
word is forest
meter carpets the floor

 
vacation

awake too long walking surface ripples,
cheer and blight.
next sputter, go back well past thought and
vacation.


hubris and debris 
ring cloudy, last half battle
of the patriots

 
pharaoh's daughter
has a hard time with words
while father is master
and fiancee reckons

 
wisdom

bow of trust an ocean prow a furrowed glance
before the surging wake to spread all charts
your prowl among the tides and sand and drifting
castoff truth a dance in time with water

 
things aren't always what they seem,
seams unknot to reveal song.

 
snow

how are these words
any different
from falling snow?

they're all alike,
playing on their way down
to the ground.

 
dance

expressions of love
a look
linger and kindle
the floor

 
bird

with full plentiful force,
sun breaks wing
feeding on the ground.

 
garden

a garden is labrea from green lawn.
earth keeps time between rows,
woodchucks take their nibble.

 
thoughts homespun lyric bodies mingle

heart words hearth fire earth light

 
hattie

we have a feral kitten,
she hides when i watch her,
walks tall when i snort.

 
river

ten nights alone pass thinking of you
move aside your felt for hot skin
still the river

 
lap wrap beams boat salt water

 
i'd like to meet her
hair flowing out in all directions
between my fingers
smile kin to sun

to know the crystal open
stare black of your eyes
talk back

 
dim blending waves awareness shifts warm to black
yawn moves lightly across walls of yellow sideboard
barnyard sloping down to walls of stone
hay and smell of horses, night plants, old manure