Old and Rusty
The rusty ole squirrel rests,
Sunning himself on a rusty ole fence and hence
His coarse old coat grows warm and dry
And his tired old bones feel young and spry. Continue reading Old and Rusty
Month: July 2019
Sticky post
Wisdom’s Pleasant Path
“Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.”
Thus the ancient preceptor described the ways of the wisdom that comes from above, the wisdom by which, he declares, the Lord himself founded the earth and established the heavens, back when the dew of the world was still fresh on the morning grass… Continue reading Wisdom’s Pleasant Path
Sentry Duty
Robin stares with steady eye,
Chest thrust out and beak held high.
Proudly shows his brick red vest,
While, faithfully, he guards his nest. Continue reading Sentry Duty
Graceful Dancer
Standing poised through winter’s blast,
her little twigs were frozen fast,
Then she, as warmer breezes start,
remembers her forgotten art. Continue reading Graceful Dancer
Prison Daisies
Some daisies grew in a prison yard,
They never knew their life was hard… Continue reading Prison Daisies
Annual Redecoration
Above becomes below,
and ceiling turns to floor,
when leaves become the carpet,
and branches bare once more. Continue reading Annual Redecoration
Inside My Suffering
In the small predawn hours, sleep was once my lazy lover, ever coaxing me back into the soft embrace of her forgetfulness. Now she shuns me. Continue reading Inside My Suffering
Meditations of a Mantle Clock
The silence speaks, given voice by the tick-tick-ticking tempo of an unaware, unassuming mantle clock. Attention now arrested, I contemplate the clock. That there is, in fact, a clock seems a certainty Continue reading Meditations of a Mantle Clock
Beauty in the Breaking
Light.
In a thousand pieces torn.
Hung among the clouds of gray,
a colorful and bright display.
A rainbow is reborn. Continue reading Beauty in the Breaking
Cool Regard
Coolly regarded with half opened eye,
Her green gaze upon me as I walk by.
Discarding indifference she leaps to the floor, Continue reading Cool Regard
The Humble Bumble
The humble bumble works all day,
From bloom to bloom he makes his way.
An airborne farmer tending crops, Continue reading The Humble Bumble
Poetic Perspectives 