A FAIR DAY

A blue carbon sky. The appearance of cold metal pressed between heaven and the dust of nameless souls. Ocean winds press the corners of waters, exciting foamy waves while washing glass thin over rocks and fallen branches. Long thin gray clouds, fingers without hands, stretch like spilled arrows pointing to no place; they fade without … More A FAIR DAY

EARLY WINDS

The wind lightened my sleep into awake. Its voice slapped branches onto my window, scratching at me to get up. A lazy sun gathered a rising strength in the background with blue and crimson clouds, suggesting rain. Leaves brushed into thousands of sounds; music of rubbing and snapping, an orchestra of nature calling. Window edges … More EARLY WINDS

PEOPLE GATHER

A jukebox. Records scared with scratches twists songs for a dime. Wallpaper stares over stained floors. Voices speak coffee. Forks curl through pie and meat loaf. A screen door. Green. Marked with the oil of hands. Hinges squeak. Flies wrestle for freedom on a windowsill. A song drifts homelessly. Heads nod. A finger taps. Grease … More PEOPLE GATHER

MOVING ON

A building torrent of storms forced a crazy going, pushing in and hammering out a day swollen with clouds and wind.   A broken night rumbled like passing trains thundering through, heavy with rusted metal, beating a rhythm without equal.   Lightening streaked, slamming the sky, sawing the air with bold power, blinding quickly and … More MOVING ON

HOME

The power of the drive is interest. A formidable presence.  Creating an iron path.  Bold expressions. The energy of engines.  The length without loss.  Full with release. Disproving disbelief.  Strength with compassion.  Concern and respect.  Honor with honor. Listening without speaking. Holding not hiding.  A hand without greed. A comment without wounding. Quiet not arrogant.  … More HOME

Deep rivers are the people of thought. Voice streams pass overhead, rippling the vision, until the cause settles down. The growth of me, my trees and the ground of my past spreads branches over my roots, shading a slow path. I am a shadow. A gray imprint on a landscape of color. A bridge from … More

PASSING STORM

The wind had its way with me gusting like campfire smoke, lifting the edges of my shirt, pushing me with direction.  My feet concede to half steps, like a child walking up stairs.  I attempt to brace my position like a human redoubt while yielding a few paces.  I turn sideways, reducing for a moment … More PASSING STORM

ADVANCING LINES

Rugged storms, the winds of change, lift our moorings from the planting inside of us. We resist by setting into the winds, standing firm, but still we stumble under the pressing weight, falling into and apart from our self. We like to think we are soldiers, resisting the enemy, fighting back with advancing lines.  But … More ADVANCING LINES

BRASSED OUT

He left the room bruised from his music; like a fighters corner without a stool.   Strange eyes followed the linen of his walk; the breeze he caused and its wake smoothed into whispered corners.   His steps owned the path to everyplace. No door offered resistance to the warmth of his cool.   He … More BRASSED OUT

CANVAS AWNINGS

Satin coated drops of water course randomly off green canvas awnings outside my bedroom window.   A summer morning filled with rumbling and capricious winds stirs me in my warm cotton cocoon.   As I open half dreaming eyes, the aroma of wet grass welcomes me.   The fragrance of coffee wafts through the rooms. … More CANVAS AWNINGS