Friday, January 29, 2016

grace


forgets my desires
and wanderings through the world
then draws me back home

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

happy


sifting the flour
baking the bread with great thanks
loving splendid smell

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

dawn


unreasonable
sunlight breaks through the slumber
wounding my great joy

voice


I play on my flute
mute words hidden my soul
revealing my dreams

Monday, January 18, 2016

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

prayer


calms the inward breath
shifting the weight of my voice
toward the root of love

Sunday, January 10, 2016

Saturday, January 9, 2016

camping series

ranger cabin

showing history
in panoramic movies
while nature awaits

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camping

we call it boonies
the paved road ends abruptly
we hike in a mile

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tea

of eucalyptis
and cut pine needles over
our own campfire

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hiking

ridges on the cliffs
have lizards sunning themselves
as we walk nearby

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peak

my heart feels at one
with the thousand mile view
as my son sings loud

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descending

the worn path downward
writhes beneath our sliding feet
steep sloped wilderness

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

windowpane


day shines through dust streams
lifting the morning through stars
my son laughs aloud

Sunday, January 3, 2016

poetry

covers deepest pain
with spiritual reason
drawn beyond darkness

Friday, January 1, 2016

books


looking down on words
puts me into a prayful
position for life