Metaphors for Joy I was told while feeling sad, “tur My heart ponders metaphors, for jo It reaches towards Mother Nature My heart becomes the germinating s My soul is merely a locked door wa 8 8
Desert Rose You grow on sandy blankets, like s You dip toward a sky’s dotted and You soak beneath heaven’s lampligh Stars bow to your gaze and a dry, You are an oasis of pungently swee 6 3
Crown Shyness In woods blown by a wind’s unharne On those higher, mightier planes o Such is cracked mud drinking reple Liana climbs the art strewn canopy Liana touches each tree-being, dra 6 1
Writing Spain Of native words my tongue in Engl I long to sail with caballitos de To admire Mediterranean blue To sink into tides where beaches m Architecture old as bristle coned 6 2
Spring Forward Set clocks forward Ring all the bell chimes Like morning alarms jump starting This is how morning glory sings Lifting up earth’s magic within fr 7 3
Limitless where do oceans end? Where do galaxies begin? When do mountains stop touching sk Do trees ever stop dancing so tall My mind wants to create limits. M 2 2
Death Hills The death hills rolled in clay Silvery, sheen and sunken stones They seem to whisper amongst a dar As night lights lushly soak earth’ There is history written upon the 4 1
The Lion and the Rose (He), a CORE Brightly spinning golden—summoning An eternal destiny Harnessing strength in sacred nobi Wisdom 1
Yonder Tree Look! Yonder tree, disillusioned, and perplexing in her masked beauty Her, plight mangled by dotty roads ’Tis an expanding snare, growing s 5 3
Goðafoss Falling water of Gods, sculpted o A swirl of turquoise glacier carvi A sense for clarity of thought A continuous being A hopeful vision 7 3
Fading Muse Dear, exemplifier—nature’s wonder Trellises hewn by a Bard’s colloq Colored in pearls and light’s infi Enamored by stardust—magic thunder Forgotten tales’ spun charm, set a 10 5
Stories of My Grandfather During my childhood, stories were He was young when he went to war, Many missions he flew, dropping bo A miracle he survived—Distinguish Hero sung and honored—exemplified 5 3
Bloodlines My bloodlines—strings on harps rip Waves lifting—gone, soaked up by g The bygones of waning moons, melte My bloodlines stir compasses insid To trees binding threads of vines 2 2
Pink Lagoon Fairy-rose lagoon A prim blush of sweetest pith Innocence in heart Pink, calming lagoon A crux of gentility 4 4
Universal We spend our lives longing for tou Most of all love Alone in a cosmic universe, spinni We long for conversation’s meaning For a nod, a smile, or a soft affi 4 2
An Ugly Oyster “Tis’ ugly an oyster," their wretc Not like sea horses fair, riding u Tall and stalwart are they Not like adorning corals blooming They amuse man’s eyes with their b 4 3
As Earth’s Salt I want to be as earth’s salt I want to decorate pages with phan I want to find gilded words trappe I want to wield my imagination’s e I want to reach for depths within, 3 3
We Write Once More I will Of me and I, within my heart writ With feathered flanked pens on par Thus words grow old and dusty; yet Growing eternally, stamping moonli 4 3
Consumed A mid-summer day presents it’s fir June bugs hum a sultry sound, as p Awakened are bold and ignite-ly co A summer’s green brightened by a n Turned burgundy wine, with hot ref 2 2
Lights of Winter’s Magic Dawn of north—nature’s winter Musings in Arctic sky Oh, ye merry dancers sublime! Ripping night’s black glass eye Streaming upon equinoxes 8 4
Eternal Pages My thoughts forever provoke emotio Sometimes they sting with truth, t ’Tis my fate to live until my ink Time to create again—to paint, to I stamp my singing breath to parch 5 4
Beneath Ash and Beeches Antiquitas form—possessor of great A venerable, viridescent growth A bow towards venus’s anticipation An equilibrium of harmony A bearer of nurturing fruit—Apple 1 2
(Aomori) Blue Forest Blue forest cradled by mystic eart Enchanted blue forest, rising from In my dreams she awakes, wed to a She is shadowed by kingly mountain She is dotted by a lustrous tinge 8 4
Snow Forest Sweetest, beryl briars and boreal An intertwining weald and tangled Moons shine a teal fire, like a sh Opaque winds leap off chilled, sno A sylvanwood, dark and obscure, wi 9 3
Her Final Zenith Upon her mossy bed she sleeps, spe Many a night’s deep slumber her lu A mellifluous drum ever beats to h Within her dream’s final beating s Her own white silky head flourishi 9 3
She Haunts Us She hangs on my wall—a maiden of To death she sailed away whilst wr her hair, like spindled gold spun She sings her mournful song with m Her touchless dalliances rest insi 3 3
Wintry Night Nor’easter stars weave a warm duve Gale winds curl, sketching garland A pale gust of steely blue awakens Wintry trees outstretch their lank Silent shadows stiffen and petrify 7 5
The Inner Self I see you Standing before your reflection I see you Inside your reflection Inside a mirror 3 3
Lady of the Sea Enchantments of a mystic deep Fabled creature of sea A veritable truth she keeps ’Tis a voice of larks’ glee In rippling shoals of wavy blue 9 3
Shangri-la Tides I, so long for Shangri-la tides c My heart's deepest whims thus desi Therein I walk roads gold, herald Jasper, jeweled by jade forests an Sappheiros, a holy stone wisely ad 2 4
My Darker Shades of Blue Bring ropes, hang me on a gallows STRING ME UP! For within a feeble prison I am e I am being forced downwards, by a 8 6
YOU You were once ashes of molten, bur Now, you are star dust bursting th Y-O-U are diamonds forged within You are celestial fountainheads in You are a soothing center, rooted 3 2
My Garden, My Metaphor Classic are darling vines—strong, Catching mine eyes’ deepest inquis Crowned leaves heavy by a fruit’s Relinquishing delectable, sweet ge She seeks inside for wide, whisper 5 2
Blazing Rose Blazing rose A citrus sweet of delectables, del Passions, anew Not like passions red, of boldness ‘Tis a fire’s passion—hot carbuncl 4 1
