OBSERVATION FROM AN OLD NOTEBOOK
seek the council of wild things in… leaves that turn their silver side… before the rain slender reeds that accept and bend they will sew your words abroad
Still they knock at my door And complain About the state of the world Selling fear Like grape Kool Aid
liquid blue nightgown made of lighter fare floats in romance of autumn air a ballerina in an erotic dance longing to join that v-trail in th…
mall tree never felt a breeze sweet swell of spring rain on your leaves new life in your branches
grey rocks flowering in melting fu… first blooms of March after winter… a flock of ducks is muttering in t… the first light of day to brush th… shakes the branches they reply…
the universe opens accepting my homecoming sky races by
Nature’s snowy gown Melts into a silky pool Spring’s passion awakes
crickets and brittle leaves empty seed pods scurrying in the heavy scent of autumn
I’ve known rivers swift currents set free escaping to the brine of the ocean and on to exotic places I’ll never be
pillars of sunshine through cloud - heavenly suburb under construction
once the larvae have hatched how long can they survive without… each day I go forceps in hand to count the dead
inhumanity kills boys civilization kills girls
crumbling mortar and stone among the trees it stands alone morning glories creep upon the flo… the stair has fallen through the d… the music of summer is in the air
I am a rock on the shore of the magnificent ocean millions of years by the magnificent ocean and millions more
it was always said that of all the people on the Island I loved life the best I who had the least but I had all I needed