SHIPBOARD last night from starless skies a t… stunned and shaken, seeking shelte… from unfamiliar shipboard lights I watched it falter with wings out…
pillars of sunshine through cloud - heavenly suburb under construction
Empty moorings and Quiet lighthouse watch the bay Crawl back to the sea
white-rimmed waves crawl reluctantly shore ward moody city skyline rebuffs shafts of sunshine cloud confusion
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Nature’s snowy gown Melts into a silky pool Spring’s passion awakes
Clouds on horizon Now and then a shorebird’s cry On buffeting wind
a cold moon filters down through the purple asters no explorers have returned with caterpillar robes and dandelion gold
Pappa always told me that you should never tell all you… and I found it to be good advice I recall the time I got back from… with my winter stores back in ‘39
wind tangled trees coiling across a yellow moon spiraling leaves surf-curled dunes
mall tree never felt a breeze sweet swell of spring rain on your leaves new life in your branches
wild rose bush crushed between the rocks so carelessly placed and yet there a soul looks out at me
which of our ancestors did it - traded wings for thumbs burdened us with possessions fed us to the uncompromising earth…
my real name was Clarence but they always called me Dummy because they thought I was stupid I lived with my Mom and swept up… for a dollar a day ‘cause
The taste of winter ice Dug in August from the sawdust Of Conley’s ice house The slap of the screen door On Grammy’s porch