(2001)
we don’t know who he said he was we came from curiosity and stayed for the inhumanity
All I wanted to do was ride my mo… And make out at Spooner’s Point. But when Mary Daley got pregnant Her father threatened me with the… So I married her and went to work
Seagulls hovering Uneven hills encircle Tide pool reflection
the universe opens accepting my homecoming sky races by
I am a tree beside the water my ancient roots run deep and wide in Mother Earth as one body dies
Early morning mist Loon fishing quiet water Shining wake behind
pillars of sunshine through cloud - heavenly suburb under construction
death is absence of thought - zen how can we be afraid of something we cannot live to experience? it’s life that is frightening
Still they knock at my door And complain About the state of the world Selling fear Like grape Kool Aid
wild rose bush crushed between the rocks so carelessly placed and yet there a soul looks out at me
SHIPBOARD last night from starless skies a t… stunned and shaken, seeking shelte… from unfamiliar shipboard lights I watched it falter with wings out…
little lies, seeds of thyme shallow-rooted, often sewn cover the largest stone yet a tree springs from a single seed
which of our ancestors did it - traded wings for thumbs burdened us with possessions fed us to the uncompromising earth…
Time for a pit stop Half face in rear view mirror Road unwound behind
Tide tickling sun’s wake Under a thin skin of ice Beach disappearing
