in sunburned garden
hot foot the deck, lay blissful
naked in the shade
September 18, 2009 • 6:32 pm 0
Haiku 21
a blush of sunlight
the sound of a mower, next year
more time with the plants
Filed under: haiku, garden, stewardship, time
September 16, 2009 • 10:37 pm 0
When My Meat Burned
when my meat burned
you sat by the pyre
the heat
of my cooling ashes
warming you
like my embrace
eventually you
gathered and scattered
the remnants
a little in the ocean
grain by grain
from a quiet kayak
some in our garden
to feed the trees
we’d carried between
our early homes
pot by larger pot
until we found a place
to set down roots
some on the beach
where we found
a small pebble
eroded with a perfect hole
for the thread
of your necklace
sometimes you cried
then later honored
our shared wish
and so the moments
of happiness
amid the grief
became moments
of grief
amid the happiness
until your turn
Filed under: free verse, beach, garden, grief, happiness, love, ocean, poetry
August 26, 2009 • 5:20 am 2
Windex
not so much the bottle, almost empty
but the light
transmitted cleanly
through the panes
we see the garden
Filed under: free verse, garden, light, Windex
